Product: Elvira Madigan [VHS]
Rating: 5.0
Bringing Back The Past
I remember this movie vividly from 1967 when it toured the art house circuit. Now it is available in an excellent transfer from Korea. Elvira Madigan tells the true story of a Danish tightrope artist and a Swedish army deserter whose brief romance ends abruptly. The film is notable for the beauty of the lead actors Pia Degermark and Thommy Berggren, the wonderful photography of the Swedish countryside near Karlberg Castle by Jorgen Persson and the haunting score based on the second movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto #21, which has ever since been referred to as "Elvira Madigan". The film is truly idyllic and one of the most beautiful films ever made. It will put a little romance in your life.