Through a Glass Darkly
Ingmar Bergman / SE, 1961 / 89 min.
Ingmar Bergman’s winner of the Oscar for the Best Foreign Language Film, records the near-disintegration of a family on holiday, while the woman is tormented by schizophrenia.
Through a Glass Darkly is about a family holiday on the remote island of Fårö. Their already fragile bond is tested when daughter Karin (a fabulous Harriet Andersson) discovers that her father uses her schizophrenia for his literary novel. The father (Gunnar Björnstrand), Karin’s husband (Max von Sydow) and her younger brother (Lars Passgård) cannot stop Karin from spiralling out of control.
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Director
Ingmar Bergman
Production year
1961
Country
SE
Original title
Såsom i en spegel
Length
89 min.
Language
Swedish, Latin
Subtitles
ENG
Format
DCP
Part of
Winter Light
Swedish director Ingmar Bergman’s influence remains significant, and interest in his work endures. Eye is releasing six digitally restored Bergman classics nationwide, including The Seventh Seal (1957) and Persona (1966), while also screening six other highlights in Eye.
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