Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Age rating
- 15
- Language
- Swedish
- Country
- Sweden
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
- In Swedish — subtitles on.
The story
While vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.
- island
- nightmare
- isolation
- insanity
- artist
- diary
- castle
- insomnia
- surrealism
- black and white
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Erland Josephson — Baron von Merkens
- Naima Wifstrand — Old Lady with Hat
- Ulf Johansson — Heerbrand
- Gudrun Brost — Gamla Fru von Merkens
- Bertil Anderberg — Ernst von Merkens
- Ingrid Thulin — Veronica Vogler
- Agda Helin — Von Merken's Maid (uncredited)
- Lenn Hjortzberg — Kreisler (uncredited)
- Mikael Rundquist — Boy in Dream (uncredited)
- Mona Seilitz — Corpse in Mortuary (uncredited)
- Folke Sundquist — Tamino (uncredited)
- Directed
- Ingmar Bergman
- Written
- Ingmar Bergman
Production
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 · 560 ratings
- Studio
- SF Studios
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
