The face

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Movie
German title The face
Original title Ansiktet
Country of production Sweden
original language Swedish
Publishing year 1958
length 100 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Ingmar Bergman
script Ingmar Bergman
production Carl-Henry Caqarp
music Erik Nordgren
camera Gunnar Fischer ,
Rolf Halmquist
cut Oscar Rosander
occupation
synchronization

German synchronous file # 5719

The face (original title: Ansiktet ) is in black and white twisted Swedish film drama by Ingmar Bergman from the year 1958th

action

Dr. Vogler is with his wife Manda, who disguises himself as the youthful assistant Aman, his grandmother, the talkative Tubal and the coachman Simson in Sweden in 1846 as "Magnetic Healing Theater" in the country. The already silent doctor plays the mute. On the way, the group meets the actor Johan. This dies unexpectedly shortly afterwards.

The jugglers are stopped at the Stockholm city ​​limits and taken to the consul Egerman. It is said that Dr. Vogler healed people with his theater. At the consul they will also be met by the scientist Dr. Vergerus and the police chief Starbeck received. The consul made a bet with the scientist: Vergerus believes Vogler is a charlatan and is cheating on people, while Consul Egerman and his wife Ottilia believe in Vogler's healing powers. Starbeck, who has something against traveling people, is on the side of the scientist. He forces the troupe to give him a private performance. A first taste of Vogler's skills is greeted with scorn by Vergerus.

The consul had Vogler and his troops supplied with food. The consul's staff also learned of the newcomers. Tubal is tying up with the cook Sofia, Samson with the maid Sara. Egerman's wife tries to seduce Vogler.

The next morning at the performance, Vogler appears to die of a heart attack. But Vogler is not dead, but takes revenge on Vergerus as a haunted "ghost". After Vergerus regains his composure, he mocks Vogler. Starbeck wants to expel Vogler from the city, but at that moment an express message arrives from the king, who asks for a performance of the "Magnetic Healing Theater" in his residence. Sara joins the group for Simson's sake, while Tubal stays with Sofia.

background

Although The Face was based on an original screenplay by Bergman, critics believed they found parallels to G. K. Chesterton's play Magic , which Bergman had staged in Gothenburg in 1947 .

The face was made between June 30 and August 27, 1958. The film opened in Swedish cinemas on December 26, 1958 and in German cinemas on October 7, 1960 .

Reviews

“A sometimes romantic, playful Bergman film, inconsistent in style and tempo, with a theatrical dramaturgy; one of the less significant works of the director, ”said the lexicon of international film . For Ulrich Behrens from filmzentrale.com, The Face was again “[e] in an extraordinary Bergman film, one that already heralds the transition to his later films, one in which Bergman defends art and artists - of whatever kind - and Filmically 'protects' from being attacked by a rationalist world that has gone mad ”. The Protestant film observer described the film as "dark grotesque, the ambiguity of which probably leaves many viewers at a loss". For those who are interested, "the Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, who is brooding over the meaning of life, is an interesting example of his cinematic art".

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b The face on the website of the Ingmar Bergman Foundation , accessed on June 28, 2012.
  2. a b The face. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 22, 2017 .  .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used
  3. Review on filmzentrale.com, accessed on June 28, 2012.
  4. Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 79/1961.