Out of an Old Man's Head (1968)

Original title

I huvet på en gammal gubbe

Directed by

Tage Danielsson, Per Åhlin

Genre

drama film, comedy drama, live-action/animated film

Country

Sweden

Runtime

1h 13m

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An old man looks back on his life and memories. The film mixes live action with animation to show his past. It also comments on changes in Swedish society at the time.

nostalgicbittersweetwhimsicalreflectivedarkly humorouscontemplativegentledreamlike

What happens

Out of an Old Man's Head (Swedish: I huvet på en gammal gubbe) is a 1968 Swedish comedy-drama film directed by Per Åhlin and Tage Danielsson, starring Hans Alfredson as an old man remembering his past. Partly a black comedy, the film was released around the same time as the urban renewal of the Klara quarters in Stockholm, and could be seen as a comment both on the demolishing of the old buildings and on the welfare state in general. Out of the total running time of 77 minutes, about 50 minutes are animated. It is considered to be the first Swedish animated feature film, although the first one that was fully animated was Agaton Sax and the Bykoebing Village Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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