The read
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
The four wives of four brothers share stories of their marriages as they wait for their husbands in a small, secluded cottage.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
74 audience votes
Key crew
- Erik NordgrenOriginal Music Composer
- Ingmar BergmanDirector
- Ingmar BergmanWriter
Cast
- Anita BjörkRakel
- Eva DahlbeckKarin
- Maj-Britt NilssonMarta Berg
- Birger MalmstenMartin Lobelius, artist
- Gunnar BjörnstrandFredrik Lobelius
- Karl-Arne HolmstenEugen Lobelius
- Aino TaubeAnnette
- Håkan WestergrenPaul Lobelius
- Gerd AnderssonMaj, Marta's sister
- Björn BjelfvenstamHenrik Lobelius
- Carl StrömDoctor
- Märta ArbinNurse
Stills
Themes
husband wife relationshipwomen's issuestold in flashback