Thirst (1949 film)
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Running time | 83 minutes |
Country | Sweden |
Languages | Swedish German |
Thirst (
Plot
Rut and her husband Bertil travel home by train after a holiday in Italy. Their marriage is unhappy due to Rut's changing moods and heavy drinking. While passing through the ruins of post-war Germany, Rut recalls an earlier affair with married military officer Raoul. Raoul forced her to abort their child, which resulted in complications, Rut's infertility and inability to continue her career as a dancer. Her friend and co-dancer Valborg, disgusted by men, turned to other women.
Bertil is still haunted by an earlier affair with widow Viola. While Rut and Bertil travel home, the film shows Viola's escape from a sadistic psychiatrist, her encounter with Valborg, who openly tries to seduce her, and her final suicide.
Meanwhile, the tensions between Rut and Bertil escalate, and Bertil seemingly kills Rut after a fight. Bertil awakens and realises that he imagined Rut's death. The couple decide to give their marriage another chance.
Cast
- Eva Henning as Rut
- Birger Malmsten as Bertil
- Birgit Tengroth as Viola
- Hasse Ekman as Dr. Rosengren
- Mimi Nelson as Valborg
- Bengt Eklund as Raoul
- Gaby Stenberg as Astrid
- Naima Wifstrand as Miss Henriksson
- Verner Arpe as German ticket collector
- Calle Flygare as Priest
- Sven-Eric Gamble as Glass worker
- Helge Hagerman as Priest
- Else-Merete Heiberg as Norwegian lady
- Estrid Hesse as Patient
- Gunnar Nielsen as Assistant doctor
- Sif Ruud as Widow
Production
After the financial failure of
Swedish Critic Jörn Donner later called Thirst "a commercial version of Prison". François Truffaut saw similarities between Bergman's film and Alfred Hitchcock's Suspicion and Rich and Strange.[2][1]
Literature
Bergman on Bergman, Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, New York 1973.
References
- ^ a b Thirst – Sources of inspiration Archived 15 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine on Ingmarbergman.se, retrieved 9 June 2012.
- ^ ISBN 3-453-02622-5.
- IMDb.
External links
- Thirst at IMDb
- Thirst at the Swedish Film Institute Database