Edvard Munch (film)

Edvard Munch
DVD cover
Directed byPeter Watkins
Written byPeter Watkins
Starring
  • Geir Westby
  • Gro Fraas
Narrated byPeter Watkins
CinematographyOdd Geir Sæther
Edited byPeter Watkins
Release date
  • 1974 (1974)
Running time
210 minutes/174 minutes (US)
CountrySweden/Norway
LanguageEnglish/Norwegian

Edvard Munch (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈɛ̀dvɑɖ ˈmʊŋk] ) 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 three-part miniseries co-produced by the Norwegian and Swedish state television networks NRK and SVT, but subsequently gained an American theatrical release in a three-hour version 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. The film was screened at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, but wasn't entered into the main competition.[1]

  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Edvard Munch". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-05-10.