Synopsis
In Ingmar Bergman’s feature directing debut, urban beauty-shop proprietress Miss Jenny arrives in an idyllic rural town one morning to whisk away her eighteen-year-old daughter, Nelly, whom she abandoned as a child, from the loving woman who has raised her. Once in Stockholm, Nelly receives a crash course in adult corruption and wrenching heartbreak.
Cast
| Nelly | Inga Landre |
| Jack | Stig Olin |
| Jenny | Marianne Löfgren |
| Ingeborg | Dagny Lind |
| Ulf | Allan Bohlin |
| Uncle Edvard | Ernst Eklund |
| Aunt Jessie | Signe Wirff |
Credits
| Director | Ingmar Bergman |
| Producer | Harald Molander and Victor Sjostrom |
| Screenplay | Ingmar Bergman |
| Based on a play by | Leck Fisher |
| Cinematography | Gösta Roosling |
| Editing | Oscar Rosander |
| Set designer | Arne Åkermark |
| Music | Erland von Koch |
From the Current
Eclipse Series 1:
Early Bergman
by
Mar 26, 2007
Torment (1944) marked the official emergence of Ingmar Bergman onto the world cinema stage. Though directed by his renowned compatriot Alf Sjöberg, it was the twenty-four-year-old Bergman’s big break as a screenwriter and, in its themes and preoccupations, is a remarkably precocious precursor . . .
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