
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch is a 1974 biographical film about the Norwegian Expressionist painter Edvard Munch, written and directed by English filmmaker Peter Watkins. It was originally created as a two-part miniseries co-produced by the Norwegian and Swedish state television networks NRK and SVT, but subsequently gained an American theatrical release in 1976. The film covers about thirty years of Munch's life, focusing on the influences that shaped his art, particularly the prevalence of disease and death in his family and his youthful affair with a married woman.
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author | Peter Watkins |
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contentLocation | Norway |
director | Peter Watkins |
editor | Peter Watkins |
events | Edvard Munch |
genre | drama |
producer | NRK Sveriges Radio SVT |
recordedAt | Åsgårdstrand Oslo |
theme | biographical biographical drama |