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Through a Glass Darkly

Movie · 1961 · 89 min

A stark, intimate chamber drama that is quietly devastating, slow and unsettling, with moments of raw emotional power.

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1961 film by Ingmar Bergman
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Year
1961
Runtime
89 min
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • madness
  • family
  • faith
  • art
  • isolation
Places
  • single country house
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror4
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity8
Emotional weight9

Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Ingmar Bergman
Written by
Ingmar Bergman
Starring
Max von Sydow, Harriet Andersson, Gunnar Björnstrand, Lars Passgård
Music
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cinematography
Sven Nykvist
Runtime
89 min
Country
Sweden
Languages
Swedish

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