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25 February 1946 (Sweden) morePlot:
Young Nelly lives a quiet life with her foster mother until her real mother makes an appearance. Attracted... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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A wispy breeze hints at an impending storm moreCast
(Credited cast)| Inga Landgré | ... | Nelly | |
| Stig Olin | ... | Jack | |
| Marianne Löfgren | ... | Jenny | |
| Dagny Lind | ... | Ingeborg | |
| Allan Bohlin | ... | Ulf | |
| Ernst Eklund | ... | Uncle Edvard | |
| Signe Wirff | ... | Aunt Jessie |
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Argentina:13 | Finland:K-16 | UK:12 (video rating) (2004) | UK:A (original rating) (cut)Fun Stuff
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Bergman's adaptation of Leck Fischer's play behaves like a stage play that has been slightly adapted for the screen. It is essentially a chamber melodrama and it makes little use of the cinema's expanded scope. The film is watchable and the cast is competent. Almost everything about it is competent. It was Bergman's first go at directing a film. He was 27/28 years old at the time.
Bergman is clearly influenced by Ibsen - I say "is", because the old master (nearly 85 years old now) is still at it on the stage - I have the privilege to hold tickets to see his adaptation of Ibsen's Ghosts in London May 2003 - can't wait. Kris is clearly influenced by Ibsen, but while the piece has borrowed Ibsen's mastery of structure and development, Kris lacks depth. If Ibsen is grand opera, Kris is operetta. Bergman had not yet acquired the skill to turn a minor play into a major film.
There is the odd hint of greatness to come, in particular the railway scene between Jack and Ingeborg. There is also the odd interesting camera angle. But some of the cutting is amateurish and the music is ghastly.
If the weatherman tells you that there is going to be a tremendous storm, you do not need to be a genius to recognise that the wispy breeze is a prelude to that storm. In the absence of that weather forecast, you could be forgiven for not recognising the breeze as an early hint at the big one. So it is with this film. Because we know it is Bergman, we see hints of greatness to come. Otherwise this would seem like an (admittedly above average) ordinary 1940's film.
Bergman aficionados will enjoy it, but it should be quite a way down the list for people who want to start discovering the greatness of Bergman's work.