Wood Painting - 1963

A knight returning home with his squire Jons after a ten-year crusade to the Holy Land finds a country paralyzed by the Black Death, a newly burned witch, a blacksmith and his runaway wife, an actress, a Virgin Mary with her child and the knight's faithful wife. All approaches the realm of the dead in a single "tragicomic long dance of death". The narrator begins with: "In a church in southern Småland is our spectacle painted on the wall just to the right of the entrance to the porch. The unknown painter has on the church wall depicted a number of people in formal long dance toward death."

49min
1963
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating5.1/10

Cast

Oscar Ljung profile pictureOscar LjungThe knight
Georg Årlin profile pictureGeorg ÅrlinThe actor
Folke Sundquist profile pictureFolke SundquistThe narrator

About Wood Painting

Wood Painting Overview

A knight returning home with his squire Jons after a ten-year crusade to the Holy Land finds a country paralyzed by the Black Death, a newly burned witch, a blacksmith and his runaway wife, an actress, a Virgin Mary with her child and the knight's faithful wife. All approaches the realm of the dead in a single "tragicomic long dance of death". The narrator begins with: "In a church in southern Småland is our spectacle painted on the wall just to the right of the entrance to the porch. The unknown painter has on the church wall depicted a number of people in formal long dance toward death."

Runtime: 49min

Extra details

Original Title: Trämålning
Original Language: Swedish
Directed By: Lennart Olsson
Production Companies
Sveriges Radio (SR)