Elvira Madigan (Import)
by Bo Widerberg
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Director: Bo WiderbergPrimary Contributor: Pia Degermark
Primary Contributor: Thommy Berggren
Primary Contributor: Lennart Malmer
DVD: Region Code 0.0
Audio: Swedish (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled)
Format: Color, Import, NTSC, Subtitled
Running Time: 90 minutes
Movie Reviews of Elvira Madigan (Import)
Movie Review: Bringing Back The Past
Summary: 5 Stars
I remember this movie vividly from 1967 when it toured the art house circuit. Now it is available in an excellent transfer from Korea. Elvira Madigan tells the true story of a Danish tightrope artist and a Swedish army deserter whose brief romance ends abruptly. The film is notable for the beauty of the lead actors Pia Degermark and Thommy Berggren, the wonderful photography of the Swedish countryside near Karlberg Castle by Jorgen Persson and the haunting score based on the second movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto #21, which has ever since been referred to as "Elvira Madigan". The film is truly idyllic and one of the most beautiful films ever made. It will put a little romance in your life.
Summary of Elvira Madigan (Import)
The global art-house frenzy was in full swing when Elvira Madigan first made audiences swoon back in 1967. Set in an idyllic Danish forest in 1859 and loosely based on an actual double-suicide, this lushly photographed, quietly seductive film presents a richly romantic tragedy while suggesting that the most intense form of love resembles a kind of blissful insanity. The inseparable lovers in this case are a married Swedish army lieutenant named Sixten (Thommy Berggren) who's gone absent without leave, and the radiantly beautiful Elvira Madigan (Pia Degermark), a Danish tightrope walker who's abandoned her popular position in a traveling circus. Together they have no use for the distractions of the real world; they live only for each other, sharing simple pleasures, spontaneous intimacy, and a seemingly unlimited supply of wild berries, wine, and leisure time. As Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 dominates the soundtrack, Sixten and Elvira chase butterflies (and each other) through a peaceful meadow, at which point the movie practically oozes with romantic perfection. *** IMPORTED FROM SOUTH KOREA *** ORIGINAL SWEDISH LANGUAGE *** OPTIONAL ENGLISH / KOREAN SUBTITLES *** NTSC ALL REGIONS ***Drama DVD Video
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