The Ghost Sonata
A Chamber Play by August Strindberg
Film19721h 31m
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- Director
- Johan Bergenstråhle
- Language
- Swedish
- Released
- 1972-10-30
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
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The Ghost Sonata relates the adventures of a young student, who idealizes the lives of the inhabitants of a stylish apartment building in Stockholm. He makes the acquaintance of the mysterious Jacob Hummel, who helps him to find his way into the apartment, only to find that it is a nest of betrayal and sickness. The world, the student learns, is hell and human beings must suffer to achieve salvation. The play centers on a family of strangers who meet for the sake of meeting. They exchange no dialogue, nor gestures, they simply sit and bask in their own misfortune.
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