Only the Swedish version has been restored and reissued. There are three versions: the Swedish (over 100 minutes), the American/British (cut down to 63 minutes), and the French (over 100 minutes, with a different actor playing Erland). The film has wonderful scenes in the countryside, at the castle, and at the gypsy camp and besides the love story, viewers will also enjoy medieval fight scenes with knives and bows & arrows. Many things go wrong for the romantic star-crossed lovers. Erland is similar to Hamlet in many ways - lonely, unhappy, brooding. It is based on a Swedish legend of a young nobleman in a castle, Erland (Alf Kjellin), who falls in love with a gypsy girl, Singoalla (Viveca Lindfors). It deserves to have the same reputation as Cocteau's La belle et la bĂȘte (1946). Singoalla (original title) is a visually stunning film with a haunting score, truly a lost classic.
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