Ådalen 31 (1969)
Release Year: 1969
Nation: Sweden
Alternative Title: Adalen 31, Oprøret i Ådalen, Adalen Riots
Director: Bo Widerberg
Writer: Bo Widerberg
Production & Genre
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Keywords
Keywords: 1930s, death, demonstration, female frontal nudity, hypnosis, interwar period, may the month, place name in title, protest, scab, shooting, spring, strike, summer, sweden, swedish politics, the internationale, worker, working class, year 1931
Story
A film about the 1931 Ådalen shootings, in which Swedish military forces opened fire against labour demonstrators in the Swedish sawmill district of Ådalen.
Summary
During a strike strike-breakers are being transported to Lunde, where they are assaulted by the strikers. The military are sent in. On the 14th May 1931 there is a confrontation between demonstrators and the military who open fire...
