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Director:
Writers:
Ingmar Bergman (writer)
Leck Fischer (play)
Release Date:
25 February 1946 (Sweden) more
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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. full summary | add synopsis
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Swedish Star Stig Olin Dead
(From WENN. 15 July 2008, 10:05 AM, PDT)
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Cast
(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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Crisis (UK) (USA)
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93 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Argentina:13 | Finland:K-16 | UK:12 (video rating) (2004) | UK:A (original rating) (cut)
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First film directed by Ingmar Bergman. more
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Referenced in Ingmar Bergman: Om liv och arbete (1998) (TV) more
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For a directional debut, this is very solid stuff, not only skillfully directed but also set to a brilliant original music score. I would however identify one weakness with Bergman's directing here: it is very much tailored to the script, with dialogue or narration almost all the time, and this leads to it being too talkative, with limited breaks in which one can stop and admire the way that the story is being told. The film is in this sense very different to the style that Bergman would later adopt, and although perhaps somewhat weak, Bergman's skills do shine through. There are well-framed shots, an effective stream-of-consciousness sequence, great camera angles and excellent camera movement. The inclusion of some more non-dialogue bits possibly would have improved this film, but there is little else to complain about, with quite a good story behind the material too.