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Crisis

Original title: Kris
  • 19461946
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 33m
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6.4/10
3.2K
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Crisis (1946)
DramaRomance
A small-town piano teacher is shocked by the arrival of her foster daughter's real mother, whose young lover soon follows and causes further disruption.A small-town piano teacher is shocked by the arrival of her foster daughter's real mother, whose young lover soon follows and causes further disruption.A small-town piano teacher is shocked by the arrival of her foster daughter's real mother, whose young lover soon follows and causes further disruption.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
3.2K
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    • Ingmar Bergman
    • Ingmar Bergman(screenplay)
    • Leck Fischer(play "Moderhjertet")
  • Stars
    • Inga Landgré
    • Stig Olin
    • Marianne Löfgren
    • Ingmar Bergman
    • Ingmar Bergman(screenplay)
    • Leck Fischer(play "Moderhjertet")
  • Stars
    • Inga Landgré
    • Stig Olin
    • Marianne Löfgren
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 22User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
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    Marianne Löfgren and Stig Olin in Crisis (1946)
    Inga Landgré and Marianne Löfgren in Crisis (1946)
    Inga Landgré, Marianne Löfgren, and Stig Olin in Crisis (1946)
    Inga Landgré, Marianne Löfgren, and Stig Olin in Crisis (1946)

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    Inga Landgré
    Inga Landgré
    • Nelly
    Stig Olin
    Stig Olin
    • Jack
    Marianne Löfgren
    Marianne Löfgren
    • Jenny
    Dagny Lind
    Dagny Lind
    • Ingeborg
    Allan Bohlin
    Allan Bohlin
    • Ulf
    Ernst Eklund
    Ernst Eklund
    • Uncle Edvard
    Signe Wirff
    • Aunt Jessie
    Margit Andelius
    Margit Andelius
    • Accountant's Wife
    • (uncredited)
    Wiktor Andersson
    Wiktor Andersson
    • Trumpet Player
    • (uncredited)
    Anna-Lisa Baude
    Anna-Lisa Baude
    • Customer at Beauty Parlor
    • (uncredited)
    Carin Cederström
    • Young Lady at Train
    • (uncredited)
    Julia Cæsar
    Julia Cæsar
    • The Mayor's Wife
    • (uncredited)
    Gus Dahlström
    Gus Dahlström
    • Tuba Player
    • (uncredited)
    Sture Ericson
    Sture Ericson
    • Horn Player
    • (uncredited)
    Karl Erik Flens
    • Nelly's Escort
    • (uncredited)
    Hariette Garellick
    • Customer in Beauty Salon
    • (uncredited)
    Mona Geijer-Falkner
    Mona Geijer-Falkner
    • Older Lady at Train
    • (uncredited)
    Hortensia Hedström
    • Woman at the Dance
    • (uncredited)
      • Ingmar Bergman
      • Ingmar Bergman(screenplay)
      • Leck Fischer(play "Moderhjertet")
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    • Trivia
      First film directed by Ingmar Bergman.
    • Connections
      Featured in Bergman Island (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      The Blue Danube
      (uncredited)

      ("An der schönen, blauen Donau", op. 314, 1866)

      Composed by Johann Strauss

    User reviews22

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    7/10
    A wispy breeze hints at an impending storm
    Bergman's adaptation of Leck Fischer's play behaves like a stage play that has been slightly adapted for the screen. It is essentially a chamber melodrama and it makes little use of the cinema's expanded scope. The film is watchable and the cast is competent. Almost everything about it is competent. It was Bergman's first go at directing a film. He was 27/28 years old at the time.

    Bergman is clearly influenced by Ibsen - I say "is", because the old master (nearly 85 years old now) is still at it on the stage - I have the privilege to hold tickets to see his adaptation of Ibsen's Ghosts in London May 2003 - can't wait. Kris is clearly influenced by Ibsen, but while the piece has borrowed Ibsen's mastery of structure and development, Kris lacks depth. If Ibsen is grand opera, Kris is operetta. Bergman had not yet acquired the skill to turn a minor play into a major film.

    There is the odd hint of greatness to come, in particular the railway scene between Jack and Ingeborg. There is also the odd interesting camera angle. But some of the cutting is amateurish and the music is ghastly.

    If the weatherman tells you that there is going to be a tremendous storm, you do not need to be a genius to recognise that the wispy breeze is a prelude to that storm. In the absence of that weather forecast, you could be forgiven for not recognising the breeze as an early hint at the big one. So it is with this film. Because we know it is Bergman, we see hints of greatness to come. Otherwise this would seem like an (admittedly above average) ordinary 1940's film.

    Bergman aficionados will enjoy it, but it should be quite a way down the list for people who want to start discovering the greatness of Bergman's work.
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    • ian_harris
    • Apr 15, 2003

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    • Release date
      • February 25, 1946 (Sweden)
      • Sweden
      • Swedish
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    • Filming locations
      • Hedemora, Dalarnas län, Sweden
    • Production company
      • Svensk Filmindustri (SF)
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    • 1 hour 33 minutes
      • Black and White

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