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Prison

1949 · 75 min

A grim, talky plunge into despair and moral decay, more intellectually unsettling than emotionally warm.

Directed by: Ingmar Bergman
Genres: Drama
Starring: Doris Svedlund, Birger Malmsten, Eva Henning

Overview: A filmmaker sets out to create the greatest film in history, but finds out that human abilities have limits.

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Directed by: Ingmar Bergman
Genres: Drama
Starring: Doris Svedlund, Birger Malmsten, Eva Henning

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
faith
guilt
death
art
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	3
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	8
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Ingmar Bergman
Written by: Ingmar Bergman
Starring: Doris Svedlund, Birger Malmsten, Eva Henning, Hasse Ekman, Stig Olin, Irma Christenson, Anders Henrikson, Marianne Löfgren
Music: Erland von Koch
Cinematography: Göran Strindberg
Runtime: 75 min
Country: Sweden
Languages: Swedish

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