Joe Hill
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August 25, 1971
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Drama
In the early 1900s, the legendary Joe Hill emigrates with his brother to the United States. But after a short time, he loses touch with his brother. Joe gets a few jobs but is struck by all the injustice and tragedy going on. He becomes active in the forbidden union IWW, a union for workers without trades. It is forbidden to demonstrate and to speak in public but Joe gets around that by singing his manifests with the Salvation Army. He manages to get more and more people to go on strike with him but he also makes powerful enemies doing that. Finally he gets connected with a murder and during the trial he fires his lawyer and takes upon himself to become his own defender.
Featured Crew
Bo Widerberg
Director
Stefan Grossman
Original Music Composer
Bo Widerberg
Writer
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Cast
Thommy Berggren
Joe Hill
Anja Schmidt
Lucia
Kelvin Malave
The Fox
Evert Anderson
Blackie
Cathy Smith
Cathy