Lust och fägring stor (1995)

Director:

Bo Widerberg

Writer:

Bo Widerberg (screenplay)

Release Date:

8 March 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | War

Tagline:

Han var elev. Hon hans lärarinna. Deras kärlek var förbjuden.

Plot:

Malmoe, Sweden during the Second World War. Stig is a 15 year old pupil on the verge of adulthood. Viola is 37 years old and his teacher...

Plot Keywords:

Teacher | Sweden | Extramarital Affair | Party | Sexual Favor

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 5 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Johan Widerberg	...	Stig
Marika Lagercrantz	...	Viola
Tomas von Brömssen	...	Kjell
Karin Huldt	...	Lisbet
Nina Gunke	...	Stig's Mother
Björn Kjellman	...	Sigge
Kenneth Milldoff	...	Stig's Father
Frida Lindholm	...	Olga
Sigge Cederlund	...	Biografmaskinisten
George Bisset
Gösta Ekstrand
Hilda Suovanen
Per Olov Börjeson
Jörgen Svensson
Monica Stenbeck	...	Gymnastiklärarinnan

Also Known As:

All Things Fair (International: English title)
Lærerinden (Denmark)
Love Lessons

Runtime:

130 min

Country:

Sweden | Denmark

Language:

Swedish | English | Portuguese | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Singapore:R(A) | South Korea:18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA (cable rating) | Chile:18 | Denmark:12 | Finland:K-14 | Hong Kong:III | Spain:18 | Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden

Company:

Per Holst Filmproduktion

Movie Connections:

Features General von Döbeln (1942)

Soundtrack:

Starlight Serenade

I love this movie so much!

I watched this movie by VCD and was so greatly touched by it that I watched it over and over again. There are much more I could feel than what I can put down for now. I really would like to know more about the story, its background and any information about the excellent actors and actress. What I have downloaded from the Internet was far from enough, even worse, most of them are written in Swedish. This totally denied me from having a better understanding of the movie. Unfortunately, I failed to get a Swedish-English/Chinese dictionary to help me out. (There is only a very brief one in Shanghai Foreign Book Trader with a price as high as 260 RMB).

With all my knowledge so far, I think this movie is great in depicting how a youngster copes with whatever comes to him. Despite the sadness and confusion that he has gone through, he also gets the strength out of a kind of impotency. I really admire these artists of their talent in showing us the richness of life and in an elegant and natural way. In my eyes, there should be two kinds of arts: one is what "is", and the other is what "should be". As far as I've seen, many movies are relegated to what is not and what should not be. I just want to ask a favor to whomever you are, if you can help me with a Swedish dictionary and more about the movie. Of course, most importantly, your personal opinion about it.