Released:
1962-09-28

Overview:
A biographical drama is based on the 1929 autobiography of Swedish doctor Axel Martin Fredrik, The Story of San Michele. It follows the physician, psychiatrist, and adventurer as he travels the distances from Lapland to his Villa San Michele on Capri, with special stops in Paris and Rome. Personal physician to Queen Victoria, also physician to the Swedish royal family (he spent his last years living in the Royal Palace in Sweden), "Axel Munthe" knew everyone from the poorest clients to the most well-endowed. His love of animals, his support of bird sanctuaries, his involvement with architecture as he constructs his impressive villa throughout five summers, and his interests in archaeology and hypnotism are all explored.

Director:
Rudolf Jugert

Runtime:
2h 14min

Genre:
History, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  O.W. Fischer
  as
  Axel Munthe
• 
  Rosanna Schiaffino
  as
  Antonia
• 
  Sonja Ziemann
  as
  Prinzessin Clementine
• 
  Valentina Cortese
  as
  Eleonora Duse
• 
  Heinz Erhardt
  as
  Brunoni