1-World Festival of Foreign Films
HOME      CHOOSE-A-COUNTRY      SEARCH      POST-A-REVIEW      CONTACT 1-WORLD

"Sawdust and Tinsel"
1953
Directed by Ingmar Bergman

Set in turn-of-the-century Sweden and centered on a ragged traveling circus, the plot details the private anguish of the ring master (Ake Gronberg), reunited with his former wife (AnnikaTretow) in a provincial town. Complications erupt when Gronberg's mistress (Harriet Andersson) is seduced by a loquacious actor (Hasse Ekman). Ingmar Bergman's profound meditation on art and sexual conflict.  With Anders Ek and Gudrum Brost. Swedish with English subtitles.  83 minutes.