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Prince Gustaf

1944 · 83 min

A stately, bittersweet period romance that unfolds with gentle formality, letting the ache of impossible love linger quietly.

Directed by
Schamyl Bauman
Genres
Drama, History, Romance
Starring
Alf Kjellin, Mai Zetterling, Lennart Bernadotte
Overview
In the middle of the 1800s Swedish prince Gustaf meets the actress Anna Maria Wastenius and falls in love with her, but it is an impossible love story due to the rules of society.

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Directed by
Schamyl Bauman
Genres
Drama, History, Romance
Starring
Alf Kjellin, Mai Zetterling, Lennart Bernadotte
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • class
  • identity
  • grief
  • art
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, history, romance
Directed by
Schamyl Bauman
Written by
Thorsten Eklann, Marita Lindgren-Fridell
Starring
Alf Kjellin, Mai Zetterling, Lennart Bernadotte, Erik 'Bullen' Berglund, Hilda Borgström, Ragnar Arvedson, Carl-Axel Hallgren, Folke Rydberg
Music
Gunnar Johansson
Cinematography
Göran Strindberg
Runtime
83 min
Country
Sweden
Languages
Swedish

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