---
title: 'Joe Hill (1971)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bo Widerberg'
released: '1971-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 114
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Sweden'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/joe-hill-1971'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067276/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Joe Hill (1971)

1971 · 114 min · Drama, History · Sweden, United States


## Synopsis

Joe Hill is a 1971 biopic about the Swedish-American labor activist and songwriter Joe Hill, born Joel Emanuel Hägglund in Gävle, Sweden. It was directed by Swedish director Bo Widerberg and is a dramatization of Hill's life, depicting Hill's arrival as a poor immigrant in New York in 1902, his involvement with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and his trial for murder, during which he defended himself.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Bo Widerberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/bo-widerberg)
- **Screenplay:** [Bo Widerberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/bo-widerberg)
- **Editor:** [Bo Widerberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/bo-widerberg)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Stefan Großmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-gro-mann)
- **Producer:** [Waldemar Bergendahl](https://cinepixo.com/people/waldemar-bergendahl)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jörgen Persson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jorgen-persson)

## Cast

- [Thommy Berggren](https://cinepixo.com/people/thommy-berggren)
- [Liska March](https://cinepixo.com/people/liska-march)

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