Smultronstället (1957)

28/08/1957Drama1h 31m

Overview

Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own life. These include the vivacious young Sara, a dead ringer for the doctor's own first love.

Ingmar Bergman

Director

Ingmar Bergman

Screenplay

Reviews

Andres Gomez

A review by Andres Gomez

8
Written by Andres Gomez on March 15, 2013

Bergman talks about the meaning of life and the pass of time. Great cast, that will repeat in several of Bergman's movies and remarkable performances from Ingrid Thulin and Victor Sjöström....

CinemaSerf

A review by CinemaSerf

7
Written by CinemaSerf on February 4, 2024

There's a great scene near the start of this film that sees an horse-drawn hearse get it's wheel caught between the kerb and a lamp-post. The horses persist in moving forward, the wheel comes off and we have a coffin exposed in the middle of a desert...

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