Ingmar Bergman won his second Best Foreign Film Oscar for the moody family drama Through a Glass Darkly. It is the first of what came to be called his chamber dramas, which positioned four characters in one place where they could interact like a string quartet. It has also been referred to as the first of his trilogy of faith, .. Read more
| Starring | Harriet Andersson, Max von Sydow, Gunnar Bjrnstrand |
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| Director | Ingmar Bergman, Ingmar Bergman |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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Ingmar Bergman won his second Best Foreign Film Oscar for the moody family drama Through a Glass Darkly. It is the first of what came to be called his chamber dramas, which positioned four characters in one place where they could interact like a string quartet. It has also been referred to as the first of his trilogy of faith, followed by Winter Light and The Silence, dealing with issues of God and love. Shot in black-and-white and running only 90 minutes long, the film opens with a quote from the book of Corinthians. Suffering from severe mental illness, Karin (Harriet Andersson) has just been released from a psychiatric hospital. She vacations for a summer on an island with her family to help speed up her recovery, but they can't offer the support that she needs. Her father, David (Gunnar Björnstrand), is a clinical and detached writer; her husband, Martin (Max Von Sydow), is a doctor unable to assist her illness; and her brother, Minus (Lars Passgård), is sexually coming of age and dealing with his own emotional problems. Karin's condition worsens and she thinks a spider is God. It has been argued that the script for Through a Glass Darkly was influenced by Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story, The Yellow Wallpaper.~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
| Starring | Harriet Andersson, Max von Sydow, Gunnar Bjrnstrand |
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| Director | Ingmar Bergman, Ingmar Bergman |
| Studio | PALISADES TARTAN |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 25 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 25 mins |
| Certificate |  DVD LOVEFiLM Instant |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Swedish LOVEFiLM Instant: Swedish |
| Subtitles | DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Released | Production year: 1961 To Watch Online: LOVEFiLM Instant: 01 Feb 2010 To Rent: DVD: 19 Nov 2001 |
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It sounds like a parody Bergman film, and it almost is. The same themes were carried through in Winter Light and The Silence.
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One of Bergman's very best films
with 'Glass Darkly' You can see Bergman's remarkable ability to communicate almost universally resonant thematics, but with a growing formal ... read more »
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Interesting portrait of hysteria/Schizophrenia, with beautiful Cinematography and stimulating symbolism
Visually this film was very interesting, the murky sky and restless sea gave us that uneasy feeling of an oncoming storm or something unpleasant.
At ... read more »
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Beach holidays are not all they're cracked up to be.
At a remote island holiday cottage, a writer is reunited with his long neglected teenage son, his mentally ill daughter Karin and her tormented husband. ... read more »
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Slower than treacle, and not as sweet.
Offering a change of pace from modern life (and modern films) this film asks existential questions, but doesn't come to an adequate solution. Instead of ... read more »
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