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Waiting Women (1952)

Directed by Ingmar Bergman

Comedy | Drama

Overview

Rakel, Marta, Karin and Annette are married to four brothers. While waiting in a summer cottage for their husbands to come home, they tell each other stories about their marriages. Rakel tells about the time she had an affair and confronted her husband with it. Marta’s story is about how she at first refused to marry and had her child by herself. Karin tells about what happened when one time she and her husband got stuck in an elevator together. While the women tell their stories, Marta’s younger sister Maj is planning to elope.

Length 107 minutes

Actors

Anita Björk | Eva Dahlbeck | Maj-Britt Nilsson | Birger Malmsten | Gunnar Björnstrand | Karl-Arne Holmsten | Aino Taube | Håkan Westergren | Gerd Andersson | Björn Bjelfvenstam | Carl Ström | Märta Arbin | Naima Wifstrand | Douglas Håge | Mona Geijer-Falkner | Wiktor Andersson | Jarl Kulle | Torsten Lilliecrona | Ingmar Bergman | Kjell Nordenskiöld | Lena Brogren | Victor Violacci | Lil Yunkers | Sten Hedlund | Leif-Åke Kusbom | Jens Fischer | Rut Karlsson | Sten Mattsson | Gustav Roger | Inga Berggren | Rolf Ericson | Bengt-Arne Wallin | Åke Lindberg | Saidi Hultholm | Leon Lidvall

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

One of Bergman’s films that I knew very little about.  I thought it was pretty good, if a tad too long.  Marriage seen through the eyes of four different women as they recall a memorable moment in their relationships.  It’s also Bergman’s first film that has straight up comedy in one of the segments.

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