Björn Andrésen was 15 when he starred as Tadzio opposite Dirk Bogarde in Luchino Visconti’s adaptation of Death in Venice. A year later, during the film’s Cannes premiere, Visconti proclaimed Andrésen to be “the world’s most beautiful boy.” A comment that might have seemed flattering at the time became a burden that tainted Andrésen’s life.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 33 min.
- Country, year
- Sweden, 2021
- Genre
- Documentary
- Language
- English, Japanese, Italian, French, Swedish
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- Pegi 13
Credits
- Director
- Kristina Lindström, Kristian Petri
- Screenplay
- Kristina Lindström, Kristian Petri
- Producers
- Stina Gardell
- Cinematography
- Erik Vallsten
- Music
- Filip Leyman, Anna Von Hausswolff
Festivals and awards
- Jury Prize
Director
Kristina Lindström, Kristian Petri
Kristina Lindström has directed highly acclaimed documentaries including Astrid (2014), Palme (2012) and Wonderboy (2003). Among others, she has been awarded with the Linné Prize, the Kristallen Award, Stockholm’s Culture Prize, and the Ikaros Award. Kristian Petri's first feature film Between Summers (1995), won the Guldbagge Award and was selected for Cannes Film Festival Directors' Fortnight. Many of his films have been critically celebrated a
