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All These Women (1964)

Directed by Ingmar Bergman

Comedy

Overview

Pretentious critic Cornelius is writing a biography on a famous cellist and to do some research he stays in the critic’s house for a few days. He doesn’t manage to get an interview with the man, but by talking to all the women who live with him, he comes to learn a lot about the musician’s private life none the less. Cornelius then decides to use this information to blackmail the cellist into performing a composition that he, Cornelius, has written.

Length 80 minutes

Actors

Jarl Kulle | Bibi Andersson | Harriet Andersson | Eva Dahlbeck | Karin Kavli | Gertrud Fridh | Mona Malm | Barbro Hiort af Ornäs | Allan Edwall | Georg Funkquist | Carl Billquist | Ulf Johanson | Jan Blomberg | Göran Graffman | Jan-Olof Strandberg | Gösta Prüzelius | Axel Düberg | Lars-Erik Liedholm | Lars-Owe Carlberg | Doris Funcke | Yvonne Igell

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

After all the heavy, downbeat drama of his previous films, Bergman turned to a lightweight comedy. Not one of his best. The humor is silly and slapstick. Its best virtue is the gorgeous cinematography (this was Bergman’s first film in color).

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