Adalen 31

Adalen 31

1969 · 114 min · SV · 6.8 (33 votes)
Dir. Bo Widerberg · Starring Peter Schildt, Kerstin Tidelius, Roland Hedlund, Marie De Geer, Olof Bergström, Jonas Bergström
DramaHistoryRomance

A 1969 Swedish drama film directed by Bo Widerberg. It depicts the 1931 Ådalen shootings, in which Swedish military forces opened fire against labour demonstrators in the Swedish sawmill district of Ådalen, killing five people, including a young girl.

VIBE

A starkly beautiful, deeply affecting historical drama that captures the simmering tensions and tragic consequences of social unrest. It feels like a quiet, yet powerful, lament for lost lives and a lost era.

sombertensemelancholicintrospectiveslow-burnperiod dramanaturalisticpolitical cinemaarthouseclass strugglesocial injusticeloss of innocencehistorical trauma
▶ Stream on Criterion Channel
MORE LIKE THIS — multi-vector + why, diversified