In the early 1900s, 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 go 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 himself to become his own defender.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Thommy Berggren, Anja Schmidt, Kelvin Malave, Evert Anderson, Cathy Smith, Hasse Persson
Crew: Bo Widerberg (Director), Stefan Grossman (Original Music Composer), Bo Widerberg (Editor), Waldemar Bergendahl (Producer), Bo Widerberg (Producer), Ulf Axén (Art Direction)
Country: Sweden, United States of America
Language: English, Italiano, svenska
Studio: Paramount Pictures, Sagittarius Productions, Bo Widerberg Film
Runtime: 114 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Aug 25, 1971
IMDb: 4.6
Keywords:wobblies
