

Joe Hill
"I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night. Alive as you or me. Says I, but Joe you're ten years dead. I never died says he."
In the early 20th-century, the legendary Joe Hill emigrates with his brother to the United States. However, after a short time, he loses touch with his brother. After a few jobs but struck by all the injustice and tragedy, he becomes active in the forbidden IWW (Industrial Workers of the World), a union for workers without trades. It is forbidden to demonstrate and speak in public but Joe finds a loophole by singing his manifests with the Salvation Army. As his allies grow, so do his enemies.
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- English
- wobblies
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United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR24 Oct 1971
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical23 Sept 1971
ColombiaCO
- Theatrical21 Mar 1973
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical27 Oct 1971
FinlandFI
- Theatrical25 Dec 1971
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival13 May 1971
- Theatrical8 Dec 1971
GreeceGR
- Theatrical15 Jan 1973
IrelandIE
- Theatrical9 Jun 1972
ItalyIT
- Theatrical10 Mar 1972
JapanJP
- Theatrical30 Oct 1971
SwedenSE
- Theatrical25 Aug 1971
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Joe Hill was released on 25 August 1971.
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Landing at Ellis Island from Europe at the start of the 20th century, the Hågglund brothers anticipate opportunities galore in this new land after years of poverty and illness at home in Sweden. Unable to speak the language, they can only find manual labour work and it is this dead-end existence that spurs Joe (Thommy Berggren) to challenge his ideals of just what life in the USA was going to mean! Separated from his…
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