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Night Games

Original title: Nattlek
  • 19661966
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
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Nattlek (1966)
  • Drama
The story about a man who's trying to get rid of his memories from his past. He grew up in an upper-class family in a castle and now revisits the castle with his fiancee.The story about a man who's trying to get rid of his memories from his past. He grew up in an upper-class family in a castle and now revisits the castle with his fiancee.The story about a man who's trying to get rid of his memories from his past. He grew up in an upper-class family in a castle and now revisits the castle with his fiancee.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
476
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Mai Zetterling
  • Writers
    • David Hughes
    • Mai Zetterling(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Ingrid Thulin
    • Keve Hjelm
    • Lena Brundin
Top credits
  • Director
    • Mai Zetterling
  • Writers
    • David Hughes
    • Mai Zetterling(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Ingrid Thulin
    • Keve Hjelm
    • Lena Brundin
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    • 3User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Ingrid Thulin
    Ingrid Thulin
    • Ireneas Irene
    Keve Hjelm
    Keve Hjelm
    • Janas Jan
    Lena Brundin
    • Marianaas Mariana
    Jörgen Lindström
    Jörgen Lindström
    • Jan Age 12as Jan Age 12
    Naima Wifstrand
    Naima Wifstrand
    • Astridas Astrid
    Monica Zetterlund
    Monica Zetterlund
    • Lottenas Lotten
    Lauritz Falk
    Lauritz Falk
    • Brunoas Bruno
    Rune Lindström
    Rune Lindström
    • Albinas Albin
    Christian Bratt
    Christian Bratt
    • Erlandas Erland
    Lissi Alandh
    Lissi Alandh
    • Melissaas Melissa
    Axel Fritz
    • Alexas Alex
    Willy Koblanck
    • Doctoras Doctor
    Cleo Boman
    • Guest at Partyas Guest at Party
    Monique Ernstdotter
    • Guest at Partyas Guest at Party
    Jay Allan
    Annette Almén
    Ragnar Arvedson
    Ragnar Arvedson
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    • Director
      • Mai Zetterling
    • Writers
      • David Hughes
      • Mai Zetterling(screenplay) (story)
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    Storyline

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    Jan returns with his fiancée to his childhood home. While there he flashes back to his childhood, twenty years before when he lived an unfettered life watched over by a strange great-aunt and a hedonistic and often neglectful mother and father. In particular he remembers watching his mother give birth to a stillborn child after refusing to go to the hospital in the middle of a party and his sexual obsession with his mother which included being caught by her while he was masturbating while listening to her read a bedtime story. In the present, his relationship with his fiancée grows more strained as his past begins to affect the way he acts in the present. —Wiki
    • incestuous desire
    • title directed by female
    • mother son relationship
    • necrophilia
    • sadomasochism
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    • Genre
      • Drama
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    • Trivia
      Former child star Shirley Temple Black quit the board of the San Francisco Film Festival to protest its decision to show Nattlek (Night Games). She regarded it as pornography.
    • Connections
      Featured in Citizen Schein (2017)

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    Top review
    4/10
    arty
    There is a reason why this film is unknown and forgotten. "Nattlek" is quite bad. It is not as good as Mai Zetterling's "Älskande Par" or "the Girls" (which I consider as the best Swedish film ever made).

    I was looking forward to seeing this film. It was released on DVD in Sweden, so I jumped at the chance to watch it. It sounded good, or at least interesting. Ingrid Thulin, who was always a good actress, was typecast here as a neurotic mother to a little boy, (reminds me of the decadence in "the Damned" by Visconti). When the boy is an adult he takes with him his girlfriend to the castle where he grew up and they face his childhood demons.

    The girlfriend played by fresh faced Lena Brundin gives the film some humanity but she has to play opposite Keve Hjelm who is very dull and plays his role in the pretentious acting style people back then thought was serious and worthy. Famous Swedish jazz singer Monica Zetterlund livens things up but has a too brief part in this film.

    Crazy party guests and relatives try to give the film a feeling of Fellini and Bergman without any feeling or depth. Borrowing fashionable ingredients from other films does not an art-house classic make. The film is interesting to watch as a document of its time. The arty psychodrama films went out of style. This type of film killed itself.
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    • nickrogers1969
    • Nov 12, 2009

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 12, 1966 (Sweden)
    • Country of origin
      • Sweden
    • Language
      • Swedish
    • Also known as
      • Nachtspiele
    • Filming locations
      • Roslagen, Sweden
    • Production company
      • Sandrews
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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