Kris (1946)

Director:

Ingmar Bergman

Writers:

Ingmar Bergman (writer)
Leck Fischer (play)

Release Date:

25 February 1946 (Sweden)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A small-town piano teacher is shocked by the arrival of her foster daughter's real mother, whose young lover soon follows and causes further disruption.

Plot Keywords:

Small Town | Foster Daughter | Piano | Lover | Foster Mother

Cast

Inga Landgré	...	Nelly
Stig Olin	...	Jack
Marianne Löfgren	...	Jenny
Dagny Lind	...	Ingeborg
Allan Bohlin	...	Ulf
Ernst Eklund	...	Uncle Edvard
Signe Wirff	...	Aunt Jessie

Also Known As:

Crisis (UK) (USA)

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Finland:K-16 | UK:12 (video rating) (2004) | UK:A (original rating) (cut)

Filming Locations:

Hedemora, Dalarnas län, Sweden

Company:

Svensk Filmindustri (SF)

Trivia:

First film directed by Ingmar Bergman.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Ingmar Bergman: Om liv och arbete (1998) (TV)

Crisis

Crisis (1946)

** (out of 4)

Ingmar Bergman's first film as director is also the first film of his that I haven't enjoyed. A young girl, living with her foster mother, learns the truth to the world's ugliness when her real mother shows up after eighteen years. Being this was his first film, Bergman's directorial touches aren't quite in place and the screenplay bounces around a little too much to keep this for going for very long. The film becomes way too overly dramatic and the annoying music score doesn't help matters either. The performances are decent but nothing too great.