Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) is an important part of art history and one of the first ever painters of abstract art. However, unlike the work of many of her peers at the time hers was misunderstood and neglected until long after her death. This is a story about Hilma and the circumstances which made her paintings possible. The film picks up during her early life and ends today; when her art connects with people of all religions and cultures. Just as she intended.
Production
Hallström recreating Klint's massive temple paintings with obsessive detail.
Acting
Lena Olin's weathered defiance vs. Tora Hallström's burning conviction.
Costume
Spiritualist circles and suffragette-adjacent Swedish restraint.
Director
Lasse Hallström
Lena Olin
Hilma af Klint
Tora Hallström
Young Hilma
Lily Cole
Mathilda
Tom Wlaschiha
Rudolf Steiner
Emmi Tjernström
Hermina
Catherine Chalk
Anna Cassel
Rebecca Calder
Cornelia
Maeve Dermody
Sigrid
Jazzy De Lisser
Thomasine
Adam Lundgren
Hilma's brother
Karolis Kasperavičius
Johan af Klint
Diana Anevičiūtė-Valiušaitienė
Older Anna
Paulius Markevičius
Edvard Munch
Jens Hultén
Hilma's Father
Anna Björk
Hilma's Mother
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Lasse Hallström cast his own daughter Tora as young Hilma, making this a literal father-daughter collaboration about a woman whose male mentor failed her.
Klint's 'Paintings for the Temple' series—1,200 works she insisted were channeled from spirits—remained sealed until 1986. Kandinsky's first abstract work? 1911. Her earliest? 1906. Do the math.
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