Overview

A biographical drama is based on the 1929 autobiography of Swedish doctor Axel Martin Fredrik, The Story of San Michele. It follows the physician, psychiatrist, and adventurer as he travels the distances from Lapland to his Villa San Michele on Capri, with special stops in Paris and Rome. Personal physician to Queen Victoria, also physician to the Swedish royal family (he spent his last years living in the Royal Palace in Sweden), "Axel Munthe" knew everyone from the poorest clients to the most well-endowed. His love of animals, his support of bird sanctuaries, his involvement with architecture as he constructs his impressive villa throughout five summers, and his interests in archaeology and hypnotism are all explored.

Top Cast

O.W. Fischer

Axel Munthe

Rosanna Schiaffino

Antonia

Sonja Ziemann

Prinzessin Clementine

Valentina Cortese

Eleonora Duse

Heinz Erhardt

Brunoni

Ingeborg Schöner

Natascha

Christiane Maybach

Paulette

Renate Ewert

Patientin

J

Jürgen von Alten

Dr.Lindt

A

Anneliese Würtz

Schwester

María Mahor

Ebba

Antoine Balpêtré

Leblanc