Through a Glass Darkly

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Through a Glass Darkly ★★★ Sasom I En Spegel 1961

Oppressive interactions within a family sharing a holiday on a secluded island: a woman recovering from schizophrenia, her husband, younger brother, and her psychologist father. One of Bergman's most mysterious, upsetting and powerful films. In Swedish with English subtitles. Part of Bergman's Silence-of-God trilogy followed by “Winter Light” and “The Silence.” 91m/B VHS, DVD . SW Harriet Andersson, Max von Sydow, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Lars Passgard; D: Ingmar Bergman; W: Ingmar Bergman; C: Sven Nykvist. Oscars ‘61: Foreign Film.

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