Famous acrobat Elvira Madigan meets Sixten Sparre, a married Swedish officer with two children. They decide to elope, but since Sparre deserted the army, he's unemployable and the couple encounter various hardships.

• Europa Film
• Pia Degermark
• Thommy Berggren
• Lennart Malmer
• Cleo Jensen
• Nina Widerberg
• Yvonne Ingdal