Can't believe I even looked up this short. The MST3K version is funny. I was amazed by the (almost UNBELIEVABLE) detail in some of the reviews. One mentions comments Bergman made about this short in "an obscure Latvian film magazine". Seems almost impossible. But, ok.
Quoting: "The movie resonated throughout the world of international cinema immediately. Only a year after the film's premier, Carl Theodor Dreyer unveiled his own meditation on the dichotomy of faith, "Ordet". Ingmar Bergman cited "Out of This World" as a heavy influence on 1963's "Winter Light" in an interview with an obscure Latvian film magazine. And finally, its immortality was ensured when it was picked up by the Mystery Science Theater 3000 crew for some hilarious ribbing."