Ådalen 31
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| Ådalen 31 | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Bo Widerberg |
| Written by | Bo Widerberg |
| Release date(s) | 1969 |
| Running time | 110 min |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
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Ådalen 31 (in the U.S. released as Adalen 31 and Adalen Riots) is a Swedish film, released in 1969, about the events in the Swedish sawmill district of Ådalen (pron. ˈoːˌdɑːlən) in 1931, the Ådalen shootings. In the events, Swedish military forces opened fire against peaceful labor demonstrators, killing five people, including a young girl.
The script was written by Bo Widerberg, who also directed the film. He won a Swedish Guldbagge Award for Best Direction, and actor Roland Hedlund, in one of the main roles, won a Guldbagge Award for Best Actor. Internationally, the film won the Grand Prize of the Jury at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for both an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film.
