Synopsis
In Ingmar Bergman’s Port of Call, Berit, a suicidal young woman living in a working-class port town, unexpectedly falls for Gösta, a sailor on leave. Haunted by a troubled past and held in a vice grip by her domineering mother, Berit begins to hope that her relationship with Gösta might save her from self-destruction.
Cast
| Berit | Nine-Christine Jönsson |
| Gösta | Bengt Eklund |
| Gertrud | Mimi Nelson |
| Berit's mother | Berta Hall |
| Miss Vilander | Birgitta Valberg |
| Mrs. Krona | Sif Rudd |
| Prostitute | Britta Billsten |
Credits
| Director | Ingmar Bergman |
| Producer | Harald Molander |
| Screenplay | Ingmar Bergman |
| Based on a story by | Olle Lansberg |
| Cinematography | Gunnar Fischer |
| Editing | Oscar Rosander |
| Set designer | Nils Svenwall |
| 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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