Genres

Drama , Romance , History

Duration

91 min

Director

Bo Widerberg

Rating

6.8

Release Date

April 24, 1967

Elvira Madigan

Original title: Elvira Madigan

Synopsis

Bound by their all-consuming desire, a young circus tightrope walker and a lieutenant forsake everything to be together and escape to the countryside—only to see their lovers’ idyll gradually give way to poverty and desperation.