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Director:
Ingmar Bergman
Writers:
Ingmar Bergman
Martin Söderhjelm (play)
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Release Date:
26 August 1949 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Drama See more »
Plot:
Sailor Johannes Blom returns to his home port, after seven years at sea, to find that Sally, the girl he has been thinking of while away... See more » | Add synopsis »
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One of Bergman's first films is one of his most interesting… See more (4 total) »

Cast

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Holger Löwenadler ... Kapten Alexander Blom
Anna Lindahl ... Alice Blom
Birger Malmsten ... Johannes Blom
Gertrud Fridh ... Sally
Naemi Briese ... Selma
Hjördis Petterson ... Sofi (as Hjördis Pettersson)
Lasse Krantz ... Hans
Jan Molander ... Bertil
Erik Hell ... Pekka
Åke Fridell ... Variety hall owner
Douglas Håge ... Customs officer (scenes deleted)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ami Aaröe ... Young girl at the beach (uncredited)
Torgny Anderberg ... Man (uncredited)

Ingmar Bergman ... Man wearing a beret at the funfair (uncredited)
Rolf Bergström ... Blom's companion (uncredited)
John W. Björling ... Older man (uncredited)
Ingrid Borthen ... Girl on the street (uncredited)
Gustaf Hiort af Ornäs ... Blom's companion (uncredited)
Svea Holst ... Woman present at the arrest of Blom (uncredited)
Kiki ... Dwarf (uncredited)
Uno Larsson ... Older man with glasses and hat (uncredited)
Peter Lindgren ... Foreign sailor (uncredited)
Gunnar Nielsen ... Young man at the beach (uncredited)
Charles White ... Black sailor (uncredited)
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Directed by
Ingmar Bergman 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Ingmar Bergman 
Martin Söderhjelm  play

Produced by
Lorens Marmstedt .... producer
 
Original Music by
Erland von Koch 
 
Cinematography by
Göran Strindberg 
 
Film Editing by
Tage Holmberg 
 
Production Design by
P.A. Lundgren 
 
Production Management
Allan Ekelund .... production manager
 
Sound Department
Sven Josephson .... sound (as Sven Josephsson)
Lars Nordberg .... sound
Per Lönndahl .... sound assistant (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Alva Lundin .... title designer (uncredited)
Gerd Osten .... script supervisor (uncredited)
 
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Skepp till India land" - Sweden (original title)
"A Ship to India" - , International (English title) (informal literal title)
"Frustration" - USA (theatrical title)
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Runtime:
98 min | USA:78 min (original release)
Country:
Sweden
Language:
Swedish
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15
Filming Locations:
Sandrew-ateljéerna, Gärdet, Stockholm, Stockholms län, SwedenSee more »
Company:
Sveriges FolkbiograferSee more »

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Trivia:
Director Cameo: [Ingmar Bergman]Man wearing a beret at the funfair.See more »
Movie Connections:
Edited into Spisok korabley (2008)See more »

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9 out of 10 people found the following review useful.
One of Bergman's first films is one of his most interesting…, 13 August 2001
Author: (saltsan) from Texas

But it's not one of his best. The characterizations of the film's protagonists are inconsistent from scene to scene and some of them leave a viewer with many unanswered questions (like the mother's motivations.) Beyond that, the cinematography is pretty dowdy, particularly the exterior footage.

Still, it has elements that Bergman fans will recognize from his more famous films, and it contains sequences of despair and anguish that can haunt a viewer days later. Birger Malmsten, who plays the lead character Johannes and who will be seen in several later Bergman films, is immensely likable and compelling as the hunchback son who finally stands up to his despotic father. While many of the early Bergman films are uninteresting at almost every level ("Port of Call," for instance) this one is well worth a look for the hard core Bergmaniac, if you can find it.

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