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Edvard Munch

1974

This immersive docudrama traces the tormented early life and artistic awakening of the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, shadowed by illness, death, and doomed love as he develops his revolutionary style. Peter Watkins's singular, intimate portrait.

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A British-authored biographical masterwork about the Norwegian painter and his society.

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