The life of the Swedish engineer Alfred Nobel. How he invented dynamite and later in his life founded the Nobel-Prize.
Acting
Sven Wollter carries decades of regret in his eyebrows.
Production
Grimy 19th-century factories you can practically smell.
Director
Vilgot Sjöman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1888 obituary that shocked Nobel was actually his brother's — newspapers confused them, but Alfred got the message.
Director Vilgot Sjöman was already infamous for 'I Am Curious (Yellow)'; this was his unlikely pivot to solemn historical responsibility.
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