Elvira Madigan

Apr 24, 1967

1h 31m

★ 6.8

Overview

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

Drama

Romance

History

Production Companies

Europa Film

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Cast

Hedvig Jensen

Pia Degermark

Sixten Sparre

Thommy Berggren

Kristoffer

Lennart Malmer

Cleo

Cleo Jensen

Cleo's daughter

Nina Widerberg

Hedvig Jensen (voice)

Yvonne Ingdal

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