''Brother Carl'' () is a 1971 Swedish English-language film written and directed by American writer

Susan Sontag Susan Sontag (; January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was an American writer, philosopher, and political activist. She mostly wrote essays, but also published novels; she published her first major work, the essay "Notes on 'Camp'", in 1964. He ...

, and produced by

Göran Lindgren Göran Lindgren (5 November 1927 – 2 June 2012) was a Swedish film producer. He produced 32 films between 1964 and 1975. During the 1950s, Lindgren ran a consulting and agent business for well-known Swedish actors, directors, artists, wri ...

. It stars

Gunnel Lindblom Gunnel Märtha Ingegärd Lindblom (18 December 1931 – 24 January 2021) was a Swedish film actress and director. Career As an actress, Lindblom was particularly associated with the work of Ingmar Bergman, though in 1965 she performed the l ...

Geneviève Page Geneviève Page (born Geneviève Bonjean, 13 December 1927) is a French actress with a film career spanning fifty years and also numerous English-speaking film productions. She is the daughter of French art collector Jacques Paul Bonjean (1899– ...

Laurent Terzieff Laurent Terzieff (27 June 1935, in Toulouse – 2 July 2010, in Paris) was a French actor. Biography Terzieff was the son of French ceramist Keve Hjelm Karl Evert "Keve" Hjelm (23 June 1922 – 3 February 2004) was a Swedish actor and film director. He appeared in 70 films between 1943 and 2004. At the 1st Guldbagge Awards he won the award for Best Actor for his role in ''Raven's End''. A ...

. ''Brother Carl'' had its world premiere in May 1971 at the

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in its

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section, and opened in

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on August 11, 1972.

Cast

as Karen Sandler *

as Lena Holmberg *

Keve Hjelm Karl Evert "Keve" Hjelm (23 June 1922 – 3 February 2004) was a Swedish actor and film director. He appeared in 70 films between 1943 and 2004. At the 1st Guldbagge Awards he won the award for Best Actor for his role in ''Raven's End''. A ...

as Martin Ericsson *

Laurent Terzieff Laurent Terzieff (27 June 1935, in Toulouse – 2 July 2010, in Paris) was a French actor. Biography Terzieff was the son of French ceramist Jonathan Rosenbaum Jonathan Rosenbaum (born February 27, 1943) is an American film critic and author. Rosenbaum was the head film critic for '' The Chicago Reader'' from 1987 to 2008, when he retired. He has published and edited numerous books about cinema and h ...

of ''

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'' wrote that, "Unlike ontag'sthumbless four-finger exercise, '' Duet for Cannibals'', ''Brother Carl'' does not fully achieve what it sets out to do, but the scope of its ambition is so much wider that one can find its failure far worthier than the modest success of her first film."

Sally Beauman Sally Vanessa Beauman (''née'' Kinsey-Miles, 25 July 1944 – 7 July 2016) was an English journalist and writer, author of eight widely translated and best-selling novels. Early life and career Beauman was born in Totnes, Devon, England. She ...

, in a review of the film for ''

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'', called it "a strange work"; she criticized its pacing and the characterization of Carl, but concluded that, "the faults do not detract ultimately from the film's worth. It is made with a compassion and uncompromising intelligence all too rare among directors." ''

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Roger Greenspun Roger Greenspun (December 16, 1929 – June 18, 2017) was an American journalist and film critic, best known for his work with ''The New York Times'' in which he reviewed near 400 films, particularly in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and for ' ...

criticized Page's performance but wrote overall that the film " akesconsiderable imaginative and emotional risks, as ''Duet for Cannibals'' did not, and the result is a real movie." According to Sontag, the film had a "disastrous reception".

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* 1971 films 1970s Swedish films English-language Swedish films Films directed by Susan Sontag Films shot in Sweden {{1970s-Sweden-film-stub