Elvira Madigan Movie Review 1967

Chronicles the true 19th-century Swedish romance between teenaged Elvira (Degermark), a beautiful circus tight-rope walker, and young Army officer Sixten Sparre (Berggren) who leaves his wife and children to be with her. Exceptional direction and photography and a notable use of classical music by Mozart and Vivaldi. Swedish with subtitles.

Distribution

Tapeworm Video Distributors, 27833 Hopkins Ave., Unit 6, Valencia, CA 91355, Phone: (661)257-4904, Fax: (661)257-4820, Email: sales@tapeworm.com, URL: http://www.tapeworm.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 90 minutes.
Originally from Swedish.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Carnivals & Circuses, True Stories, Period Piece: 19th Century, Military: Army

Screenplay

Johan Lindstroem Saxon, Bo Widerberg

Cast

Pia Degermark, Thommy Berggren, Lennart Malmer, Nina Widerberg, Cleo Jensen

Cinematography

Jorgen Persson

Director

Bo Widerberg

Music

Ulf Bjorlin

Producer

Atlantic Releasing, Europa Films

Awards

Cannes 1967: Actress (Degermark).