Youth is beautiful

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Movie
German title Youth is beautiful
Original title Lust och fägring stor
Country of production Denmark ,
Sweden
original language Swedish
Publishing year 1995
length 130 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Bo Widerberg
script Bo Widerberg
production Per Holst
camera Morten Bruus
cut Bo Widerberg
occupation

Adolescence is beautiful (original title: Lust och fägring stor ), also known as seduction in the classroom and teaching hours of love , is a Swedish - Danish fictional film from 1995. The director was Bo Widerberg , who also wrote the screenplay.

action

Fifteen year old Stig lives in Malmö in 1943 . He starts an affair with his 37-year-old English teacher Viola. She is married to the alcoholic Kjell, who works quite unsuccessfully as a seller of lingerie, and seeks the passion in the affair that she does not experience in her unhappy marriage.

Stig eventually befriends Kjell, who brings him closer to classical music; He also begins a relationship with Lisbet, a girl of the same age. When Stig gives up his relationship with Viola, Viola seeks revenge.

Publications

The film was released in Swedish cinemas on November 3, 1995, where it became a commercial success. In 1996 alone the film had an audience of 260,000. A theatrical release in Denmark followed on January 19, 1996, attracting around 74,000 visitors. In the months that followed, the film was released in several other countries, including Germany on September 5, 1996.

reception

In the Berliner Zeitung one wrote that the film was "solidly staged, well played, but not exciting."

Christiane Peitz described the film in time as Spring Awakening in Swedish. Alluding to the films Mutters Courage and Die Karwoche , which were also represented in the competition at the Berlinale , she also said: "Widerberg comes closer to the madness and the collapse of civilization in Europe in 1943 than any cinematic commemoration of Wajda or Verhoeven."

Awards

It was shown in the competition section of the 46th Berlin International Film Festival in February 1996 and won both a Silver Bear as a special jury award and the Blue Angel for the best European competition film.

At the Guldbagge film award ceremony in 1996, the film emerged victorious in the categories of “best film” and “best director”. Johan Widerberg and Marika Lagercrantz were also nominated in the main actor categories.

At the 1996 Academy Awards , the film was nominated as a Swedish entry for “ best foreign language film ”, but ultimately had to admit defeat to the Dutch film Antonia's World .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ rhein-zeitung.de  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / rhein-zeitung.de  
  2. ↑ a b The time of youth is beautiful in the Lumiere database
  3. ↑ Article in: Berliner Zeitung , September 5, 1996
  4. ^ Christiane Peitz: Impressions from the Berlinale 1996 . In: Die Zeit , No. 10/1996