Elvira Madigan (1967)
Elvira Madigan (1967)
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Bound by their all-consuming desire, a young circus tightrope walker and a lieutenant forsake everything to be together and escape to the countryside—only to see their lovers’ idyll gradually give way to poverty and desperation.
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Elvira Madigan is a 1967 Swedish romantic drama film directed by Bo Widerberg and starring Pia Degermark and Thommy Berggren. It is based on the tragedy of the Danish slackrope dancer Hedvig Jensen, working under the stage name of Elvira Madigan at her stepfather's travelling circus, and her romance with Swedish nobleman lieutenant Sixten Sparre.
The film was released in Sweden on 24 April 1967. In the United States, the film premiered on 30 October 1967. The film was Widerberg's first to have commercial success overseas. At that year's Cannes Film Festival, Degermark won the award for Best Actress.
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