Kristin Lavransdatter
by Liv Ullmann
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Actor: Anne Kokkinn, Bj?rn Jenseg, Elisabeth Matheson, Erland Josephson, Per KvaernesDirector: Liv Ullmann
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Norwegian (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 187 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-04-06
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Homevision
Movie Reviews of Kristin Lavransdatter
Movie Review: disappointed
Summary: 2 Stars
Knowing that it would be impossible to contain any of the drama of an epic like KRISTIN LAVRANSDATTER in one DVD, I didn't expect a lot from this offering. I bought this item out of curiosity. I am sure that Norwegian, Liv Ullman, understands the characters better than I do, even though I've read the book 4 times in 40 years...and made pilgrimages to the book's locations....but, the casting was terrible...come on!! Erlend had gold teeth in the 13th century?
Summary of Kristin Lavransdatter
This epic love story set in 14th-century Norway is Liv Ullmann's (Faithless) remarkable adaptation of Sigrid Undset's 1928 Nobel Prize-winning novel. Kristin Lavransdatter follows one woman's decision to break with tradition to marry the man she loves rather than the man her father has chosen for her. Torn between her longing for love and her sense of family loyalty, she ventures into a life filled with passion and pain, joy and sorrow. The star of many Ingmar Bergman films (Scenes from a Marriage, Autumn Sonata), director Ullmann collaborates here with cinematographer Sven Nykvist (Cries and Whispers) to create a film as visually entrancing as Bergman's finest. Her insightful exploration of medieval society captures the essence of life throughout the ages.Based on a novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author Sigrid Undset, Kristin Lavransdatter tells a love story set against the backdrop of 14th-century Norway. After her childhood sweetheart is killed, Kristin (Elisabeth Matheson) enters a nunnery to postpone her arranged marriage to a man she doesn't love. On a trip to town, she meets Erlend (Bj?rn Skagestad), who is immediately smitten with her. Though she discovers that Erlend is in disgrace, she falls in love with him and they find themselves in carnal embrace. Against all social and religious forces, they struggle to make their love possible. Directed by Liv Ullmann (director of Private Confessions, star of Ingmar Bergman's Persona and Cries and Whispers), the movie benefits from its richly realized depiction of medieval life. Despite her limited status in this world, Kristin is no blushing maiden; when she repels an attempted rape by bashing her attacker's head with a stone, her face has the fury of a warrior queen, and her passion for Erlend is all-consuming. Kristin Lavransdatter may be too reverential toward its source material to have any consistent vigor as a film, and it's a bit of a soap opera (the religious intensity at times verges on the Gothic), but at its best it has a rawness that captures the pain and joy of life (and love) in brutal circumstances. Beautifully filmed by the great cinematographer Sven Nykvist (whose credits range from Autumn Sonata to Sleepless in Seattle). --Bret Fetzer
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