Icelandic Film Centre

Blue Flower of Desire, The

Eight episodes of Betty, who is a rather poor borguise girl. She and the young aristocrat Claes fall in love. But there are things in the way. His family does not think the girl is good enough for him and he must go and fight in the Finnish war.

Crew

Directed by

Lárus Ýmir Óskarsson
Screenplay

Pernilla Oljelund, Alice Lyttkens
Director of Photography

Jan-Hugo Norman
Editor

Louise Brattberg
Music Composer

Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
Based on a Story by

Alice Lyttkens
Casting by

Maggie Widstrand
Costume Design

Kerstin Petersson, Erika Ökvist
Sound

Per Boström
Stunts

Kimmo Rajala

About the film

Type

TV Fiction
Genre

Drama
Length

240 min.
Language

Swedish
Original Title

Längtans blåa blomma
International Title

Blue Flower of Desire, The
Production Year

1997
Production Countries

Sweden
IMDB

Blue Flower of Desire, The
Icelandic Film Centre Grant

No
Color

Yes

Cast

Main Cast

Eva Röse, Ruben Slamander, Marika Lagerkraz
Supporting Cast

Bibi Andersson, Harriet Andersson, Agneta Ekmanner, Hans Alfredson, Martin Aliaga, Christina Andersson, Kim Anderzon, Christian Berling, Lars Edström, Jacob Ericksson, Pierre Fränckel

Company Credits

Production Company

Sveriges Television

Festivals

1999
Golden Chest - Award: Got the Golden Chest tv-prize for best direction (Lárus Ýmir Óskarsson).