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Miss Julie (1951)

Miss Julie poster
Original title
Fröken Julie
Directed by
Alf Sjöberg
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
Sweden
Runtime
1h 29m
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 55 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A count's daughter in 19th century Sweden starts a relationship with a servant on the estate. The film explores the tensions between social classes and personal desire.

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What happens

Miss Julie (Swedish: Fröken Julie) is a 1951 Swedish drama film directed by Alf Sjöberg and starring Anita Björk and Ulf Palme, based on the 1888 play by August Strindberg. The film deals with class, sex and power as the title character, the daughter of a Count in 19th century Sweden, begins a relationship with one of the estate's servants. The film won the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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