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Brink of Life

Original title: Nära livet
  • 19581958
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  • 1h 24m
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7.3/10
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Nära livet (1958)
  • Drama
Three women in a maternity ward reveal their lives and intimate thoughts to each other, where they face the choice of keeping their babies or offering them for adoption.Three women in a maternity ward reveal their lives and intimate thoughts to each other, where they face the choice of keeping their babies or offering them for adoption.Three women in a maternity ward reveal their lives and intimate thoughts to each other, where they face the choice of keeping their babies or offering them for adoption.
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  • Director
    • Ingmar Bergman
  • Writers
    • Ingmar Bergman(uncredited)
    • Ulla Isaksson(novels "Det vänliga, värdiga" and "Det orubbliga")
  • Stars
    • Eva Dahlbeck
    • Ingrid Thulin
    • Bibi Andersson
Top credits
  • Director
    • Ingmar Bergman
  • Writers
    • Ingmar Bergman(uncredited)
    • Ulla Isaksson(novels "Det vänliga, värdiga" and "Det orubbliga")
  • Stars
    • Eva Dahlbeck
    • Ingrid Thulin
    • Bibi Andersson
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 14User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 1 nomination

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    Eva Dahlbeck
    Eva Dahlbeck
    • Stina Anderssonas Stina Andersson
    Ingrid Thulin
    Ingrid Thulin
    • Cecilia Elliusas Cecilia Ellius
    Bibi Andersson
    Bibi Andersson
    • Hjördis Pettersonas Hjördis Petterson
    Barbro Hiort af Ornäs
    Barbro Hiort af Ornäs
    • Nurse Britaas Nurse Brita
    Erland Josephson
    Erland Josephson
    • Anders Elliusas Anders Ellius
    Max von Sydow
    Max von Sydow
    • Harry Anderssonas Harry Andersson
    Gunnar Sjöberg
    Gunnar Sjöberg
    • Dr. Nordlanderas Dr. Nordlander
    Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz
    Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz
    • Counsellor Granas Counsellor Gran
    Inga Landgré
    Inga Landgré
    • Greta Elliusas Greta Ellius
    Kristina Adolphson
    Kristina Adolphson
    • Nurseas Nurse
    • (uncredited)
    Bengt Blomgren
    Bengt Blomgren
    • Father with injured childas Father with injured child
    • (uncredited)
    Monica Ekberg
    • Hjördis' friendas Hjördis' friend
    • (uncredited)
    Maud Elfsiö
    • Maud, nurse studentas Maud, nurse student
    • (uncredited)
    Inga Gill
    Inga Gill
    • Motheras Mother
    • (uncredited)
    Gun Jönsson
    • Night nurseas Night nurse
    • (uncredited)
    Sissi Kaiser
    • Mari, nurseas Mari, nurse
    • (uncredited)
    Margaretha Krook
    Margaretha Krook
    • Dr. Larssonas Dr. Larsson
    • (uncredited)
    Lars Lind
    Lars Lind
    • Dr. Thyleniusas Dr. Thylenius
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Ingmar Bergman
    • Writers
      • Ingmar Bergman(uncredited)
      • Ulla Isaksson(novels "Det vänliga, värdiga" and "Det orubbliga") (screenplay) (uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      There is no musical score, just a few bars from a radio at 10.55 pm. The tune played is Sweden's national anthem indicating the end of the broadcast that day.
    • Quotes

      Hjördis Petterson: They think I'm horrible. I think so too. I think I'm horrible. I don't want to answer like I do, but the words just fall from my lips. I bite their heads off although I don't mean it. Then at night when I can't sleep I get so angry with myself. Everything just keeps growing and growing. And I always end up at the very bottom. Whatever I do, things just go wrong. I don't know what to do.

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    User reviews14

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    Top review
    7/10
    Standard early Bergman, in other words, very impressive
    This movie is fairly straight forward, with women in various situations facing childbirth.

    What transforms this movie is the astonishing performances that Bergman is able to obtain from the actors. It's something that is so frequent in the first half of his career. There's something vibrant and remarkable, that transcends plot. You can see why he became so famous. Very few directors seem to be able to obtain such spontaneous performances from their actors.

    Like so many of his early films, there's not much here that you might not see in the theatre. Yet it has such remarkable life to it.
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    • Mar 18, 2014

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    • Release date
      • March 31, 1958 (Sweden)
    • Country of origin
      • Sweden
    • Language
      • Swedish
    • Also known as
      • Nahe dem Leben
    • Production companies
      • Nordisk Tonefilm
      • Inter-American Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 24 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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