The Adventures of Picasso (1978)

Picassos äventyr (original title)

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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. One day he is discovered by an American millionaire and starts to... See more »

Director:

Tage Danielsson

Writers:

Hans Alfredson, Tage Danielsson, Gösta Ekman

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	Gösta Ekman	...	Picasso (1)
	Hans Alfredson	...	Don José
	Margaretha Krook	...	Doña Maria
	Lena Olin	...	Dolores
	Bernard Cribbins	...	Gertrude Stein
	Wilfrid Brambell	...	Alice B. Toklas
	Lennart Nyman	...	Henri Rousseau
	Per Oscarsson	...	Apollinaire
	Elisabeth Söderström	...	Mimi
	Gösta Winbergh	...	Picasso (2) (singingVoice) (as Gösta Winberg)
	Birgitta Andersson	...	Ingrid Svensson-Guggenheim
	Magnus Härenstam	...	Hitler
	Sune Mangs	...	Churchill
	Yngve Gamlin	...	Djagilev
	Lisbeth Zachrisson	...	Olga
	Lena Nyman	...	Sirkka
	Tom Younger	...	Föreståndare
	Rolv Wesenlund	...	Grieg
	Sven Lindberg	...	Doktor Albert Schweizer
	Toivo Pawlo	...	Elsa Beskow
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Per Aabel	...	Margaretha Munthe (uncredited) (voice)
	Jytte Abildstrøm	...	Engelsk dam i Blome (uncredited)
	Lissi Alandh	...	Kvinnan i sängen (uncredited)
	Tomas Alfredson	...	Papperspojke (uncredited)
	Jan Allan	...	Trumpetare (uncredited)
	Ulf Andrée	...	Rånare (1) (uncredited)
	Jarl Borssén	...	Guggenheim (uncredited)
	Bengt Brunskog	...	Gatsopare (uncredited)
	Raymond Bussières	...	Mistinguette (uncredited) (voice)
	Gregor Dahlman	...	Rånare (2) (uncredited)
	Karin Ekström	...	Kvinnlig hyresvärd (uncredited)
	Moltas Eriksson	...	Slaktare på Studiofesten (1) (uncredited)
	Hatte Furuhagen	...	Konstprofessor (uncredited)
	Anders Granström	...	Pepperoni (uncredited)
	Jim Hughes	...	Big Mac Kahnweiler (uncredited)
	Helena Högberg	...	Dansare (1) (uncredited)
	Vlado Juras	...	Dansare (2) (uncredited)
	Eskil Jönsson	...	Fransk soldat (uncredited)
	Peter Kleinwichs	...	Dansare (3) (uncredited)
	Bengt-Olof Landin	...	Spansk präst (uncredited)
	Folke Lind	...	Schultze (uncredited)
	Olle Ljungberg	...	Hemingway (uncredited)
	Manfred Månsson	...	Hobo (1) (uncredited)
	Ove Niklasson	...	Spansk doktor (uncredited)
	Lars Olofsson	...	Doktor (uncredited)
	Gunnar Ossiander	...	Clown (uncredited)
	Olle Pahlin	...	Slaktare på Studiofesten (2) (uncredited)
	Hjördis Petterson	...	Grandmëre (uncredited)
	Marga Pettersson	...	Dansare (4) (uncredited)
	Agneta Prytz	...	Drottning (uncredited)
	Lasse Pöysti	...	Sirkkas far (uncredited)
	David Radomski	...	Hobo (2) (uncredited)
	Ove Sprogøe	...	Karen Blixen (uncredited) (voice)
	Stellan Sundahl	...	Fransk polis (uncredited)
	Terje Thoresen	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Mark Titelman	...	Domare (uncredited)
	Birgitta Ulfsson	...	Sirkkas mamma (uncredited)
	Lars-Åke von Vultée	...	Erik Satie (uncredited)
	Ulf von Zweigbergk	...	Salvador Dali (uncredited)

Directed by

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Tage Danielsson

Written by

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Hans Alfredson	...	(written by) &
Tage Danielsson	...	(written by)

Gösta Ekman	...	(lots of ideas)

Music by

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Gunnar Svensson

Cinematography by

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Tony Forsberg
Roland Sterner

Editing by

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Jan Persson

Production Design by

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Hans Alfredson

Art Direction by

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Stig Boqvist

Set Decoration by

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Jan Andersson

Costume Design by

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Mona Theresia Forsén

Makeup Department

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Tina Johansson	...	makeup artist
Bengt Ottekil	...	makeup artist

Production Management

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Suzanne Branner	...	unit manager
Staffan Hedqvist	...	production manager

