Ådalen 31

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Ådalen 31
Directed by Bo Widerberg
Written by Bo Widerberg
Distributed by AB Svensk Filmindustri
Release date(s) 1969
Running time 110 min
Country Sweden
Language Swedish
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Ådalen 31 (pron. ˈoːˌdɑːlən) is a 1969 Swedish film. It was released in the U.S. as Adalen 31 and as Adalen Riots. It depicts the 1931 Ådalen shootings, in which Swedish military forces opened fire against peaceful labor demonstrators in the Swedish sawmill district of Ådalen killing five people, including a young girl. The screenplay was written by Bo Widerberg, who also directed the film.

Widerberg 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 Special Grand Prize of the Jury at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

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Preceded by
Accident
tied with
I Even Met Happy Gypsies
Grand Prix Spécial du Jury, Cannes
1968
Succeeded by
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion