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Kristin Lavransdatter

Kristin Lavransdatter

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 25, 1995

Runtime

3h 7m

Genres

Drama, Romance

User Score

44%

Original Title

Kristin Lavransdatter

Production Companies

Lefwander Kapitalförvaltning, Norsk Film, Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK)

Director

Liv Ullmann

Description

The daughter of a prominent medieval Norway landowner, Kristin grows up in total harmony with the ideals of the time: strong family ties, social pride and devout Christianity. As she accepts the fact that she has been arranged to marry the son of another landowner, Kristin's beauty, innocence and purity evokes violent emotions around her: envy, lust, murder, revenge. She seeks refuge in a convent, awaiting marriage. Here, the passion of her life strikes, the knight Erlend Nikulaussonn. However, their love cannot be private, and suddenly Kristin is the centre of a scandal.