Director:Ingmar Bergman Script: Ingmar Bergman Photo:Sven Nykvist Music: Lars Johan Werle Country: Sweden Language: Swedish Subtitles: English (.srt)
Cast: Bibi Andersson (Alma, The Nurse), Liv Ullmann (Elisabeth Vogler,The Actress), Margaretha Krook (The Doctor), Gunnar Björnstrand (Mr. Vogler),, Jörgen Lindström (The Boy, Elisabeth’s Son)
The film concerns two women – an actress and a nurse – who are physically almost identical, and one of whom (significantly the actress) has lost the ability to communicate. Alma, the nurse, appears to be a well-adjusted, thoroughly respectable young woman with an idyllic future mapped out before her. Yet, as the story unfolds, it soon becomes apparent that her normality is merely a surface illusion. Beneath her calm veneer we begin to see something much darker, much more passionate and dangerous. Elisabeth, the silent actress, is her alter ego, perhaps her true nature, the part of her that will not speak.
Whilst performing a stage play, a well-known actress Elisabeth Vogler loses the power of speech. There follows a mental breakdown throughout which she is bed-ridden and unable, or unwilling, to speak. Her doctor sends her to a house by the sea, to be cared for by a young nurse, Alma. The latter becomes fascinated by her silent patient and reveals intimate secrets about her own past. Elisabeth’s unbroken silence soon perturbs Alma’s calm, and the nurse undergoes a strange inner transformation...
General Format : AVI File size : 700 MiB Duration : 1h 19mn Overall bit rate : 1 238 Kbps Video Format : MPEG-4 Visual Duration : 1h 19mn Bit rate : 1 120 Kbps Width : 624 pixels Height : 448 pixels Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Audio Format : MPEG Audio Format version : Version 1 Format profile : Layer 3 Mode : Joint stereo Bit rate : 105 Kbps Nominal bit rate : 128 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 channels Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
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