Graves of Elvira Madigan and Sixten Sparre, Landet Churchyard, Landet, Tåsinge, Denmark

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The tragic love story of a famous tightrope walker, Hedvig Jensen, known as Elvira Madigan, and Lietenant Sixten Sparre, a Swedish count, which ended in suicide in 1899, was made into a film by Bo Widerberg in 1967.

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Size: 3662px × 4772px
Location: Landet, Tåsinge, Denmark
Photo credit: © Leslie Garland / LGPL / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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