All These Women (1964) För att inte tala om alla dessa kvinnor (original title)

Director:

Ingmar Bergman

Writers:

Ingmar Bergman
Erland Josephson

Release Date:

5 October 1964 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Ingmar Bergmans första komedi i färg!

Plot:

The pretentious critic Cornelius is writing a biography on a famous cellist and to do some research he goes to stay in his house for a few days...

Plot Keywords:

Cellist | Critic | Mansion | Music Journalism | Mistress

Cast

Bibi Andersson	...	Humlan
Harriet Andersson	...	Isolde
Eva Dahlbeck	...	Adelaide
Karin Kavli	...	Madame Tussaud
Gertrud Fridh	...	Traviata
Mona Malm	...	Cecilia
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs	...	Beatrica
Allan Edwall	...	Jillker
Georg Funkquist	...	Tristan
Carl Billquist	...	The young man
Jarl Kulle	...	Cornelius
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jan Blomberg	...	English radio reporter (uncredited)
Lars-Owe Carlberg	...	Driver (uncredited)
Axel Düberg	...	Man in black (uncredited)
Doris Funcke	...	Waitress (uncredited)
Göran Graffman	...	French radio reporter (uncredited)
Yvonne Igell	...	Waitress (uncredited)
Ulf Johansson	...	Man in Black (uncredited)
Lars-Erik Liedholm	...	The driver (uncredited)
Gösta Prüzelius	...	Swedish radio reporter (uncredited)
Jan-Olof Strandberg	...	German radio reporter (uncredited)

Directed by
Ingmar Bergman

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ingmar Bergman		(as Buntel Eriksson)
Erland Josephson

Produced by
Allan Ekelund	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Erik Nordgren		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
Sven Nykvist

Film Editing by
Ulla Ryghe

Production Design by
P.A. Lundgren

Costume Design by
Mago

Makeup Department
Cecilia Drott	....	makeup assistant
Britt Falkemo	....	makeup assistant
Börje Lundh	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lenn Hjortzberg	....	assistant director
Lars-Erik Liedholm	....	assistant director

Art Department
Karl-Arne Bergman	....	property master (as Karl Arne Bergman)

Sound Department
Evald Andersson	....	sound effects
Olle Jacobsson	....	sound mixer (as Olle Jakobsson)
Per-Olof Pettersson	....	sound (as P.O. Pettersson)
Tage Sjöberg	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Lars Johnsson	....	assistant camera
Harry Kampf	....	still photographer
Peter Wester	....	assistant camera
Gerhard Carlsson	....	electrician (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Bertha Sånnell	....	assistant costume designer

Other crew
Lars-Owe Carlberg	....	location manager
Katinka Faragó	....	script supervisor (as Katherina Faragó)

Production Companies

• Svensk Filmindustri (SF)

Distributors

• Filmways Australasian Distributors (Australia) (theatrical)
• Comptoir Français du Film Production (CFFP)
• Janus Films (USA) (subtitled)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Palisades-Tartan Acquisitions (2008) (UK) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"För att inte tala om alla dessa kvinnor" - Sweden (original title)
"Now About These Women" - International (English title) (informal literal title)

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15 | UK:X | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Båstad, Skåne län, Sweden

Company:

Svensk Filmindustri (SF)

Trivia:

This is Ingmar Bergman's first color film.

Bergman Comedy: the definition of an oxymoron

Bergman's first colour film – and a rare comedy – is one of those films that are definitely something of an acquired taste and which may only appeal to those already familiar with the usually more sombre director. The farcical story concerns the attempts by an egotistical and pretentious biographer – and amateur composer - to blackmail an enigmatic (and never seen) cellist into performing one of his pieces in return for writing a favourable biography. We learn of Felix the cellist only through the conversations of a bevy of enamoured women who live in his sumptuous manor.

There's a self-mocking tone in this film that doesn't really ring true, and a strong impression that someone behind it all is incredibly impressed by their own cleverness and that any inability on our part to share or understand the joke is more of a reflection on us than it is on them.

Bergman makes good use of colour, and the cinematography is sumptuous throughout as are the women, who all look ravishing. Other than that, however, there's not much to recommend this mercifully brief effort. The lead character Cornelius (Jarl Kulle) is a dislikeable and annoying fool, none of the characters are particularly interesting, and Bergman provides ample ammunition for those who accuse him of having no sense of humour….