
Hedvig Jensen is a famous ropewalker and is known to her public as Elvira Madigan. She meets Lieutenant Sixten Sparre, a Swedish officer who is married and has two children. They both decide to run away, but since Sixten deserted the army, he cannot find any job and the couple encounters many hardships. Moreover, while on the run, Sixten meets a friend who tries to convince him to come back to his country and family.... (Full plot summary below)
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Hedvig Jensen is a famous ropewalker and is known to her public as Elvira Madigan. She meets Lieutenant Sixten Sparre, a Swedish officer who is married and has two children. They both decide to run away, but since Sixten deserted the army, he cannot find any job and the couple encounters many hardships. Moreover, while on the run, Sixten meets a friend who tries to convince him to come back to his country and family.
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| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertElvira Madigan is indeed remarkably beautiful, Almost every frame would make a painting, and yet the film is alive and cinematic, not simply photographs of pretty pictures. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeI have no patience for the unrealistic and rather personality-challenged lovers as they cavort through sun-dappled fields. |
| User ReviewTobias SThe ultimate romance, stunning image, beautiful characters, poignant dialogs, and the perfect music. |
| User ReviewIvelina GIt is now forty years since this film was made and it is still a fresh film. It seems as it could have been made today. The impressionistic cinematography of Jorgen Persson was then astounding and its visual interplay with Mozart and Vivaldi is still vital. It is a real classic and one of the best true love films ever made. |
| User ReviewByron BA Swedish Romeo and Juliet, but it's the use of music and image that I really like; in fact, the music is the real star of the film. |
| User ReviewPrivate UA moving, poignant, non-melodramatic portrayal of true- but ultimately doomed- lovers! A 60s foreign film that feels totally universal & timeless Its a beautifully told, ultra humane, free-love message without any drugged up hippys in site. Come on guys only 47 people have reviewed it on here. |
| User ReviewJean BFor those under 40, could be one of the best-kept-secret-love-movie of all times! |
| User ReviewYang YCan love butter our bread...a stunning critique on romance. Most poetic approach to Mozart's masterpiece and love philosophy. |
| User ReviewSaiiara SThis is one of the most lyrical films ever made. Among other reasons, I love this movie because it introduced me to Mozart's "Piano Concerto Number 21." |
| User ReviewAlberto MUna de las primeras art-movies que recuerdo haber visto en mi vida. De joven me impresiono el ritmo y la cinematografia, y esa sensacion de desasosiego que proyecta. Ahora de adulto, sigo manteniendo un lazo sentimental con el filme. A este filme le debo mi pasion por Mozart. |