Movie Details
Original Language:Swedish
Cast & Crew
A
August Strindberg
Writer
B
Bo Lindgren
Production Design
K
Karin Erskine
Costume Design
K
Kåre Kolberg
Original Music Composer
The Ghost Sonata
Movie"A Chamber Play by August Strindberg"
Audience Score
1 hr 31 minDrama
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
