Port Of Call (1948-SWEDEN) [VHS]

Port Of Call (1948-SWEDEN) [VHS]
by Ingmar Bergman

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Actor: Bengt Eklund, Berta Hall, Birgitta Valberg, Mimi Nelson, Nine-Christine J?nsson
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Edition: VHS Tape
Format: Black & White, NTSC, Subtitled
Running Time: 96 minutes
Release Date: 2002-11-01
Publisher: Unknown
Studio: Unknown

VHS Movie Reviews of Port Of Call (1948-SWEDEN) [VHS]

Movie Review: INGMAR BERGMAN, OPUS 5
Summary: 3 Stars

1948. Written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. Fifth movie of the Swedish master. Social Realism, Despair, Family, Doubt are the main themes of this interesting film telling the thwarted love of a sailor and a rebellious girl. You can also find a DVD edition of this film in the Criterion box set Eclipse Series 1 - Early Bergman (Torment / Crisis / Port of Call / Thirst / To Joy) (Criterion Collection).

Movie Review: Port of Call
Summary: 3 Stars

It's a pretty good film, first signs of Bergman's realism in his portrayal of life in a port town. It's hard to imagine that in the 40's Sweden was such a morally-strict society.

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Summary of Port Of Call (1948-SWEDEN) [VHS]

Directed by INGMAR BERGMAN. This very early effort from the hand of the legendary Ingmar Bergman is at once a highly atmospheric, erotically charged and deeply human drama in which the director bares the souls of his two main characters. The first is Gosta, a lonely seaman who has just arrived in a port city and who has signed off his ship. Gosta bunks with an old shipmate and takes a job as a longshoreman. One night on a crowded dance floor, he meets a sensitive and troubled young woman named Berit. She works in a factory, wrestles with memories of a profoundly unhappy childhood and contends with her cruelly cynical and insensitive mother. It is no surprise that Berit is forever despondent. "No one can understand how I long to be myself," she observes. Indeed, in the films first sequence she unsuccessfully attempts suicide. Berit and Gosta are attracted to each other, and they commence an intensely sexual relationship. Matters are sure to become complicated when Berit chooses not to tell Gosta what she hopes will remain a secret from her past: She had spent time in a correctional institution from which she currently is on probation. Then, Berit finds herself compromised after arranging for a friends abortion. After watching this riveting film, you will understand exactly why Bergman was to go on to become one of the worlds great filmmakers. In Swedish with English subtitles. 96 minutes.

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