En lektion i kärlek (1954)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Ingmar Bergman

Writer:

Ingmar Bergman (writer)

Release Date:

14 March 1960 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

After 15 years of marriage, David and Marianne have grown apart. David has had an affair with a patient...

Plot Keywords:

Train | Marriage | Flashback Sequence | Human Relationship | Music Box

Cast

Eva Dahlbeck	...	Marianne Erneman
Gunnar Björnstrand	...	David Erneman
Yvonne Lombard	...	Susanne Verin
Harriet Andersson	...	Nix, David's Daughter
Åke Grönberg	...	Carl-Adam
Olof Winnerstrand	...	Professor Henrik Erneman
Birgitte Reimer	...	Lise, the Girl in Bar (as Birgitte Reimers)
John Elfström	...	Sam, the Erneman's Chauffeur
Renée Björling	...	Svea Erneman
Dagmar Ebbesen	...	Nurse Lisa
Sigge Fürst	...	Vicar at the wedding

Also Known As:

A Lesson in Love (USA)

Runtime:

96 min | 92 min (cut version)

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:15 (DVD) | Portugal:M/12 (DVD) | Finland:K-16 | Portugal:17 | Sweden:15 | Argentina:16 | UK:X (cut)

Filming Locations:

Arild, Skåne län, Sweden

Company:

Svensk Filmindustri (SF)

Trivia:

Director Cameo: [Ingmar Bergman]Man on the train wearing a beret.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Stjärnbilder (1995)

A lesson in love

Though not exactly a comedy in the usual sense of the word this more rewarding than any movie full of laughs but devoid of substance. I don't think Bergman's movies can be easily classed under narrow genres, even the lightest are quite complex. This movie in spite of its light touch poses a series of problems related to marriage and its shortcomings and what happens when the flames start to die etc. I don't really communicate personally with all these issues as I am sure others do. But the atmosphere of the movie is extraordinary, you almost wish it not to end. I have to admit that I was swept away by the Bergman of the fifties, having come to know most of his later, groundbreaking efforts. Before Nykvist, von Sydow, Ulman etc. the master produced some of the richest, warm and touching movies I have ever seen. Though it's a long shot, I have seen this kind of love for human kind, in its complexity, only in Fellini's movies of the same period. A Lesson in Love alongside Smiles of a Summer Night are worth seeing for Bergman fans, to have the full image of the man's capabilities, and for those who love cinema with a heart. May he rest in peace!