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Berit, a suicidal young woman living in a working-class port town, unexpectedly falls for Gösta, a sailor on leave. Haunted by a troubled past and held in a vice grip by her domineering mother, Berit begins to hope that her relationship with Gösta might save her from self-destruction.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Svensk filmindustri, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Bergman, Ingmar, 1918-2007 (Director, Screenwriter), Molander, Harald, 1909-1994 (Producer), Jönsson, Nine Christine, 1926- (Actor), Eklund, Bengt, 1925-1998 (Actor), Nelson, Mimi, 1922-1999 (Actor), Hall, Berta, 1909-1999 (Actor), Valberg, Birgitta (Actor), Ruud, Sif, 1916-2011 (Actor), Billsten, Britta (Actor), Länsberg, Olle, 1922-
Format: Video DVD
Language:Swedish
Language Notes:In Swedish with optional English subtitles.
Published: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2007.
Series:Eclipse (Criterion Collection (Firm)). Early Bergman.
Subjects:
Länsberg, Olle, > 1922- > Film adaptations.
Young women > Suicidal behavior > Sweden > Drama.
Sailors > Sweden > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Sweden > Drama.
Mothers and daughters > Sweden > Drama.
Feature films.
Motion pictures, Swedish.
Foreign films.
Melodrama.
Film adaptations.
Melodrama > Feature.
Adaptation > Feature.
Description
Summary:Berit, a suicidal young woman living in a working-class port town, unexpectedly falls for Gösta, a sailor on leave. Haunted by a troubled past and held in a vice grip by her domineering mother, Berit begins to hope that her relationship with Gösta might save her from self-destruction.
Item Description:Based on the story Guldet och murarna by Olle Länsberg.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1948.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; NTSC; region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.; NTSC.
Production Credits:Cinematographer, Gunnar Fischer ; editor, Oscar Rosander ; music, Erland von Koch ; set designer, Nils Svenwall ; producer, Harald Molander.
ISBN:1934121371 (disc)
9781934121375 (disc)
1934121347 (set)
9781934121344 (set)