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Director:
Ingmar Bergman
Writer:
Ingmar Bergman (writer)
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Release Date:
20 February 1950 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Stig and Marta are a young married couple who play together in the same Swedish orchestra. He is ambitious and idealistic... more | add synopsis
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"There must be a meaning. If there isn't you make one up. Otherwise you can't live." more

Cast

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Maj-Britt Nilsson ... Marta Olsson
Stig Olin ... Stig Eriksson
Birger Malmsten ... Marcel
John Ekman ... Mikael Bro
Margit Carlqvist ... Nelly Bro
Victor Sjöström ... Sönderby
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
To Joy
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Runtime:
98 min
Country:
Sweden
Language:
Swedish
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-11 (1984) | Finland:K-16 (1959) | Sweden:15 | Argentina:16 | UK:PG
Filming Locations:
Arild, Skåne län, Sweden more

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Trivia:
One of four Ingmar Bergman films never released theatrically in the US, although it did appear in America on videotape in 1984. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Victor Sjöström: Ett porträtt (1981) more
Soundtrack:
SYMPHONY NO 9, OP. 125 ('AN DIE FREUDE') more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
"There must be a meaning. If there isn't you make one up. Otherwise you can't live.", 20 January 2007
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Author: theachilles from Athens. Greece

Stig and Marta are two young musicians playing together in a Swedish orchestra. They meet, they fall in love and they get married. If this synopsis leaves you expecting a romantic film, you'll be disappointed to find out a rough, realistic, yet very sentimental piece of art.

In this film, Bergman uses a quite interesting storytelling method that works really effectively. Although the way their marriage ends is revealed to us in the opening sequence making the rest of the film a flashback (a technique with which Bergman is already familiar with), when the movie reaches its final scene, one can't help but be extremely moved by the way things end up.

Once again, the performances are great and it is clear that these actors open up their own private world for all of us to see, and they can do that simply because they feel comfortable with a director like Bergman. They know they are in safe hands. Victor Sjostrom definitely steals the show (and Bergman will work with him again in Wild Strawberries), but it is the face of Maj-Britt Nilsson (Marta) that will remain in your mind for a long time.

Already in these early films of his, the Swedish master shows his love for close-ups. He likes to diminish the distance between the audience and the actors, especially their faces, sharing the belief that not only their eyes, but also the texture of their skin can reveal to us a whole lot of things about the characters. After all, close ups are one of the great advantages of cinema that have ultimately become one of the most characteristic building blocks of this art form, and Bergman working simultaneously in the theatre, is very much aware of that. Although the extreme close ups are easier to notice and admire, Bergman has also a great arsenal of shots and camera movements that so easily uses in this film. The shots of the orchestra performing either from high above or through the musicians, shows a camera that can move constantly but also in a discreet and, one could say, abstract way. He also proves to be very capable with mise-en-scene, as deep-focus long takes are used in several scenes.

The use of music is also notable, as you will definitely see for yourselves in the remarkable montage sequence in the ending. Classical music is of course common in the director's filmography, but it follows certain stages that are worth mentioning. In his first period, in which "To Joy" is definitely included, Bergman uses pieces performed by large orchestras, grandiose in a way. And it's certainly no coincidence that in these films, a great number of characters are used for narrative purposes (surely Stig are Marta are in the foreground, but there's also the conductor, Sonderby, the mistress and her old husband, Marcel and a few others). But from early 60's on, begins a period in which Bergman uses music of a smaller scale (especially string quartets) and in these films very few characters are introduced to us and, very often, in an isolated place (e.g. Through a Glass Darkly, Silence, Persona).

If you watch carefully this film, you will see many signs of what Ingmar Bergman is going to evolve to. His dramatic approach in human relationships and his effort to capture those moments between two heartbeats, between two lovers. But also his realistic point of view, especially when it comes to marriage (as Scenes From a Marriage a good 20 years after will confirm). A very good film.

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