Bo Widerberg is a great example of the provice of swedish filmmaking and the richness of this land's filmography- and along with Ingmar Bergman, Jan Troell and Ruben Östlund to mention a few, one of those who has even made it to the Oscars.
This film is of course very important and showcases a well remembered and tragic event in rather recent swedish history, and how police intervention against agressive strikes can be bound for chaos.
The actors all do an incredible job, and conveys this tale beautifully, and Widerberg's characteristic cinematography, cutting and editing is ever present. It is all around very beautifully put together.
Overall, a very important, well written and eye-opening piece that is very much recommended for any lover of film, and for anyone really!
Adalen 31
1969 [SWEDISH]
Drama / History / Romance
Plot summary
A film about the 1931 Ådalen shootings, in which Swedish military forces opened fire against labour demonstrators in the Swedish sawmill district of Ådalen.
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Important Oscar nominee
A true story that goes above TV movie-quality
Ådalen 31, Cannes Grand Prix-winner and Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Film, is based on a true story, and features the obligatory closing titles that have become way too cliche in today's Hollywood "based on an inspiring true story, give me my Oscars now" line. But Ådalen 31 is a more artistic film than those. Based on an incident in which five strikers were shot and killed, the film is lyrical and a visually beautiful film, definitely rising above TV movie-level.
While the slow pace, aside from some heated argument scenes, generally works in its favour, at times the film does become dull. It's not the most powerful pro-labour statement I've seen, though according to the closing titles this event catapulted the Social Democrats to political dominance. (See I Am Curious Yellow for how that turned out by the late 1960s- not perfect, but by no means the miserable communist dictatorship alt-righters, Fox News hacks and Republican buffoons paint the Nordic countries as).
Definitely not a waste of time!
Dramatized story about strikers, black-foots, saw-mill-owners and the military in a small Swedish town in 1931. The military was sent in to stop the strikers that were marching towards one of the mills. Due to inexperience and nervousness in the commanding officer, the order to fire was given and five people were killed. From then on Swedish military has been forbidden to act against civilians, until this summer, when a new law was passed in Swedish parliament. This law permits the police to ask the military for help in terror-like situations, with commanding chief of police as supreme commander. The film is a fairly true revue of what happened that day in 1931.