Amorosa
1986, Swedish. Directed by Mai Zetterling.
About the Swedish author Agnes Von Krusenstjerna during the period of her marriage to David Sprengel. In the hallucinatory opening sequence she is brought in a straitjacket by her husband and two psychiatric nurses through the Venice Carnival nocturnal antics to a mental hospital in the city. With her is a manuscript of her autobiography, which she calls "her child". The book is Agnes showdown with her family, and in flashbacks presented, Agnes progress from the author of innocent girls' books to serious and self-consuming novelist.
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Swedish
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Cast & crew
- Mai ZetterlingDirector
- Stina EkbladAgnes von Krusenstjerna
- Erland JosephsonDavid Sprengel
- Philip ZandénAdolf von Krusenstjerna
- Lena T. HanssonAva de Geer
- Peter SchildtGerhard Odencrantz
- Catherine de SeynesEva von Krusenstjerna
- Olof ThunbergErnst von Krusenstjerna
- Börje AhlstedtJoachin Rosenhjelm
- Inga GillMiss Tollen
- Gösta KrantzFelix
- Anita BjörkArvida
- Heinz HopfDoctor Iller
Details
- Released
- 14 March 1986
- Country
- Sweden
- Written by
- Mai Zetterling
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Amorosa runs 117 minutes (1h 57m).
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Amorosa isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 14 March 1986. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Amorosa?
Amorosa (1986) was directed by Mai Zetterling and stars Stina Ekblad, Erland Josephson, Philip Zandén.