Story of San Michele (1962)

September. 28,1962

5.7

| Drama History

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.

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Cast

O.W. Fischer as Axel Munthe

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Reviews

Actuakers

1962/09/28

One of my all time favorites.

Marketic

1962/09/29

It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Nayan Gough

1962/09/30

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Justina

1962/10/01

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.