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Eva

  • 19481948
  • 1h 38m
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6.5/10
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Eva (1948)
  • Drama
During WW2 in neutral Sweden, young sailor Bo, son of a railway stationmaster, comes home from the Navy and reminisces a childhood accident. At age twelve, he ran away in a steam locomotive ... Read allDuring WW2 in neutral Sweden, young sailor Bo, son of a railway stationmaster, comes home from the Navy and reminisces a childhood accident. At age twelve, he ran away in a steam locomotive together with a blind 10-year-old girl. The engine derailed, and the little girl got kille... Read allDuring WW2 in neutral Sweden, young sailor Bo, son of a railway stationmaster, comes home from the Navy and reminisces a childhood accident. At age twelve, he ran away in a steam locomotive together with a blind 10-year-old girl. The engine derailed, and the little girl got killed. Feelings of guilt haunt Bo even in his courtship with Eva, a beautiful local girl. In S... Read all
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
363
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  • Director
    • Gustaf Molander
  • Writers
    • Ingmar Bergman(screenplay)
    • Gustaf Molander(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Birger Malmsten
    • Eva Stiberg
    • Eva Dahlbeck
Top credits
  • Director
    • Gustaf Molander
  • Writers
    • Ingmar Bergman(screenplay)
    • Gustaf Molander(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Birger Malmsten
    • Eva Stiberg
    • Eva Dahlbeck
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    • 3User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Birger Malmsten
    Birger Malmsten
    • Boas Bo
    Eva Stiberg
    Eva Stiberg
    • Evaas Eva
    Eva Dahlbeck
    Eva Dahlbeck
    • Susanneas Susanne
    Åke Claesson
    Åke Claesson
    • Fredrikssonas Fredriksson
    Wanda Rothgardt
    Wanda Rothgardt
    • Mrs. Fredrikssonas Mrs. Fredriksson
    • (as Vanda Rothgardt)
    Hilda Borgström
    Hilda Borgström
    • Mariaas Maria
    Stig Olin
    Stig Olin
    • Göranas Göran
    Inga Landgré
    Inga Landgré
    • Fridaas Frida
    Olof Sandborg
    Olof Sandborg
    • Berglundas Berglund
    Carl Ström
    Carl Ström
    • Johanssonas Johansson
    Sture Ericson
    Sture Ericson
    • Josef Friedelas Josef Friedel
    • (as Sture Eriksson)
    Lasse Sarri
    Lasse Sarri
    • Bo - Age 12as Bo - Age 12
    Anne Carlsson
    • Martheas Marthe
    Josua Bengtson
    Josua Bengtson
    • Mr. Kvarnströmas Mr. Kvarnström
    • (scenes deleted)
    Lennart Blomkvist
    • Anders, Train Driveras Anders, Train Driver
    • (uncredited)
    Hans Dahlin
    • Military on the Trainas Military on the Train
    • (uncredited)
    David Erikson
    David Erikson
    • Ticket Collector in Flashbackas Ticket Collector in Flashback
    • (uncredited)
    Yvonne Eriksson
    • Lena, Bo's Sisteras Lena, Bo's Sister
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Gustaf Molander
    • Writers
      • Ingmar Bergman(screenplay) (short story "Trumpetaren och Vår Herre")
      • Gustaf Molander(scenario)
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    During WW2 in neutral Sweden, young sailor Bo, son of a railway stationmaster, comes home from the Navy and reminisces a childhood accident. At age twelve, he ran away in a steam locomotive together with a blind 10-year-old girl. The engine derailed, and the little girl got killed. Feelings of guilt haunt Bo even in his courtship with Eva, a beautiful local girl. In Stockholm, Bo sees a nightmare about plotting to kill his roommate Göran together with Göran's flirtatious girlfriend Susanne. In a third act, Eva and Bo are married and living on a remote island off Stockholm. When it's time to give birth, Bo has to row the stormy seas and fears again that he will cause another death. —Markku Kuoppamäki
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    • Trivia
      Finnish censorship visa # 33055.
    • Goofs
      In the drunken scene Bo incinerates the bottom part of the torn picture of Eva. The next morning sees the picture intact.

    User reviews3

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    Top review
    10/10
    Sublime
    I hope this film is not as forgotten as it seems. Ingmar Bergman wrote the screenplay and Gustaf Molander directed. I do not know the latter's films at all, and only know that it was a later film in his life and as a director. ' Eva ' is a fine film if not quite a great one. It is a film that struggles with the eternal problem of why we are born to know happiness, to be worn down also by experience and for death to be the outcome. The film shows an example of a peaceful death ( these scenes alone are sublime and it is a great section of the total scenario ) and other scenes are nightmarish in their depiction of human and ultimate suffering. One is a dream and it is truly horrific surrounded as it is by two people ( Eva Dahlbeck plays the woman ) living in squalor and moral depravity. The main protagonist is a man brilliantly acted by Birger Malmsten ( an actor not appreciated enough in my opinion for his work with Bergman ) who is haunted by the fear of death, having seen it closeup and partly caused by him. No spoilers. He meets Eva, a good woman and here I felt the film fell into too much of the expected in cinema, but its saving grace is that it leads to one of the most sublime endings in any film I have seen. To describe it I refuse to do, but life and death itself is shown literally as a necessary part of being, tragic or peaceful. For this ending and its combination of words and images I give this a 10. Find a copy if you can and mine has French subtitles, but it seems to be available in the UK. As a film it is not great, but the sublime scenes make it paradoxically one of the finest ever made. And I wonder how Bergman would have directed it. I have a hunch he could not have achieved Molander in the scenes that are so perfect, or the dreadful middle part where hell in life is all too well conveyed.
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    • Release date
      • December 26, 1948 (Sweden)
    • Country of origin
      • Sweden
    • Language
      • Swedish
    • Also known as
      • Ева
    • Filming locations
      • Bogesund, Vaxholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
    • Production company
      • Svensk Filmindustri (SF)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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