Art Department

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Leif Borgström	...	head painter
Donald Carlsson	...	painter
Tore Carlsson	...	painter
Lena Magnusson	...	assistant props
Lena Nilsson	...	props
Lars-Gunnar Olofsson	...	carpenter
Åke Olofsson	...	carpenter
Rolf Persson	...	painter
Per Åhlin	...	glass paintings / paintings: "Picasso"

Sound Department

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Christer Berglund	...	special sound effects
Per Carleson	...	sound
Berndt Frithiof	...	sound mixer
Christer Furubrand	...	sound
Peter Holthausen	...	sound
Per-Olof Ohlsson	...	special sound effects (as P.O. Ohlsson)
Christer Sidelöv	...	assistant sound mixer

Special Effects by

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Dag Alveberg	...	pyrotechnician
Bengt Schöldström	...	special photographic effects

Camera and Electrical Department

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Per Alfredson	...	grip
Gunnar Andersson	...	lighting technician
Ulf Björck	...	lighting technician
Roland Sterner	...	assistant camera / still photographer

Animation Department

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Per Åhlin

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animator

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Ingeborg Mikola	...	wardrobe
Paul Mikola	...	wardrobe
Gunnar Naeslund	...	assistant costume designer
Per Åhlin	...	ballet costumes

Music Department

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Björn Almstedt	...	music editor
Eva Möller	...	musician: Spanish guitar

Script and Continuity Department

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Mona Haskel

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script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Jan Björk

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driver

Additional Crew

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Peter Bengtsson	...	project manager: 2006 digital restoration
Eva Ivarsson	...	production assistant
Lisbeth Zachrisson	...	choreographer

Crew believed to be complete

Production Companies

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Distributors

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Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (1978) (Sweden) (theatrical)
Adams Filmi (1978) (Finland) (theatrical)
Dome Films (1980) (United States) (dubbed)
New Star Video (1988) (United States) (VHS)
Suomen Kunnallispalvelu (1993) (Finland) (VHS)
Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2006) (Sweden) (DVD) (digitally restored) ("En unik box med fyra filmer av Hasse & Tage - No2" box set)
Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2008) (Sweden) (DVD) (digitally restored)
Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2011) (Sweden) (DVD) (digitally restored) ("En samling med Hasse & Tages filmer" box set)
Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2011) (Sweden) (DVD) (digitally restored) ("Hasse & Tage: Volym 2" box set)
Yleisradio (YLE) (1985) (Finland) (tv)

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Other Companies

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Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (digital restoration) (2006)
Nordisk Film Post Production (digital restoration: in cooperation with) (2006)
Marsmotel AB (digital restoration: in cooperation with) (2006)
Cinepost Studios (digital restoration: in cooperation with) (2006)

Storyline

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Plot Summary	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. One day he is discovered by an American millionaire and starts to earn money, but he wastes his talent by painting plates. He meets famous people of the 1920s: Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Appolinaire, Hitler, and Churchill. Written by Mattias Thuresson Plot Summary
Plot Keywords	slapstick-comedy painting spain female-nudity female-full-frontal-nudity See All (49) »
Taglines	Tusen kärleksfulla lögner av Hans Alfredson och Tage Danielsson See more »
Genres	Biography Comedy
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Certification	Finland:K-8 Netherlands:AL Norway:11 (VOD) Norway:12 Sweden:7 West Germany:6 (f)

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Also Known As	Picassos äventyr: tusen kärleksfulla lögner av Hans Alfredson och Tage Danielsson (Sweden) The Adventures of Picasso (World-wide, English title) The Adventures of Picasso (United States) The Adventures of Picasso (United Kingdom) Les folles aventures de Picasso (France) See more »
Runtime	115 min
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish German Spanish Latin Italian French Finnish English Russian
Color	Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio	1.66 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Mono
Filming Locations	Tomelilla, Skåne län, Sweden See more »

Box Office

Budget

SEK7,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia	When actor Gösta Ekman went to Budapest on vacation, he found that people were looking at him in a very odd way. He eventually understood why when a local asked him if he were Picasso, to which Gösta replied, "If you mean that I played Picasso in a movie then, yeah, that's right." It turned out this movie had great success in Hungary, where it had been playing at a Budapest cinema every year since its release, and has even been adapted for the stage. See more »
Goofs	During the doctors visit after Don Jose death and rigor mortis, the corpse blinks during the doctors efforts to straighten the body out. (this may be explained however, in that it turns out Don Jose was only in suspended animation, and everyone thought he was dead). See more »
Movie Connections	Featured in Svenska Ord i bild och tal (2006). See more »
Soundtracks	Can-can. Ur Orphée aux enfers See more »
Quotes	Superintendant: This rotten french bastard has tried to rape our pure, virgin american people with his dirty fucking pictures. Elsa Beskow: ["translates" into Swedish] This unpleasent french gentleman has tried to seduce the nice american people with his unpleasent french paintings. See more »

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