Talk:Elvira Madigan

Untitled
You'll notice that the date of death given by "Find-A-Grave" is different from the one listed in her Wiki Article. I did some further research and confirmed the July 20th date. Unfortunately the dates in the photo of the gravestone are unreadable.

I also deleted the link to the Swedish military site as the document is no longer available.


 * Michael David 14:29, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

The ballad
Is the full text of a Danish-language ballad really appropriate content for an English-language encyclopedia? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by MirkMeister (talk • contribs).


 * Actually it's swedish. Not that it matter of course. I don't know why anyone would put Swedishh in the English Wikipedia Rune X2 10:32, 4 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I translated it, but it's not even particular good, so I guess it can be deleted. On the other hand apparently it was fairly popular in Sweden I think Rune X2 10:54, 4 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I actually believe the ballad is relevant, since the popular song was one of the main reasons the story of Elvira Madigan survived into the 20th century, and untill the 1967 Movie the story was still mainly remembered because of the song. However, I am not entirely sure this one is the original, who appeared around scandinavia in the late 1800's.

Elvira Madigan, the band
There's also a death/black metal band with the same name. Just to let you guys know. (http://metal-archives.com/band.php?id=7436) http://www.elviramadigan.com/ DJLarZ 14:58, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Film Notes
I just bought and watched the movie for the first time since it came out. Each scene was as well composed as I recalled and only years of watching computer graphics enabled me to see that the scenes of her practicing tightrope walking on a borrowed clothesline were special effects. I don't recall thinking those scenes were "faked" in 1967. The cinematography reminds me of the 1969 film of William Faulkner's The Reivers that starred Steve McQueen -- or rather, that movie's reminded me of Elvira Madigan. However, the movie has Elvira making money by dancing at a fair that takes place on 16 August (according to a poster visible in the movie). Or did I miss something not knowing Swedish? I was also astonished by a scene I didn't remember that showed Sixten and an army friend playfully chasing one another about with their revolvers and talking animatedly while holding the pistols and incidentally pointing them at themselves. Surely soldiers would know better! This particular DVD was subtitled in English and Korean. How off the wall is this incident compared to the values of Korean culture? --Calypsoparakeet 20:48, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

What's so damn romantic about adultery? that was obviously a heinous tragedy for his wife and kids. I love romance but an adulterous relationship should not be glamourised. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Griffonclaw (talk • contribs) 19:53, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Suicide?
Can we be sure she did commit suicide i.e. that she consented to her lover shooting her? PatGallacher (talk) 14:09, 19 January 2014 (UTC)