Elvira Madigan

Elvira Madigan

1967 · 91 min · SV · PG · 6.8 (36 votes)
Dir. Bo Widerberg · Starring Pia Degermark, Thommy Berggren, Lennart Malmer, Cleo Jensen, Nina Widerberg, Yvonne Ingdal · Music Ulf Björlin
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Hedvig Jensen is a famous ropewalker and is known to her public as Elvira Madigan. She meets Lieutenant Sixten Sparre, a Swedish officer who is married and has two children. They both decide to run away, but since Sixten deserted the army, he cannot find any job and the couple encounters many hardships. Moreover, while on the run, Sixten meets a friend who tries to convince him to come back to his country and family.

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A visually stunning, achingly romantic tragedy. It feels like a sun-drenched memory tinged with inevitable sorrow, exploring the desperate beauty of a love that defies convention, even as it crumbles.

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