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A film director tries to create the best film in history, but finds out that human abilities have their limits.A film director tries to create the best film in history, but finds out that human abilities have their limits.A film director tries to create the best film in history, but finds out that human abilities have their limits.
Birgit Lindkvist
- Anna
- (as Bibi Lindkvist)
John W. Björling
- Man in Birgitta's Dream
- (uncredited)
Sven Björling
- Filmworker at Film Studio
- (uncredited)
Anita Blom
- Anna
- (uncredited)
Britta Brunius
- Lasse's Mother
- (uncredited)
Åke Engfeldt
- Police Officer
- (uncredited)
Gösta Ericsson
- Police Officer
- (uncredited)
Kenne Fant
- Arne
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaIngmar Bergman's first film based on his own original screenplay.
- Crazy creditsThere are no opening titles in this film. An unseen narrator (Hasse Ekman) reads the credits, as well as the title, out loud approximately ten minutes in to the movie. The sole title card is the standard "Slut" (Swedish for "End") that closes the picture.
- ConnectionsEdited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une histoire seule (1989)
- SoundtracksDrömmen
Composed by Erland von Koch (1949)
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I am a big Begman fan, and in recent times I've gone back to some of the early films - initially just because I thought it might be interesting to see the "juvenilia", but gradually I realised that so many of them are wonderful. I've now seen Prison 4 times, and each time I am stunned by how moving and visually powerful it is. And the performance by Doris Svedlund is breath-taking. Is it the most polished film? Who cares!
Bergman did many dream sequences in films (e.g. Wild Strawberries, Face to Face) - really hard to make them un-cringey - but the one in Prison is about as good as it gets.
So wonderful artistically, and very moving in terms of human interest. There is an orthodoxy about peoples "great" films which often gets in the way of just seeing what is there - please do watch great Bergman film .. I hope you won't be disappointed!
Bergman did many dream sequences in films (e.g. Wild Strawberries, Face to Face) - really hard to make them un-cringey - but the one in Prison is about as good as it gets.
So wonderful artistically, and very moving in terms of human interest. There is an orthodoxy about peoples "great" films which often gets in the way of just seeing what is there - please do watch great Bergman film .. I hope you won't be disappointed!
- davelowson-25016
- Jul 6, 2024
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- Budget
- SEK 240,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 19 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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