To Joy

A young orchestra violinist’s fear of mediocrity and drive for artistic success strain his marriage to a fellow musician. Told largely in flashback and shaped by Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the film examines ambition, love, and loss in early Ingmar Bergman.

• Ingmar BergmanDirector
• Ingmar BergmanWriter

• Maj-Britt NilssonMarta Olsson
• Stig OlinStig Eriksson
• Birger MalmstenMarcel
• John EkmanMikael Bro
• Margit CarlqvistNelly Bro
• Victor SjöströmSönderby
• Sif RuudStina (uncredited)
• Erland JosephsonBertil (uncredited)
• Ernst BrunmanConcert Hall Doorkeeper (uncredited)
• Georg SkarstedtAnker, Flute Player (uncredited)
• Svea HolstNurse at the Maternity Ward (uncredited)
• Ingmar BergmanExpecting Father at the Maternity Ward (uncredited)