To Joy ( Till glädje )

To Joy (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Till glädje
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
98 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Production Notes
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1950 and produced in:
Sweden ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Ingmar Bergman

Written By:
Ingmar Bergman

Actors:
Maj-Britt Nilsson ..... Marta Olsson
Stig Olin ..... Stig Eriksson
Birger Malmsten ..... Marcel
John Ekman ..... Mikael Bro
Margit Carlqvist ..... Nelly Bro
Victor Sjöström ..... Sönderby

Synopsis:

Stig and Marta are a young married couple who play together in the same Swedish orchestra. He is ambitious and idealistic, but she is more somber and contemplative.

One of Ingmar Bergman's key early works directed when he was just 30 years old - To Joy explores some of the themes that would come to characterize many of his later films: the incompatibility of spouses and the responsibility of artists. Marta (Maj-Britt Nilsson) and Stig (Stig Olin) both play in an orchestra conducted by Sonderby (played by the legendary Swedish actor and director Victor Sjostrom Wild Strawberries). Their relationship is a happy one and they soon decide to get married and have children. However, things begin to turn sour when Stig begins a sordid affair that threatens to destroy their marriage and their happiness forever. Moving and evocative, To Joy sees the young Bergman grappling with the complexities of human relationships to striking effect, and is an early indication of what the budding director would soon be capable of.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 16 March, 2006.

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