Movies with Thommy Berggren

Joe Hill aka The Ballad of Joe Hill

Genres: Drama, Biography

Starring: Michael Logan, Richard Weber, Thommy Berggren, Anja Schmidt, Kelvin Malave, Evert Anderson, Cathy Smith

Directors: Bo Widerberg

Country: USA, Sweden

Year: 1971

In the early 1900's, 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 get 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 hims...