Three Strange Loves (1949)
(Törst)
Country: SV
Technical: bw 83m
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Eva Henning, Birger Malmsten, Birgit Tengroth, Mimi Nelson, Bengt Eklund
Synopsis:
A ballerina is made pregnant by a married man, and the abortion renders her infertile. Later she returns from a holiday in Switzerland with her husband, grappling with self-loathing and despair, while a former friend in Stockholm rejects the advances of her psychiatrist and a lesbian dancer.
Review:
An uneasy amalgam of stories, whose GB title is irrelevant - if anything there are four strange loves here. The original title, Thirst, is far more appropriate, since it represents both the main character's alcoholism and the thirst of all Bergman characters for something akin to inner peace. However, this is one of the film-maker's less sympathetic portrayals of angst, its hard-faced heroine coming across as selfish and vindictive towards her husband, who in turn is a bit of a prig. The secondary protagonist, Viola, is underdeveloped, only making her appearance two thirds of the way through. Technical credits are still high, and the production is noteworthy for the director trying things out, however misogynistic, that would resurface in later years, notably the theme of female sterility.
(Törst)
Country: SV
Technical: bw 83m
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Eva Henning, Birger Malmsten, Birgit Tengroth, Mimi Nelson, Bengt Eklund
Synopsis:
A ballerina is made pregnant by a married man, and the abortion renders her infertile. Later she returns from a holiday in Switzerland with her husband, grappling with self-loathing and despair, while a former friend in Stockholm rejects the advances of her psychiatrist and a lesbian dancer.
Review:
An uneasy amalgam of stories, whose GB title is irrelevant - if anything there are four strange loves here. The original title, Thirst, is far more appropriate, since it represents both the main character's alcoholism and the thirst of all Bergman characters for something akin to inner peace. However, this is one of the film-maker's less sympathetic portrayals of angst, its hard-faced heroine coming across as selfish and vindictive towards her husband, who in turn is a bit of a prig. The secondary protagonist, Viola, is underdeveloped, only making her appearance two thirds of the way through. Technical credits are still high, and the production is noteworthy for the director trying things out, however misogynistic, that would resurface in later years, notably the theme of female sterility.
(Törst)
Country: SV
Technical: bw 83m
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Eva Henning, Birger Malmsten, Birgit Tengroth, Mimi Nelson, Bengt Eklund
Synopsis:
A ballerina is made pregnant by a married man, and the abortion renders her infertile. Later she returns from a holiday in Switzerland with her husband, grappling with self-loathing and despair, while a former friend in Stockholm rejects the advances of her psychiatrist and a lesbian dancer.
Review:
An uneasy amalgam of stories, whose GB title is irrelevant - if anything there are four strange loves here. The original title, Thirst, is far more appropriate, since it represents both the main character's alcoholism and the thirst of all Bergman characters for something akin to inner peace. However, this is one of the film-maker's less sympathetic portrayals of angst, its hard-faced heroine coming across as selfish and vindictive towards her husband, who in turn is a bit of a prig. The secondary protagonist, Viola, is underdeveloped, only making her appearance two thirds of the way through. Technical credits are still high, and the production is noteworthy for the director trying things out, however misogynistic, that would resurface in later years, notably the theme of female sterility.