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The Song of the Scarlet Flower (1956)

The Song of the Scarlet Flower poster
Original title
Sången om den eldröda blomman
Directed by
Gustaf Molander
Genre
drama film
Country
Sweden
Runtime
1h 44m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man returns to his rural home after years away. He reconnects with a woman he loved in his youth, and their past feelings are stirred up.

melancholicyearningearnestbittersweetlyricalromanticcontemplative

What happens

The Song of the Scarlet Flower (Swedish: Sången om den eldröda blomman) is a 1956 Swedish drama film directed by Gustaf Molander and starring Jarl Kulle, Anita Björk and Ulla Jacobsson. It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren. It is one of several film adaptations of the 1905 novel The Song of the Blood-Red Flower by Finnish author Johannes Linnankoski. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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