---
title: 'Becoming Astrid (2018)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Pernille Fischer Christensen'
released: '2018-09-14'
runtime_minutes: 123
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Denmark'
  - 'Sweden'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/becoming-astrid-2018'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6433456/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Becoming Astrid (2018)

2018 · 123 min · History · Denmark, Sweden

Original title: Unga Astrid

## Synopsis

Becoming Astrid is a 2018 biographical drama film about the early life of Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. An international co-production between Sweden and Denmark, the film is directed by Pernille Fischer Christensen, from a screenplay co-written by Christensen and Kim Fupz Aakeson, and stars Alba August and Maria Fahl Vikander as young and elder incarnations of Lindgren, alongside Maria Bonnevie, Magnus Krepper, Trine Dyrholm, Henrik Rafaelsen and Björn Gustafsson.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Pernille Fischer Christensen](https://cinepixo.com/people/pernille-fischer-christensen)
- **Screenplay:** [Pernille Fischer Christensen](https://cinepixo.com/people/pernille-fischer-christensen), [Kim Fupz Aakeson](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-fupz-aakeson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Nicklas Schmidt](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicklas-schmidt)
- **Producer:** [Anna Anthony](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-anthony), [Lars Lindström](https://cinepixo.com/people/lars-lindstrom), [Maria Dahlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-dahlin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Erik Molberg Hansen](https://cinepixo.com/people/erik-molberg-hansen)
- **Editor:** [Åsa Mossberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/asa-mossberg)

## Cast

- [Lars Väringer](https://cinepixo.com/people/lars-varinger)
- [Trine Dyrholm](https://cinepixo.com/people/trine-dyrholm)
- [Magnus Krepper](https://cinepixo.com/people/magnus-krepper)
- [Li Brådhe](https://cinepixo.com/people/li-bradhe)
- [Alba August](https://cinepixo.com/people/alba-august) as Astrid Lindgren
- [Sofia Ka](https://cinepixo.com/people/sofia-ka)
- [Maria Fahl Vikander](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-fahl-vikander)
- [Eric Ericson](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-ericson)
- [Maria Alm Norell](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-alm-norell)
- [Björn Gustafsson](https://cinepixo.com/people/bjorn-gustafsson)
- [Henrik Rafaelsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/henrik-rafaelsen)
- [Maria Bonnevie](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-bonnevie)

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Official site: https://dcmworld.com/portfolio/astrid/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/becoming-astrid-2018
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