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Through a Glass Darkly
Såsom i en spegel
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
1961•1h 29m•NR•★ 7.7
Drama
Synopsis
A young woman suffering from schizophrenia vacations on an austere Baltic island with her distant novelist father, troubled husband, and lonely teenage brother, experiencing religious hallucinations of God as a spider. The Oscar-winning opening chapter of Bergman's Silence of God trilogy.
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DirectorIngmar Bergman
WriterIngmar Bergman
CinematographySven Nykvist
MusicErik Nordgren
Principal Cast
Harriet AnderssonKarin
Gunnar BjörnstrandDavid
Max von SydowMartin
Lars PassgårdMinus
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Runtime1h 29m (89 mins)
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DirectorIngmar Bergman
LanguagesSwedish
CountrySE
StudioSvensk Filmindustri
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