En lektion i kärlek (1954)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Ingmar Bergman

Writer:

Ingmar Bergman (writer)

Release Date:

14 March 1960 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

After 15 years of marriage, David and Marianne have grown apart. David has had an affair with a patient...

Plot Keywords:

Train | Marriage | Flashback Sequence | Human Relationship | Music Box

Cast

Eva Dahlbeck	...	Marianne Erneman
Gunnar Björnstrand	...	David Erneman
Yvonne Lombard	...	Susanne Verin
Harriet Andersson	...	Nix, David's Daughter
Åke Grönberg	...	Carl-Adam
Olof Winnerstrand	...	Professor Henrik Erneman
Birgitte Reimer	...	Lise, the Girl in Bar (as Birgitte Reimers)
John Elfström	...	Sam, the Erneman's Chauffeur
Renée Björling	...	Svea Erneman
Dagmar Ebbesen	...	Nurse Lisa
Sigge Fürst	...	Vicar at the wedding

Also Known As:

A Lesson in Love (USA)

Runtime:

96 min | 92 min (cut version)

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:15 (DVD) | Portugal:M/12 (DVD) | Finland:K-16 | Portugal:17 | Sweden:15 | Argentina:16 | UK:X (cut)

Filming Locations:

Arild, Skåne län, Sweden

Company:

Svensk Filmindustri (SF)

Trivia:

Director Cameo: [Ingmar Bergman]Man on the train wearing a beret.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Stjärnbilder (1995)

Surprisingly liberal for the 50's

This movie makes me wonder a number of things: how come Swedish acting is so bad now when it was so good back then, if liberal thoughts like those in this movie made it to the big screen back in the 50's, how come there was a revolution in the 60's, what did the general public think of this movie at the opening. In this movie having a fling is presented as good for the marriage. The girl who strongly dislikes her feminine sides, and much rather wants to be a bay is accepted. I don't really want to go into the plot much more than that, but it is definitely worth watching, I just wish they would have dropped Cupid at the end.