Elvira Madigan
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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Cast
6 people
Pia Degermark
Hedvig Jensen
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The Vampire Happening
The Looking Glass War
Thommy Berggren
Sixten Sparre
Also in
Raven's End
Joe Hill
Lennart Malmer
Kristoffer
Cleo Jensen
Cleo
Nina Widerberg
Cleo's daughter
Also in
Raven's End
The Baby Carriage
Yvonne Ingdal
Hedvig Jensen (voice)
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Love Is War
Bo Widerberg Director · Ulf Björlin Composer Jörgen Persson Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $2.1M · United States release October 13, 1993 · Produced in Sweden
Box office
Worldwide gross
$2,100,000
Production
Europa Film
Production
Sweden
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Swedish
Spoken on screen
Danish · Swedish
Release dates
Denmark · April 24, 1967
Theatrical
Sweden · April 24, 1967
Theatrical
United States · October 13, 1993
Physical · VHS
United States
September 29, 1967 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
October 30, 1999 · Physical · DVD
August 22, 2023 · Digital · The Criterion Channel
August 22, 2023 · Physical · Blu-ray
Czechia
January 18, 2024 · Theatrical
Finland
April 24, 1967 · Theatrical
France
April 28, 1967 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
October 20, 1967 · Theatrical
Japan
December 21, 2020 · Physical · Blu-ray
South Korea
January 4, 2005 · Physical · DVD
Sweden
August 1, 1997 · Physical · VHS
July 28, 2008 · Physical · DVD
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