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Elskere (1963)

Elskere poster
Directed by
Nils R. Müller
Genre
drama
Country
Norway
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
15
Rating
3.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman in a small Norwegian town is judged for her free ways. Her only close friend is a young orphan girl. When she becomes pregnant, she chooses to raise her child alone without a man's help.

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What happens

Elskere (English: Lovers) is a 1963 Norwegian drama film directed by Nils R. Müller, starring Ingerid Vardund and Wenche Myhre. Ludvina (Vardund) is considered a woman of loose morals in her small home town, and her only real friend is the orphaned girl Grethe (Myhre). When Ludvina becomes pregnant, she decides to raise the child without the help of a man. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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