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Summary:

Bo Widerberg reached new heights of visual lyricism with the sublime retelling of a real-life nineteenth-century romantic tragedy. Bound by their all-consuming desire, a young circus tightrope walker and a lieutenant with a wife and children forsake everything to be together and escape to the countryside, only to see their lovers' idyll gradually give way to poverty and desperation. With its painterly, sun-dappled images and indelible use of Mozart's Piano Concerto no. 21, this 1960s art-house sensation is the most ravishing expression of Widerberg's recurring theme of the tension between individual freedom and social responsibility.

Contributors:

Widerberg, Bo, 1930-1997 , screenwriter, film director

Bergendahl, Waldemar, 1933-2022 , film producer

Berggren, Thommy, 1937- , actor

Degermark, Pia, 1949- , actor

Malmer, Lennart, 1941- , actor

Persson, Jörgen, 1936- , director of photography

Fahlén, Sven, 1929- , sound designer

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 , composer

Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741 , composer

Criterion Collection (Firm) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

Swedish
English

Language Notes:

Swedish dialogue; English subtitles.

Main Work:

Elvira Madigan (Motion picture)

Related Series:

Criterion collection; [volume] 1189

Bo Widerberg's new Swedish cinema; Blu-ray 3

Subjects:

Madigan, Elvira, 1867-1889 — Drama

Sparre, Sixten, 1854-1889 — Drama

Aerialists — Drama

Love — Drama

Man-woman relationships — Drama

Adultery — Drama

Runaway husbands — Drama

Madigan, Elvira, 1867-1889

Sparre, Sixten, 1854-1889

Aerialists

Love

Man-woman relationships

Adultery

Runaway husbands

Genres:

Motion pictures

Motion pictures, Swedish

Romance films

Biographical films

Feature films

Fiction films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Drama

System Details:

Blu-ray; region A; LPCM monaural.

Performers:

Cast: Pia Degermark, Tommy Berggren, Lennart Malmer, Cleo [Jensen], Nina Widerberg.

Production Credits:

Screenwriter, director, Bo Widerberg; director of photography, Jörgen Persson; sound, Sven Fahlén; music, W.A. Mozart, Antonio Vivaldi ; [producer, Waldemar Bergendahl].

General Notes:

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
2K restoration from the original camera negative done in 2018 by the Svensk filminstutet.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1967.
Wide screen (1.66:1).
Features: Jörgen Persson (2021 interview with cinematographer Jörgen Persson); Bo Widerberg (a 1967 episode of the television program Filmrutan in which children quizzed the director about the film); Behind the scenes.
Winner, best actress, Cannes Film Festival.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (90 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; mono; LPCM; sound

Film Characteristics:

1.66:1; wide screen

Digital Characteristics:

video file; Blu-ray; region A

Call Numbers:

ELV 1967 BLU

ISBNs:

9798886070538 (boxed set)

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515286213 (boxed set)
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC3478BD (boxed set)
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC3478BD-3 (disc label)

OCLC Numbers:

1393187010