To joy (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | To Joy |
| Original title | Till Glädje |
| Country of production | Sweden |
| original language | Swedish |
| Publishing year | 1950 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ingmar Bergman |
| script | Ingmar Bergman |
| production | Allan Ekelund |
| camera | Gunnar Fischer |
| cut | Oscar Rosander |
| occupation | |
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An die Freude (Original title: Till glädje ) is a Swedish drama directed by Ingmar Bergman from 1950, shot in black and white .
action
During an orchestra rehearsal, the violinist Stig received a call: His wife Marta was killed in the explosion of a camping stove and one of his two children was seriously injured. Overwhelmed by grief, Stig recalls the eventful history of their marriage.
Seven years earlier: Stig and Marta are the new musicians in the Helsingborg orchestra , led by the conductor Sönderby. The two fall in love and get married, although Marta is still under the impression of a failed first marriage and Stig holds on to his freedom. Marta has twins and takes a break from orchestral work. Stig's ambitious plans to become solo violinist fail; bitterly, he takes out his frustration on Marta and begins an affair with Nelly, the wife of the cynical intellectual Mikael. After Stig's outbreak of violence, Marta and the children move in with her grandmother. Disgusted by the destructive hatred between Nelly and Mikael, Stig ends his affair and reconnects with Marta. After a lengthy exchange of letters, the two meet and decide to try a fresh start. Shortly after the reconciliation, Marta's fatal accident occurs.
Although Sönderby Stig offers to take time out, Stig insists on continuing his work. During a rehearsal of the fourth movement from Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th Symphony , images from the time together with Marta pass once more before Stig's eyes.
background
Production and film launch
An diejoy was made between mid-July and early September 1949 at Råsunda Film Studios in Filmstaden , Solna , as well as in Helsingborg and Arild , Skåne län . Because of a crisis in Swedish film accompanied by production stops and strikes, An die Freude did not open in cinemas until October 1, 1951. In the FRG the film ran on October 18, 1951, on March 26, 1963 it was broadcast for the first time in the East German DFF .
Position in Bergman's work
As in Durst (1949), Bergman processed his fragile second marriage to Ellen Lundström in An die Freude .
The silent film director Victor Sjöström , who is valued by Bergman and who appears as the orchestra conductor, later played the leading role in Bergman's Wild Strawberries (1957). Erland Josephson , one of Bergman's regular actors and regular leading actor from the late 1960s, can be seen in a small role .
In retrospect, Bergman described An die Freude as "hopelessly bumpy" and Marta's death as "melodramatic". In an earlier version of the script, the couple split up and Marta accepts an offer from another orchestra.
reception
Joy was heavily attacked in the Swedish press, including Harry Schein , one of the later co-initiators of the Swedish Film Institute . In contrast, Svenska Dagbladet Bergman attested the same rare talent for writing dialogues as August Strindberg .
The lexicon of the international film judged: "Precisely observing film about the ups and downs of a human relationship, which is characterized by pointed dialogues and effective photography."
Web links
- To Joy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The last is also said. In: Der Spiegel , July 18, 1951, No. 29. About Bergman's films Hafenstadt , Durst and An die Freude .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b To Joy / To Joy. In: Ingmar Bergman Foundation , accessed on February 13, 2018.
- ↑ a b To Joy in the Lexicon of International Films .
- ^ Hauke Lange-Fuchs: Ingmar Bergman: His films - his life , Heyne, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-453-02622-5 , pp. 74–76, 82–85 and 274–275.
- ^ Jean Béranger: Meeting with Ingmar Bergman. ( Memento from January 5, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ). In: Cahiers du Cinéma , Vol. 15, No. 88, October 1958, (English).
- ^ Ingmar Bergman: Pictures, Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Cologne 1991, ISBN 3-462-02133-8 , pp. 245–246.