Bo Widerberg
Director
Elvira Madigan (1967)
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.
Genres: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
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Watch Providers: Criterion Channel
Production Companies: Europa Film
Country: Sweden
Production Country:
Sweden
Languages:
Swedish,
Danish
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91 min
April 24, 1967
Aug. 22, 2023
Released
PG / 11+