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A Danish poet wrote this. A Dane followed a dancer to Rio. C'est l'amour, or just European melancholy?
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People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart (1967)

wistfultrain-romance1960s Euro-art

Overview

Drama

A dancer and a Danish student meet on a train; she is going on tour to Rio, and he decides to follow her. Based on the novel by Jens August Schade.

Flag of DKDKDanish
Content warning
based on novel or bookdancer

Standout Aspects

Acting

Harriet Andersson's luminous, withholding presence.

Cinematography

Grainy black-and-white train corridors and Rio dreams.

Writing

Schade's poetic dialogue, barely adapted, gloriously strange.

Best for:Solo: Rainy afternoon with wine and existential questions.·Streaming: When you want Bergman-adjacent without the full despair.
Henning Carlsen

Director

Henning Carlsen

ReleasedNov 24, 1967
Runtime1h 35m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitymedium
Tonemixed
Feelmedium
Nordisk Film Denmark
Sandrews

Top Cast

Harriet Andersson

Harriet Andersson

Sofia Persson

Preben Neergaard

Preben Neergaard

Sjalof Hansen

Eva Dahlbeck

Eva Dahlbeck

Devah Sørensen

Erik Wedersøe

Erik Wedersøe

Hans Madsen

Elin Reimer

Elin Reimer

Calcura, bordelmutter

Georg Rydeberg

Georg Rydeberg

Robert

Lotte Horne

Lotte Horne

Mithra

Bent Christensen

Bent Christensen

Falconetti

Knud Rex

Knud Rex

Ramon Salvador

Ove Rud

Ove Rud

Priest

Lotte Tarp

Lotte Tarp

Kose

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Trivia

Jens August Schade's novel was considered unfilmable; Carlsen proved critics half-right.

Cultural

This bombed in Denmark but became a minor cult object in France—typical.

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