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Ingmar Bergman (writer)
Release Date:
27 August 1959 (USA)
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Tagline:
Into the Nether-World! You'll Gasp At This Occult Hypnotic Experience Into the Supernatural! more
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When 'Vogler's Magnetic Health Theater' comes to town, there's bound to be a spectacle. Reading reports...
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Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.
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1 nomination
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Weaker Bergman?
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Max von Sydow | ... | Albert Emanuel Vogler | |
| Ingrid Thulin | ... | Manda Vogler (alias Mr. Aman) | |
| Gunnar Björnstrand | ... | Dr. Vergerus, Minister of Health | |
| Naima Wifstrand | ... | Granny Vogler | |
| Bengt Ekerot | ... | Johan Spegel | |
| Bibi Andersson | ... | Sara Lindqvist | |
| Gertrud Fridh | ... | Ottilia Egerman | |
| Lars Ekborg | ... | Simson, the coach driver | |
| Toivo Pawlo | ... | Police Superintendant Starbeck | |
| Erland Josephson | ... | Consul Egerman | |
| Åke Fridell | ... | Tubal | |
| Sif Ruud | ... | Sofia Garp | |
| Oscar Ljung | ... | Antonsson, burly stableman | |
| Ulla Sjöblom | ... | Henrietta Starbeck | |
| Axel Düberg | ... | Rustan, young manservant |
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100 min | UK:107 min
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The character of Vogler was based on Bergman himself.
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Dr. Vergerus, Minister of Health:
The whole evening I've been fighting an unexplainable liking for you and your husband.
Manda Vogler: You surprise me.
Dr. Vergerus, Minister of Health: I took to you at once... your faces, your silence, your natural dignity. I would not admit it if I were not slightly drunk.
Manda Vogler: Then leave us alone.
Dr. Vergerus, Minister of Health: I can't. You represent what I detest most of all... the unexplainable.
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Manda Vogler: You surprise me.
Dr. Vergerus, Minister of Health: I took to you at once... your faces, your silence, your natural dignity. I would not admit it if I were not slightly drunk.
Manda Vogler: Then leave us alone.
Dr. Vergerus, Minister of Health: I can't. You represent what I detest most of all... the unexplainable.
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It's not Bergman as his most tormented or saturnine, but it's thoroughly entertaining, more theatrical (in a good sense) than say Persona or In a Glass, Darkly, and still an unqualified masterpiece on a level of artistry that no one making films today seems to be able to achieve. It makes me think in some ways of Shakespeare's plays like the Henry IV with their mix of tragedy and comedy--all done with tremendous showmanship. I'll bet Orson Welles admired this film-- if he ever saw it.
Bergman seems almost forgotten today. Films like this one, Naked Night, Hour of the Wolf, Persona, etc., hardly ever crop up on TV or film festivals. When Bergman is represented, it's usually by The Seventh Seal (not my favorite, and a film that begs for a parody), Wild Strawberries, Smiles of a Summer Night (because of the musical version, no doubt), or Fanny and Alexander, which is more recent, and most important, in color. What a pity. The man created a body of work virtually unsurpassed in the second half of the 20th century.