Winter Light (1963)
Winter Light (1963)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Gunnar Björnstrand
Tomas Ericsson
Ingrid Thulin
Märta Lundberg
Max von Sydow
Jonas Persson
Gunnel Lindblom
Karin Persson
Allan Edwall
Algot Frövik
Kolbjörn Knudsen
Knut Aronsson
Olof Thunberg
Fredrik Blom
Elsa Ebbesen-Thornblad
Magdalena Ledfors
Tor Borong
Johan Åkerblom (uncredited)
Bertha Sånnell
Hanna Appelblad (uncredited)
Helena Palmgren
Doris Appelblad (uncredited)
Eddie Axberg
Johan Strand (uncredited)
Lars-Owe Carlberg
Police Inspector (uncredited)
Ingmari Hjort
Persson's Daughter (uncredited)
Stefan Larsson
Persson's Son (uncredited)
Johan Olafs
Gentleman (uncredited)
Lars-Olof Andersson
Fredriksson's Boy (uncredited)
Christer Öhman
Fredriksson's Boy (uncredited)
Ingmar Bergman
Director / Writer
Stig Flodin
Sound
Brian Wikström
Sound
Sven Nykvist
Director of Photography
Allan Ekelund
Producer
Evald Andersson
Original Music Composer
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 11, 1963
Original NameNattvardsgästerna
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 20m
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This Movie Is About.
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Winter Light (Swedish: Nattvardsgästerna, lit. 'The Communicants') is a 1963 Swedish drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring his regulars, Gunnar Björnstrand, Ingrid Thulin and Max von Sydow. It follows Tomas Ericsson (Björnstrand), pastor of a small rural Swedish church, as he deals with an existential crisis and his Christianity.
The film is the second in a series of thematically related films, following Through a Glass Darkly (1961) and followed by The Silence (1963); this is sometimes considered a trilogy. In it, Bergman reconsiders Through a Glass Darkly's argument that God is love, and repeated the prior film's reference to God as a monstrous spider.
Bergman formed the story after speaking to a clergyman whose parishioner committed suicide. The film was shot in different locations in Sweden in 1962. Vilgot Sjöman's film Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie was made simultaneously with Winter Light and documents its production. The feature received positive reviews for its cinematography and themes.