The New Man (film)
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The New Man | |
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Directed by | Klaus Härö |
Starring | Maria Lundqvist Lo Kauppi |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
Countries | Sweden, Finland |
Language | Swedish |
The New Man (Swedish: Den nya människan; Finnish: Uusi ihminen) is a 2007 Swedish-Finnish drama film directed by Klaus Härö.
Plot[]
The film portrays Gertrude, a strong and exuberant 17-year-old and her collision with the Swedish welfare state in the early 1950s. It deals with the compulsory sterilisation in Sweden affecting 63,000 people between 1934 and 1976.
Cast[]
- - Gertrud
- Maria Lundqvist - Solbritt
- Lo Kauppi - Jenni
- Ellen Mattsson - Astrid
- Ann-Sofie Nurmi - Alba
- - Axel
- Tobias Aspelin - Dr Berg
- Anna Littorin - Lisa
External links[]
- The New Man at IMDb
Categories:
- 2007 films
- Swedish-language films
- 2007 drama films
- Swedish drama films
- Sterilization in fiction
- Eugenics in fiction
- Films directed by Klaus Härö
- Swedish films
- Swedish film stubs