Reviewer:
John McCormick from ASTORIA, NY United States
Loved it. Very moving and a gorgeous print. Many thanks.
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A Forgotten Classic
March 2, 2020
Reviewer:
GerryM from ROSLINDALE, MA United States
This 1969 film by Bo Widerberg (Elvira Madigan) tells the history of events in a provincial manufacturing town and their bloody repression that led to the Swedish general strike of 1930. Equal to the political plot is a sexual coming of age story among teenagers. The denouement in which a teenage son becomes the backbone of the family because the wife is unable to come to terms with a tragic event is contrary to emotional reality and implicitly kind of demeaning to women. Nevertheless the film is a valuable history lesson and overall is superb and sadly neglected.
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Adalen 31 (english subtitles)
March 21, 2019
Reviewer:
Alasdair from Swansea, UK
What a great site! Had almost given up hope of finding this film.
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Neglected Oscar and Golden Globe Nominee
July 12, 2016
Reviewer:
Chris Kuykendall from Austin, TX United States
Given that this movie has never been released even on VHS, much less regular commercial DVD, I don't see that anybody has ever listed its original X rating. If released today, it would probably be an ordinary R. I count 29 Swedish movies I've watched. This would be in the top quintile behind only The Emigrants, The Best Intentions, Everlasting Moments, and a couple of others. Plus it received Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Foreign-Language Film, and it imparts a piece of Scandinavian history. The quality of the MovieDetective DVD-R is, as always, good.
Loved it 
Neglected Oscar and Golden Globe Nominee