A Lesson in Love ( En Lektion i kärlek )

A Lesson in Love (DVD) (*)

$30.99

Original Title: En Lektion i kärlek
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

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

Running Time:
96 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Production Notes
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White
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Movie filmed in 1954 and produced in:
Sweden ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Ingmar Bergman

Written By:
Ingmar Bergman

Actors:
Eva Dahlbeck ..... Marianne Erneman
Gunnar Björnstrand ..... David Erneman
Yvonne Lombard ..... Susanne Verin
Harriet Andersson ..... Nix, David's Daughter
Åke Grönberg ..... Carl-Adam
Olof Winnerstrand ..... Professor Henrik Erneman
Birgitte Reimer ..... Lise, the Girl in Bar (as Birgitte Reimers)
John Elfström ..... Sam, the Erneman's Chauffeur
Renée Björling ..... Svea Erneman
Dagmar Ebbesen ..... Nurse Lisa
Sigge Fürst ..... Vicar at the wedding

Synopsis:

En Lektion i Kärlek constitutes one of Ingmar Bergman's more overtly entertaining films. In this highly engaging comedy, Bergman reunites Gunnar Bjornstrand and Eva Dahlbeck, who had already teamed to great effect in the final, comic episode of Secrets of Women (1952), and he once again casts them as an amusingly antagonistic husband and wife. Bjornstrand's character, David Erneman, is a successful gynecologist who has jeopardized his sixteen-year marriage by entering into an affair with one of his patients. In retaliation, his wife, Marianne, departs for Copenhagen to revive relations with a former fiancé. David initially seems only slightly disturbed by his wife's action, but when his affair ends and he enjoys an afternoon with his inscrutable daughter (Harriet Andersson, in an especially plucky turn), he determines to embark for Copenhagen and win back his wife. But his initial efforts at a reunion hardly bring him success, and only after a barroom altercation with his brutish rival does David seem to rekindle his wife's affection for him. En Lektion i Kärlek is a pivotal film in the Bergman canon, reviving his fortunes after the critics' rejection of Gycklarnas Afton (Sawdust and Tinsel) (1953) and spurring him toward his comic masterpiece, Sommarnattens Leende (Smiles of a Summer Night) (1955). Bergman came to regard En Lektion i Kärlek as a divertissement, but the film is of a greater magnitude than usual comedies of domestic life, and Bergman concludes it with the endearing image of Cupid strolling past the hotel room of the reunited couple.

Bergman brings a refreshing wit to this dark domestic comedy tale of a married couple who desperately need each other. David (Gunnar Björnstrand) is a gynaecologist who is involved with a young patient. His wife, Marianne (Eva Dahlbeck), learns of this transgression and begins an affair with his best friend. They attempt a trial separation, however, an ecounter upon a train bound for Copenhagen reminds them of the good times and connection they have with each other. Mirroring the star driven romantic comedies of the era, Ingmar Bergman's A Lesson In Love features themes of reconciliation and hope. The flirtatious spark between the central characters is a reminder of Bergman's remarkable skill as a dialogue writer and is evidence of the brilliance shown in his later films.

A marriage of many years' standing is breaking up with husband and wife going on their own ways. But the husband realises that he still loves his wife and, by a trick, breaks up her affair with her lover and wins her back.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 04 April, 2009.

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