 Elvira Madigan (1967 film)

Elvira Madigan is a 1967 Swedish film directed by Bo Widerberg, based on the tragedy of the Danish tightrope dancer Hedvig Jensen (born 1867), working under the stage name of Elvira Madigan at her stepfather's travelling circus, who runs away with the Swedish nobleman lieutenant Sixten Sparre (born 1854).Elvira Madigan and Sixten Sparre are together in the Danish countryside, having run away together and abandoned their past lives.