August Strindberg

Midsummer night, 1894, in northern Sweden. The complex strictures of class bind a man and a woman. Miss Julie, the inexperienced but imperious daughter of the manor, deigns to dance at the servant's party. She's also drawn to Jean, a footman who has traveled, speaks well, and doesn't kowtow. He is engaged to Christine, a servant, and while she sleeps, Jean and Miss Julie talk through the night in the kitchen... (imdb)

Late 19th century. The young miss Julie lives in a mansion with her father. She has recently broken up her engagement but is attracted to one of the servants, Jean. They spend the midsummer night together, telling memories and their dreams to each other. Realizing that an affair between a man of the people and an aristocrat is impossible, they plan to escape to Switzerland. (imdb)

Karin does not belong to the nobility but nevertheless marries the mentally ill king Erik XIV and becomes queen of Sweden. The king's skilled counsellor Göran Persson wants a royal policy supporting the people and supported by it. But in relation to the nobility the king oscillates between provocative strength and unpredictable weakness. (imdb)

Strindbergs classical play, set in todays enviroment. With Julie as a tennis star who rebels against her father, but with fatal consequences...

The story surrounds the conflict of interest between The Captain and his wife, Laura. The Captain is an ex-military hero and a well-respected scientist who fights with his wife about how to raise their daughter, Bertha. Both know Bertha cannot be raised in the Captain's household; however, the Captain wants her to be raised as an atheist in the city, whereas Laura wants her daughter to have a different destiny, perhaps as an artist. (en.wikipedia.org)

An egocentric artillery captain and his venomous wife engage in savage unremitting battles in their isolated island fortress of the coast of Sweden at the turn of the century. Alice, a former actress who sacrificed her career for secluded military life with Edgar, reveals on the occasion of their 25th wedding anniversary, the veritable hell their marriage has been. (imdb)

The Ghost Sonata relates the adventures of a young student, who idealizes the lives of the inhabitants of a stylish apartment building in Stockholm. He makes the acquaintance of the mysterious Jacob Hummel, who helps him to find his way into the apartment, only to find that it is a nest of betrayal and sickness. The world, the student learns, is hell and human beings must suffer to achieve salvation. (Wikipedia)

This made-for-television film constituted Bergman's first production of Strindberg's A Dreamplay - a play he would revisit three times more. Gunnar Ollén's Malmö crew was behind this, for its time, prestigious and costly theatre production, involving more than 40 actors and no less than 75 extras. (Ingmarbergman.se)

On the anniversary of Strindberg's birth, Swedish television theatre presented his chamber play Oväder, directed by Bergman. The production, which was also transmitted to Denmark and Norway, received mostly rave reviews and consolidated Bergman's standing as an outstanding television director. He was praised for his tact and sympathy in depicting old age, for his superior lighting and fine camera work and for his understanding of the intimacy of the TV medium through his use of close-ups. (Birgitta Steene)

French silent star Gina Manès played a femme fatale in Gustaf Molander's film "Synd" (The Sin), based on August Strindberg's Brott och brott (Crime and crime). (youtube.com)

An aged couple makes life a living hell for each other. Edgar is a retired fortress commander and Alice a former actress who was never really successful. One day, Kurt, Alice's cousin, and at the same time her former lover, joins them. Alice still loves him and hopes to escape Edgar. Edgar tries to win him as an ally, but Kurt is repelled by the undignified marital war of the two.

A charged power struggle between spouses. A tug of war to the death of an only child as ends and means. (imdb)

Wild and newly single, Julie throws a late night party, which rapidly descends into a savage fight for survival. (imdb)

The story depicts the vulnerability of a man who is victimized by his wife who plots to prove his husband mentally insane. She is in disagreement with his husband on how her daughter should be raised and what she should become. She thinks that if she declares his husband insane she would be able to decide for her daughters future. She knowingly creates confusion and tells his husband that he cannot be sure that he is the father of their daughter... (imdb)

Marriage drama where his wife Laura drives the equestrian master into mental illness and death.

Strindberg in Paris divorced from his wife, children and friends. In the company of Parisian artists and writers, including Paul Gauguin and Edvard Munch, but often he feel they ridicule and persecute him. Isolated Strindberg venture successfully in alchemical experiments.

A televised Royal Shakespeare Company production of August Strindberg's classic play. Miss Julie (Dame Helen Mirren), a nineteenth century aristocrat's daughter, is attracted to one of the servants in her father's house. (imdb)