Sawdust And Tinsel (1953) (Blu-ray) (UK Import)

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Country of origin:: Schweden, 1953
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Item number:: 8907889
UPC/EAN:: 5050629762433
Release date:: 21.1.2019
Series:: Criterion Collection
Genre:: Drama
Playing time ca.:: 92 Min.
Director:: Ingmar Bergman
Actor:: Ake Grönberg, Harriet Andersson, Hasse Ekman, Anders Ek, Gudrun Brost
Film music:: Karl-Birger Blomdahl
German Title:: Abend der Gaukler (Gycklarnas Afton) (1953)
Language:: Schwedisch
Picture:: 4:3 (s/w)
Subtitles:: Englisch

Ingmar Bergman presents the battle of the sexes as a ramshackle, grotesque carnival of humiliation in Sawdust and Tinsel, one of the master’s most vivid early works and his first of many collaborations with the great cinematographer Sven Nykvist. The story of the charged relationship between a turn-of-the-twentieth-century circus owner (Åke Grönberg) and his younger mistress (Harriet Andersson), a horseback rider in the traveling show, the film features dreamlike detours and twisted psychosexual power plays, making for a piercingly brilliant depiction of physical and spiritual degradation.

Extras

New 2K digital restoration (Blu-ray) or restored high-definition digital transfer of the film (DVD), with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Audio commentary from 2007 by Ingmar Bergman scholar Peter Cowie
Introduction by Bergman from 2003
PLUS: An essay by critic John Simon

Reviews

Lexikon des Int.Films: "Ebenso intensives wie zeitloses Gleichnis von der Last des menschlichen Daseins."
TV Spielfilm Filmlexikon: "Als Neuentdeckung aus Schweden stand Bergman fortan hoch in der Gunst der Kritiker und fand durch 'Abend der Gaukler' auch die erste internationale Anerkennung."