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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Ingmar Bergman |
| Stars: |
Harriet Andersson |
| Actors: |
Gunnar Bjornstrand |
| Genre: |
Foreign Films |
| Subgenre: |
Suspense · Romances · On-The-Road · Swedish · Thriller |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Available Formats: |
VHS |
| UPC: |
715515026628 |
| Release Date: |
1953 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 35min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
Swedish |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD, 1hr 33min
Release Company: Criterion Collection (November 13, 2007)
UPC: 715515026628 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 35min
Release Company: New Line Home Video (March 28, 1991)
UPC: 042995603033 |
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Professional Reviews
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(01/01/2008, p.95, Geoffrey Macnab): "[O]ne of his richest and most revealing films....There's something admirable about his stoicism and his continuing faith in the shabby glamour of circus life." |
| More Information |
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Ingmar Bergman's SAWDUST AND TINSEL bears a resemblance to his later, better-known features in its harsh treatment of human relationships. Jealousy, lovers taking turns humiliating one other, selfish sexual desire--all these are familiar themes that would be developed further by Bergman later on, but the film's final moments seem to hold a rare promise of reconciliation. Albert Johansson (Eke Grvnberg) is a sad, pathetic man who has given up domestic tranquillity for an uncertain life on the road as the director of the traveling Circus Alberti. Since leaving his wife and children, he has taken up with young bareback rider Anne (Harriet Andersson, who often played sexy, earthy characters in Bergman movies of the period). In Albert's old hometown the couple approaches the haughty director of a local theater company (Gunnar Bjvrnstrand) to borrow props and costumes for the night's performance. Anne falls for the dandylike ham actor Frans (Hasse Ekman), who subsequently insults Albert in public, and a physic... |
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