A World Gone Mad – The Warfare Diaries of Astrid Lindgren will premiere on the 2026 version of CPH:DOX, the Copenhagen Worldwide Documentary Movie Pageant, shining a brand new highlight on the Swedish creator of Pippi Longstocking and Ronia the Robber’s Daughter, organizers unveiled on Wednesday.
The movie from director Wilfried Hauke tells the story of Lindgren’s “younger years throughout World Warfare II by means of her personal diaries in a good looking and clever movie about life, demise and artwork within the shadow of struggle,” a synopsis of the movie on the web site of the Danish doc fest reads. “Because the storm clouds of a brand new world struggle collect on the horizon, Lindgren watches in despair. And on September 1, 1939, when Germany invades Poland and the struggle begins, she begins a diary, which turns into her companion through the darkish years of the struggle. Line by line, the smart Lindgren places her ideas about life, demise and the function of artwork within the shadow of struggle into phrases.”
It’s understood that the doc means that Pippi Longstocking wouldn’t have existed with out World Warfare II. CPH:DOX organizers highlighted that with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the turmoil it has precipitated, A World Gone Mad – The Warfare Diaries of Astrid Lindgren additionally feels “eerily topical.”
The movie from producers Iris Sommerlatte, Wilfried Hauke, Magnus Gertten, and Hermann Pölking-Eiken will display on the Copenhagen fest on March 22, together with screenings in different elements of Denmark round that point. The Copenhagen screening will likely be adopted by a dialogue with former member of parliament, long-time minister and creator Bertel Haarder about “non secular rearmament, Astrid Lindgren’s united values and the Nordic neighborhood.”
CPH:DOX 2026 runs March 11-22.
The Copenhagen fest beforehand stated it will pay tribute to Belgian biking legend “The Cannibal” Eddy Merckx with the Danish premiere of Christophe Hermans and Boris Tilquin’s doc Merckx – Race of a Champion. With A World Gone Mad – The Warfare Diaries of Astrid Lindgren, it’s including to its cinematic exploration of huge European names.
