The read
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
A recently divorced man and an emotionally devastated widow begin a love affair.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
207 audience votes
Key crew
- Ingmar BergmanDirector
- Ingmar BergmanWriter
Cast
- Max von SydowAndreas Winkelman
- Liv UllmannAnna Fromm
- Bibi AnderssonEva Vergerus
- Erland JosephsonElis Vergerus
- Erik HellJohan Andersson
- Sigge FürstVerner
- Svea HolstVerner's Wife (uncredited)
- Annicka KronbergKatarina
- Hjördis PettersonJohan's Sister (uncredited)
- Ingmar BergmanNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Lars-Owe CarlbergPolice Officer (uncredited)
- Brian WikströmPolice Officer (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
depressiondual identityloss of loved onepsychological stresssurrealismgriefdomestic violenceanimal killingsocial isolationdelusions