
Patriotism(1966)
Two characters on a Noh stage dramatize the rite of love and death of Lieutenant Shinji Takeyama and his wife Reiko.


Famous acrobat Elvira Madigan meets Sixten Sparre, a married Swedish officer with two children. They decide to elope, but since Sparre deserted the army, he's unemployable and the couple encounter various hardships.

Pia Degermark
Hedvig Jensen

Thommy Berggren
Sixten Sparre
Lennart Malmer
Kristoffer
Cleo Jensen
Cleo
Nina Widerberg
Cleo's daughter

Yvonne Ingdal
Hedvig Jensen (voice)
Elvira Madigan is a drama, romance, history film released in 1967 exploring themes of suicide, runaway, biography, lieutenant, awol. Directed by Bo Widerberg, it stars Pia Degermark, Thommy Berggren, Lennart Malmer. Famous acrobat Elvira Madigan meets Sixten Sparre, a married Swedish officer with two children. They decide to elope, but since Sparre deserted the army, he's unemployable and the couple encounter various hardships.
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