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Bo Gunnar Widerberg ( Swedish: [ˈbuː ˈvîːdɛrbærj]; 8 June 1930 – 1 May 1997) was a Swedish film director, writer, editor and actor. Biography. Early life. Widerberg was born in Malmö, Malmöhus County, Sweden . Career. Bo Widerberg began his career as a writer. In 1952 came his first novel, Hösttermin.
Bo Widerberg (1930-1997) was a Swedish director, writer and editor, known for his social realist films such as Adalen 31 and Joe Hill. He was married twice and had three children, and died of stomach cancer in 1997.
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- Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden
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- Ängelholm, Skåne län, Sweden
A box set of four films by Bo Widerberg, a writer-director who pioneered a socially engaged and poetic cinema in Sweden in the 1960s. The set includes The Baby Carriage, Raven’s End, Elvira Madigan, and Ådalen 31, with new restorations, interviews, and essays.
Bo Widerberg represents a model of cinema that contravenes that of his illustrious forebear and that delineated for the first time in Sweden’s national cinema the concerns of everyday people, a director who arguably thus influenced Moodyson, Andersson, et. al, more significantly than any of his fellow countrymen.
Bo Widerberg, the lyrical, socially conscious Swedish director of the popular ''Elvira Madigan'' and three films nominated for Academy Awards, died on Thursday at a hospital...
Bo Widerberg, a Swedish director, talks about his film "Elvira Madigan", based on a true story of a tragic love affair. He discusses his method of improvisation, his actors, his style and his influences.
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May 1, 1997 · Bo Widerberg was a Swedish film director, writer, editor and actor who made films such as Elvira Madigan and Ådalen 31. He won several awards and nominations for his social and political cinema, and criticized Ingmar Bergman's style.
