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Winter Light
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Winter Light, originally titled Nattvardsgästerna, is a 1963 Swedish black-and-white drama film directed and written by Ingmar Bergman. The cast includes Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Gunnel Lindblom, and Max von Sydow. Sven Nykvist served as the director of photography. The narrative is set in Sweden during the 1960s and explores themes of faith, doubt, God in Christianity, and communication. The film has a runtime of 80 to 81 minutes and is presented in the Academy ratio.
The plot follows a Swedish pastor who fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman, and God. The film was distributed by Netflix and is available via video on demand and the Criterion Channel. It was produced by SF Studios. The movie holds a rating of 8.0 on IMDb with 27,834 votes, a 76% to 77% score on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 7.9/10 rating on TMDb. It has received three wins and one nomination for awards.
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7.9A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God.
Cast
- Ingrid Thulin as Märta Lundberg
- Gunnar Björnstrand as Tomas Ericsson
- Gunnel Lindblom as Karin Persson
- Max von Sydow as Jonas Persson
- Allan Edwall as Algot Frövik
- Kolbjörn Knudsen as Knut Aronsson
Themes
- suicide
- winter
- faith
- pastor
- priest
- meaningless existence
- meditative
- reflective
- loss of faith
- callous
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Ratings
IMDb
8/10
27,834 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
77%
- Year
- 1963
- Runtime
- 81 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- 3 wins & 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Sweden
- Original language
- Swedish
- Main subject
- loneliness
- Director
- Ingmar Bergman
- Screenwriter
- Ingmar Bergman
- Cast member
- Elsa Ebbesen
- Cinematographer
- Sven Nykvist
- Narrative location
- Sweden
- Duration
- 81
- FilmAffinity ID
- 409639
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1963-04-05
- title
- Nattvardsgästerna
- color
- black-and-white
- set in period
- 1960s
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 76%
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- Academy ratio
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