The Disciple (Lärjungen)
German title: Der Lehrjunge
Francaise title: L’Apprenti
Russian title: Ученик
Original title: Lärjungen
Francaise title: L’Apprenti
Russian title: Ученик
Original title: Lärjungen
Alternative titles:
Oppipoika
Oppipoika
Drama – Finland
Production year: 2012
Movie length: 93 minutes
Production year: 2012
Movie length: 93 minutes
Director: Ulrika Bengts
Writer: Jimmy Karlsson, Roland Fauser
Cinematograph: Robert Nordström
Music: Peter Hägerstrand
Writer: Jimmy Karlsson, Roland Fauser
Cinematograph: Robert Nordström
Music: Peter Hägerstrand
Movie description:
Set in the summer of 1939, »The Disciple« feels like an iconic, even ancient, story. It takes place on an isolated, rocky island in the Baltic Sea where lighthouse keeper Master Hasselbond is a God-like figure, overseeing his despairing wife, an innocent young daughter and a teenage son, Gustaf, who both fears and loves him. Then an outsider comes to this doomed place, a 13-year-old boy chosen by default to become the lighthouse keeper’s assistant – much to Hasselbond’s disgust. Raised and abused in an orphanage, Karl is determined to prove his worth. He befriends Gustaf, but their friendship changes to rivalry and hate when Hasselbond starts to favor Karl over his own son.
A new arrival to a lonely island threatens the lighthouse keeper’s tyrannical hold over his family. The film is set at the end of the 1930s on a barren, rocky island in the Åland archipelago, whose only residents are lighthouse keeper Majakkamestari Hasselbond and his family. Hasselbond runs a tight ship and expects his family to conform to his regime. The 13-year-old orphan Karl is sent out as a new assistant, but Hasselbond would rather have his son Gustaf do the job and rejects Karl. In fear of being sent away, Karl makes himself useful wherever he can. Gustaf is initially happy to have someone his own age on the island; Karl helps with the math lessons that the elder Hasselbond regularly uses to humiliate his son. But things change as the father becomes increasingly impressed with Karl and starts showing him preferential treatment, even using him to further disparage his submissive son. The interplay of tyranny, obedience and subjugation grows increasing intense. Only when Karl reveals a well-guarded family secret do the oppressed begin to revolt.
A new arrival to a lonely island threatens the lighthouse keeper’s tyrannical hold over his family. The film is set at the end of the 1930s on a barren, rocky island in the Åland archipelago, whose only residents are lighthouse keeper Majakkamestari Hasselbond and his family. Hasselbond runs a tight ship and expects his family to conform to his regime. The 13-year-old orphan Karl is sent out as a new assistant, but Hasselbond would rather have his son Gustaf do the job and rejects Karl. In fear of being sent away, Karl makes himself useful wherever he can. Gustaf is initially happy to have someone his own age on the island; Karl helps with the math lessons that the elder Hasselbond regularly uses to humiliate his son. But things change as the father becomes increasingly impressed with Karl and starts showing him preferential treatment, even using him to further disparage his submissive son. The interplay of tyranny, obedience and subjugation grows increasing intense. Only when Karl reveals a well-guarded family secret do the oppressed begin to revolt.
Boy Actors
Erik Lönngren
(Karl Berg, 13 years old)
(Karl Berg, 13 years old)
Year of birth: 1996
Age of the actor:
approximately 16 years old
Age of the actor:
approximately 16 years old
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