The four wives of four brothers share stories of their marriages as they each wait for their husbands in a small, secluded cottage.
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| Anita Björk | ... | Rakel | |
| Eva Dahlbeck | ... | Karin | |
| Maj-Britt Nilsson | ... | Marta | |
| Birger Malmsten | ... | Martin Lobelius | |
| Gunnar Björnstrand | ... | Fredrik Lobelius | |
| Karl-Arne Holmsten | ... | Eugen Lobelius | |
| Jarl Kulle | ... | Kaj | |
| Aino Taube | ... | Annette (as Aino Taube-Henrikson) | |
| Håkan Westergren | ... | Paul Lobelius | |
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Gerd Andersson | ... | Maj |
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Björn Bjelfvenstam | ... | Henrik Lobelius (as Björn Bjelvenstam) |
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Rakel, Marta, Karin and Annette are married to four brothers. While waiting in a summer cottage for their husbands to come home, they tell each other stories about their marriages. Rakel tells about the time she had an affair and confronted her husband with it. Marta's story is about how she at first refused to marry and had her child by herself. Karin tells about what happened when one time she and her husband got stuck in an elevator together. While the women tell their stories, Marta's younger sister Maj is planning to elope. Written by Leon Wolters <wolters@strw.LeidenUniv.nl>
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unfaithfulness | flashback | episodic structure | unhappiness | sister in law |Taglines:
INGMAR BERGMAN revels with much insight in a quartet...the loves...and the "Secrets of Women" See more »Parents Guide:
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SwedenRelease Date:
11 July 1961 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Lyrics and music composed by Ulf Peder Olrog (1947)
Sung by Ulf Peder Olrog
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Fredrik Lobelius: People shouldn't keep asking each other for forgiveness and all that nonsense.See more »
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SjörövarhamboLyrics and music composed by Ulf Peder Olrog (1947)
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I love this movie; although not amongst Bergman's best, it is very funny in parts and should not be shunned. Maybe slightly overlong - each time I watch it I wait impatiently for the lift-scene near the end of the film - but very much worthwhile. Indeed, the scene in the lift with Gunnar Bjornstrand (great actor) and Eva Dahlberg is fascinating, funny and frivolous - for the year it was made.