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The Devil's Eye Directed by Ingmar Bergman Written by Ingmar Bergman Starring Jarl Kulle
Bibi Andersson
Stig JärrelEditing by Oscar Rosander Release date(s) 17 October 1960 Running time 87 minutes Country Sweden Language Swedish The Devil's Eye (Swedish: Djävulens öga) is a 1960 Swedish fantasy-comedy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman.[1]
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Plot
The devil has a stye in his eye, caused by the purity of a vicar's daughter. To get rid of it, he sends Don Juan up from hell to seduce the 20-year-old Britt-Marie and to rob her of her virginity and her belief in love. She however can resist him and things even get turned around when Don Juan falls in love with her. The fact that he feels love for the first time now makes him even less attractive to her and Don Juan returns to hell.
Cast
- Jarl Kulle as Don Juan
- Bibi Andersson as Britt-Marie
- Stig Järrel as Satan
- Nils Poppe as The Vicar
- Gertrud Fridh as Renata
- Sture Lagerwall as Pablo
- Georg Funkquist as Count Armand de Rochefoucauld
- Gunnar Sjöberg as Marquis Giuseppe Maria de Macopanza
References
- ^ "The Devil's Eye". NY Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/13531/The-Devil-s-Eye/overview. Retrieved 2011-09-06.
External links
Ingmar Bergman Films directed 1940sCrisis · It Rains on Our Love · A Ship to India · Music in Darkness · Port of Call · Prison · Thirst1950sTo Joy · This Can't Happen Here · Summer Interlude · Secrets of Women · Summer with Monika · Sawdust and Tinsel · A Lesson in Love · Dreams · Smiles of a Summer Night · The Seventh Seal · Mr. Sleeman Is Coming · Wild Strawberries · The Venetian · Brink of Life · Rabies · The Magician1960sThe Virgin Spring · The Devil's Eye · Through a Glass Darkly · Winter Light · The Silence · All These Women · Persona · Segment "Daniel" in Stimulantia · Hour of the Wolf · Shame · The Rite · The Passion of Anna1970s1980s-
2000sFilms written Torment · Woman Without a Face · Eva · While the City Sleeps · Divorced · Last Pair Out · The Pleasure Garden · The Best Intentions · Sunday's Children · Private Confessions · FaithlessDocumentaries Related topics Categories:- Swedish films
- Swedish-language films
- 1960 films
- Black-and-white films
- Fantasy-comedy films
- Films directed by Ingmar Bergman
- Swedish fantasy films
- Works based on the Don Juan legend
- Swedish film stubs
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