The read
Audiences rate it 27 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 17m.
Synopsis
Pretentious critic Cornelius is writing a biography on a famous cellist and to do some research he stays in the cellist's house for a few days. He doesn't manage to get an interview with the man, but by talking to all the women who live with him, he comes to learn a lot about the musician's private life none the less. Cornelius then decides to use this information to blackmail the cellist into performing a composition that he, Cornelius, has written.
Ratings
IMDb5.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes27%
Audiences rate it 27 points higher than critics do.
65 audience votes
Key crew
- Ingmar BergmanDirector
- Ingmar BergmanScreenplay
- Erland JosephsonScreenplay
- Erik NordgrenOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jarl KulleCornelius
- Bibi AnderssonHumlan
- Harriet AnderssonIsolde
- Eva DahlbeckAdelaide
- Karin KavliMadame Tussaud
- Gertrud FridhTraviata
- Mona MalmCecilia
- Barbro Hiort af OrnäsBeatrica
- Allan EdwallJillker
- Georg FunkquistTristan
- Carl BillquistThe Young Man
- Ulf JohanssonMan in Black
Stills
Themes
cellistcriticmusic critic