Sweden
1953
92 minutes
Black and White
1.33:1
Swedish
412
Ingmar Bergman presents the battle of the sexes as a ramshackle, grotesque carnival in Sawdust and Tinsel, one of the late master’s most vivid early works. The story of the charged relationship between a turn-of-the-century traveling circus owner (Ake Grönberg) and his performer girlfriend (Harriet Andersson), the film features dreamlike detours and twisted psychosexual power plays that presage the director’s Smiles of a Summer Night and The Seventh Seal, works that would soon change the landscape of art cinema forever.
| Albert Johansson | Ake Grönberg |
| Anne | Harriet Andersson |
| Frans | Hasse Ekman |
| Teodor Frost | Anders Ek |
| Alma, his wife | Gudrun Brost |
| Agda, Albert's wife | Annika Tretow |
| Jens | Erik Strandmark |
| Mr. Sjuberg | Gunnar Bjornstrand |
| Director | Ingmar Bergman |
| Screenplay | Ingmar Bergman |
| Cinematography | Sven Nykvist and Hilding Bladh |
| Music | Karl-Birger Blomdahl |
| Set designer | Bibi Lindström |
| Costumes | Mago |
| Sound | Olle Jakobsson |
| Editing | Carl-Olov Skeppstedt |
| Production manager | Lars-Owe Carlberg |
| Executive producer | Rune Waldekranz |
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