History Film / TheAdventuresOfPicasso

* CrosscastRole: Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas are played by the British comedians Bernard Cribbins and Wilfrid Brambell, respectively.

'''''Picassos äventyr''''' (''The Adventures of Picasso'') is a [[MindScrew surreal]] [[UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}} Swedish]] comedy from 1978 [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely based on]] the life of Creator/PabloPicasso. It was written by the comedy duo Creator/HasseOchTage (Creator/HansAlfredsson and Creator/TageDanielsson) (directed by the latter), and stars Creator/GöstaEkman in the title role.

* CrosscastRole: Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas are played by the British comedians Creator/BernardCribbins and Creator/WilfridBrambell, respectively.

* SpicyLatina: Picasso's mother, Doña María, and, to a lesser extent, his early romance Dolores, despite being played by [[FakeNationality Swedish actresses Margaretha Krook and]] Creator/LenaOlin, respectively.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The film is full of these. It loosely follows Pablo Picasso's life, and a lot of his contemporaries also appear in the film, including artists like Braque, Matisse, Fernand Léger, Ernest Hemingway, Guillaume Apollinaire, Henri Rousseau, Vincent van Gogh and [[MindScrew no less than two]] Toulouse-Lautrec, as well as political leaders like UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill.

* FakeNationality: Most characters are played by Swedish actors.
** Notably averted by Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, both played by British actors, and Grieg, the Norwegian electrician. Also semi-averted by Ingrid Svensson-Guggenheim, a Swedish-American woman played by a Swedish actress.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The film is full of these. It loosely follows Pablo Picasso's life, and a lot of his contemporaries also appear in the film, including artists like Braque, Matisse, Fernand Léger, Ernest Hemingway, Guillaume Apollinaire, Henri Rousseau, Vincent van Gogh and [[MindScrew no less than two]] Toulouse-Lautrec, as well as political leaders like UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and WinstonChurchill.

** In another scene, UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler himself appears in a rather hilarious [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP7camnyge8 painting duel]] against WinstonChurchill.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The film is full of these. It loosely follows Pablo Picasso's life, and a lot of his contemporaries also appear in the film, including artists like Braque, Matisse, Fernand Léger, Ernest Hemingway, Guillaume Apollinaire, Henri Rousseau, Vincent van Gogh and [[MindScrew no less than two]] Toulouse-Lautrec, as well as political leaders like AdolfHitler and WinstonChurchill.

** In another scene, AdolfHitler himself appears in a rather hilarious [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP7camnyge8 painting duel]] against WinstonChurchill.

* LoveFatherLoveSon: Early in the movie, Picasso and Dolores fal in love. [[spoiler: Near the end, Picasso falls in love with Dolores's [[IdenticalGrandson identical granddaughter]]]].

'''''Picassos äventyr''''' (''The Adventures of Picasso'') is a [[MindScrew surreal]] Swedish comedy from 1978 [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely based on]] the life of Creator/PabloPicasso. It was written by the comedy duo Creator/HasseOchTage (Creator/HansAlfredsson and Creator/TageDanielsson) (directed by the latter), and stars Creator/GöstaEkman in the title role.

* DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest: [[spoiler: Dolores's granddaughter.]] Unlike most examples, it's not for supernatural reasons.

* CrosscastRole: Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas are played by the British comedians Bernard Cribbins and Wilfrid Brambell, respectively.

'''''Picassos äventyr''''' (''The Adventures of Picasso'') is a [[MindScrew surreal]] Swedish comedy from 1978 [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely based on]] the life of Creator/PabloPicasso. It was written by the comedy duo Hans Alfredsson and Tage Danielsson (directed by the latter), and stars Gösta Ekman in the title role.

* SpicyLatina: Picasso's mother, Doña María, and, to a lesser extent, his early romance Dolores, despite being played by [[FakeNationality Swedish actresses Margaretha Krook and Creator/LenaOlin]], respectively.

* SpicyLatina: Picasso's mother, Doña María, and, to a lesser extent, his early romance Dolores, despite being played by [[FakeNationality Swedish actresses Margaretha Krook and Lena Olin]], respectively.

'''''Picassos äventyr''''' (''The Adventures of Picasso'') is a [[MindScrew surreal]] Swedish comedy from 1978 [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely based on]] the life of Creator/PabloPicasso.

'''''Picassos äventyr''''' (''The Adventures of Picasso'') is a [[MindScrew surreal]] Swedish comedy from 1978 [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely based on]] the life of PabloPicasso.

'''''Picassos äventyr''''' (''The Adventures of Picasso'') is a [[MindScrew surreal]] Swedish comedy from 1978 [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely based on]] the life of Pablo Picasso.

* DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest: [[spoiler: Dolores's granddaughter. Unlike most examples, it's not for supernatural reasons.]]

* DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest: [[spoiler: Dolores's granddaughter.]]

* ButchLesbian: [[AmbiguouslyGay Possibly]] Gertrude Stein. She looks, sounds and acts very masculine ([[CrosscastRole and is played by a man]]), and seems to have a thing for her friend Alice B. Toklas. This is actually TruthInTelevision: the RealLife Gertrude Stein indeed had a lesbian relationship with Alice B. Toklas.

* ButchLesbian: [[AmbiguouslyGay Possibly]] Gertrude Stein. She looks, sounds and acts very masculine ([[CrosscastRole and is played by a man]]), and seems to have a thing for her friend Alice B. Toklas.

* ThisIsAWorkOfFiction: The film opens with a disclaimer saying so, despite being VeryLooselyBasedOnATureStory, full of {{Historical Domain Character}}s.

'''''Picassos äventyr''''' (''The Adventures of Picasso'') is a surreal Swedish comedy from 1978 loosely based on the life of Pablo Picasso.