Music in Darkness

Music in Darkness
Swedish cover.
Directed by	Ingmar Bergman
Produced by	Lorens Marmstedt
Written by	Ingmar Bergman Dagmar Edqvist
Starring	Mai Zetterling Birger Malmsten
Music by	Erland von Koch
Release date(s)	17 January 1948 (1948-01-17)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

Music in Darkness (Swedish: Musik i mörker) is a 1948 Swedish film directed by Ingmar Bergman.

Synopsis

The screenplay was written by Bergman and Dagmar Edqvist.^[1][2]

She was the author of a novel called Music In Darkness. It tells the story of a talented musician, Bengt, who lost his sight after being accidentally shot during his military service. After losing his sight Bengt is gripped by increasing bitterness. He develops a relationship with Ingrid, a lower-class girl who actually works as a servant in the home of Bengt's parents. The theme of blindness and of a blind's person subjective experience plays a major role in the psychological study depicted in the movie. Bergman was a music affectionate and he once said,^[3] "If I had to choose between losing my eyes or ears—I would keep my ears. I can't imagine anything more terrible than to have my music taken away from me."

Cast

• Mai Zetterling – Ingrid
• Birger Malmsten – Bengt Vyldeke
• Rune Andréasson – Evert
• Ulla Andreasson – Sylvia
• Gunnar Björnstrand – Klasson
• Hilda Borgström – Lovisa
• Britta Brunius – A woman
• Åke Claesson – Augustin Schröder
• Bengt Eklund – Ebbe
• John Elfström – Otto Klemens
• Barbro Flodquist – Hjördis
• Mona Geijer-Falkner – Woman at the garbage can
• Marianne Gyllenhammar – Blanche
• Douglas Håge – Kruge
• Svea Holst – Post office worker
• Stig Johanson – A man
• Sven Lindberg – Hedström
• Arne Lindblad – The Chef
• Bengt Logardt – Einar Born
• Segol Mann – Anton Nord
• Georg Skarstedt – Joensson
• Bibi Skoglund – Agneta
• Reinhold Svensson – Man in bar
• Naima Wifstrand – Mrs. Schroeder
• Olof Winnerstrand – The Vicar

References

1. ^ On Dagmar Edqvist's Novel [1] (retrieved 22 November 2010)
2. ^ Ingmar Gergman Foundation—Music in the Darkness – [2] (retrieved 22 November 2010)
3. ^ [3] Bergman on Music

External links

• Music in Darkness at the Internet Movie Database