"...all that my longing has dreamed". Drama documentary about the Norwegian poet Johan Sebastian Welhaven (1807-1873), based on contemporary memoirs, letters, diaries and poetry, by Tone Bengtsson. Welhaven is a poor and fatherless rural ...See more"...all that my longing has dreamed". Drama documentary about the Norwegian poet Johan Sebastian Welhaven (1807-1873), based on contemporary memoirs, letters, diaries and poetry, by Tone Bengtsson. Welhaven is a poor and fatherless rural student in Kristiania in the 1830s. He dreams of introducing a new refined and intellectually superior European education in his backward and uncivilized country. He is a broken and complicated person, who can show great arrogance and aggression, but he also writes naked and poignant poems about his depression and longing for love. Written by
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