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Midweek Cinema: Elvira Madigan

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

starring Pia Degermark, Thommy Berggren
Lord Chalfont has chosen the story of a world well lost for love as his kind of movie. In 1889 Lieutenant Count Sixten Sparre deserted from the Swedish army and ran away to Denmark with Elvira Madigan, a tightrope dancer. After an idyllic summer, seeing no future for their love, they chose to die together in the forest.
Screenplay and direction by Bo Widerberg
(Swedish film with English sub-titles) Films: pages 16-17

Contributors

Screenplay and direction:
Bo Widerberg
Elvira Madigan:
Pia Degermark
Count Sixten Sparre:
Hommy Berggren
Kristoffer:
Lennart Malmer
Little girl:
Nina Wederberg
Cook:
Cleo Jensen
Source: Radio Times

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