The Adventures of Picasso (1978)

The Adventures of Picasso (1978)

A thousand loving lies by Hans Alfredson and Tage Danielsson 1978-05-20 Sweden 115 Min. PG-13
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Overview

Already in his childhood, Pablo Picasso shows talent for painting and is sent to the Academy of Arts in Madrid. He becomes a painter but has to live in Paris in poverty. But one day he is discovered by a rich American millionaire and starts to earn money. But he wastes his talent by painting plates. He meets the famous people of the 1920s; Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Appolinaire, Hitler and Churchill.

Cast

Gösta Ekman is Picasso
Hans Alfredson is Don Jose
Margaretha Krook is Dona Maria
Lena Olin is Dolores
Dolores
Lena Nyman is Sirkka
Toivo Pawlo is Elsa Beskow / Narrator (voice)
Elsa Beskow / Narrator (voice)
Bernard Cribbins is Gertrude Stein / Narrator (voice)
Gertrude Stein / Narrator (voice)
Wilfrid Brambell is Alice B. Toklas
Alice B. Toklas
Per Oscarsson is Apollinaire
Apollinaire
Birgitta Andersson is Ingrid Svensson-Guggenheim
Ingrid Svensson-Guggenheim