Title from title screens. Harriet Andersson, Ake Grönberg, Hasse Ekman, Anders Ek, Gudrun Brost. Originally released as a motion picture in 1953. Full screen (1.37:1). Special features: Audio commentary by Peter Cowie; introduction by Bergman from 2003.
Summary:
Ingmar Bergman presents the battle of the sexes as a ramshackle, grotesque carnival of humiliation. The story of the charged relationship between a turn-of-the-twentieth-century circus owner and his younger mistress, a horseback rider in the traveling show, the film features dreamlike detours and twisted psychosexual power plays, making for a piercingly brilliant depiction of physical and spiritual degradation.
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