Here's Your Life
| Here Is Your Life | |
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| Här har du ditt liv | |
| Directed by | Jan Troell |
| Produced by | Bengt Forslund |
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Screenplay: Jan Troell Bengt Forslund Novel: Eyvind Johnson |
| Starring | Eddie Axberg |
| Music by | Erik Nordgren |
| Cinematography | Jan Troell |
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169 minutes |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
Here Is Your Life (Swedish: Här har du ditt liv) is a Swedish drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 26 December 1966, directed by Jan Troell, based on the second of Eyvind Johnson's semi-autobiographical series of four novels Romanen om Olof, about a working-class boy growing up in the northern parts of Sweden.
When the father of the young Olof Persson (Eddie Axberg) becomes ill, he starts taking jobs as a working class Swede. His first job is log driving, where he meets a man named August (Allan Edwall). August tells Olof about death, and a flashback tale with August's wife chasing their twin sons, all of who are now deceased, is played. Olof finds a dead moth while working. He picks it up and pretends that it is alive, flying it through the air.
After Olof’s father dies, Olof takes a job at a sawmill. The sawmill workers were sitting around telling stories about women, and then some of the workers harass Olof. Olof primarily works outside of the mill, transporting logs with a boy named Oskar. Oskar gets injured when a log falls on him, and he later dies in the hospital. After this incident, Olof asks for a higher position at the mill, but he is denied. He starts to read a lot of novels and books about philosophy. Later on, he speaks out against his boss and quits the sawmill job.
Then, Olof takes a job at a cinema selling candy. He becomes interested in a girl named Maria (Signe Stade), who he later sees with another boy. He makes friends with a boy named Fredrik (Stig Törnblom). They talk about books and philosophy, and explore together. Olof visits home and his mother (Ulla Akselson) asks questions about the security of his new job. When Olof has an accident while selling candy, he asks for a new job. He starts working for a touring projectionist named Mr. Larsson (Åke Fridell). They travel to participate in the circus. Mr. Larsson introduces Olof to Olivia (Ulla Sjöblom), the “queen” of a travelling shooting gallery.
Olof works for a blacksmith in between touring and the cinema. He meets Maja (Catti Edfeldt), the blacksmith’s daughter; they sleep together in the field. Afterward, she cries. Olof starts going to meetings concerning communism and its place working-class Sweden, and writing poetry. When he goes back to the cinema, Olof’s boss gets mad that he was handing out “socialist rags.” Olof quits. He goes back on tour and works for Olivia. They enter into a relationship. Olof continues visiting home and going to communist meetings.
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