

A fractured portrait of desire and isolation, following a failing marriage and parallel stories of emotional entrapment as memories surface during a train journey through postwar Europe. Told through flashbacks and multiple narrative threads, the film signals Ingmar Bergman’s emerging mature style.
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
User score
72 votes

Released
October 17, 1949
1h 25m
German, Swedish

Eva Henning
Rut

Birger Malmsten
Bertil

Birgit Tengroth
Viola

Hasse Ekman
Dr. Rosengren

Mimi Nelson
Valborg

Bengt Eklund
Raoul

Gaby Stenberg
Astrid

Naima Wifstrand
Miss Henriksson

Sven-Eric Gamble
Gunnar Nielsen
Estrid Hesse

Helge Hagerman

Calle Flygare
Monica Weinzierl

Else-Merete Heiberg
Verner Arpe

Sif Ruud
Gerhard Beyer
Herman Greid

Oscar Rosander