The Adventures of Picasso (1978)

  • 7
  • 05/20/1978 (SE)
  • Comedy
  • 1h 55m

A thousand loving lies by Hans Alfredson and Tage Danielsson

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.

Hans Alfredson

Writer

Tage Danielsson

Writer, Director

Gösta Ekman

Writer

Cast

Gösta Ekman's headshot

Gösta Ekman

Picasso
Hans Alfredson's headshot

Hans Alfredson

Don Jose
Margaretha Krook's headshot

Margaretha Krook

Dona Maria
Lena Olin's headshot

Lena Olin

Dolores
Lena Nyman's headshot

Lena Nyman

Sirkka
Toivo Pawlo's headshot

Toivo Pawlo

Elsa Beskow / Narrator (voice)
Bernard Cribbins's headshot

Bernard Cribbins

Gertrude Stein / Narrator (voice)
Wilfrid Brambell's headshot

Wilfrid Brambell

Alice B. Toklas

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