Sawdust and Tinsel: Awakening
By November 19, 2007
In 2003, on the occasion of the Cinémathèque française’s complete retrospective of Ingmar Bergman’s work, ten filmmakers were invited to present one of his films Read more »
SYNOPSIS: 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 |
By November 19, 2007
In 2003, on the occasion of the Cinémathèque française’s complete retrospective of Ingmar Bergman’s work, ten filmmakers were invited to present one of his films Read more »
By November 19, 2007
Ingmar Bergman made some outstanding films before Sawdust and Tinsel (1953). But that film, released in America under the meretricious title The Naked Night—and Read more »
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He created some of film’s most dramatic moments, and his own experiences are about to become the stuff of drama. A series based on the life and career of Ingmar Read more »