The subject of this Ingmar Bergman film is repression, but everything is dismayingly on the surface.
From the Life of the Marionettes
1980 · 1h 44m · R
Drama, TV Movie
Directed by
Ingmar Bergman
Overview
Made during Bergman's tax-related exile in Germany, the film continues the story of Katarina and Peter Egermann, the feuding, childless, professional couple who appear in one episode of "Scenes From A Marriage." After Peter perpetrates a horrendous crime in its first scene, the rest of the film consists of a non-linear examination of his motivations, incorporating a police psychological investigation, scenes from the Egermanns' married life, and dream sequences.
Director and cast
- Ingmar Bergman Director
- Christine Buchegger as Katarina Egerman
- Martin Benrath as Mogensjensen
- Rita Russek as Ka
- Walter Schmidinger as Tim
- Heinz Bennent as Arthur Brenner
- Ruth Olafsdottir as l'infirmière
- Karl Heinz Pelser as le juge d'instruction
- Gaby Dohm as la secrétaire
- Toni Berger as le gardien
- Lola Müthel as Cordelia Egerman
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Bergman's not exactly successful examination of the events and warped psychology leading up to a bourgeois businessman's murder of a prostitute.
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