Nattvardsgästerna (1962)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.8/10   

Director:

Ingmar Bergman

Guionista:

Ingmar Bergman (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

11 diciembre 1962 (Sweden)

Género:

Drama

Plot:

On a cold winter's Sunday, the pastor of a small rural church (Tomas Ericsson) performs service for...

Plot Keywords:

Faith | Winter | Priest | Existentialism | Religion

Comentarios de los usuarios:

One of the greatest!

Reparto

Ingrid Thulin	...	Märta Lundberg, Schoolteacher
Gunnar Björnstrand	...	Tomas Ericsson, Pastor
Gunnel Lindblom	...	Karin Persson
Max von Sydow	...	Jonas Persson
Allan Edwall	...	Algot Frövik, Sexton
Kolbjörn Knudsen	...	Knut Aronsson, Warden
Olof Thunberg	...	Fredrik Blom, Organist
Elsa Ebbesen	...	Magdalena Ledfors, Widow

También conocida como:

Winter Light (International: English title)
Los comulgantes (Spain) [es]
Luz de invierno (Argentina) [es]

Duración:

81 min

País:

Sweden

Idioma:

Sueco

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Argentina:13 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | UK:A (original rating)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Dalarnas län, Sweden

Compañía:

Svensk Filmindustri (SF)

Trivialidades:

A considerable amount of the scenes had to be re-shot due to technical problems with sound and film stock.

Citas:

Algot Frövik, Sexton: The passion of Christ, his suffering... Wouldn't you say the focus on his suffering is all wrong?
Tomas Ericsson, Pastor: What do you mean?
Algot Frövik, Sexton: This emphasis on physical pain. It couldn't have been all that bad. It may sound presumptuous of me - but in my humble way, I've suffered as much physical pain as Jesus. And his torments were rather brief. Lasting some four hours, I gather? I feel that he was tormented far worse on an other level...
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Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Ingmar Bergman: Om liv och arbete (1998) (TV)

One of the greatest!

I watched this film the other night, and this struck me as perhaps the most profound and "real" movie that I have ever seen. It deals with the silence of god, and meaning of life. With the brilliant photo by Sven Nykvist, the surroundings comes alive unlike most other movies with color! If you've ever lived in that scenery (cold pine-forested northerly countries) It appears almost as if it were in color, as if one is there at that moment.

Needless to say, the actors makes fantastic performances.

I find it pointless to say much about the plot, it is well summarized on this site, it is also a very personal movie to watch and therefore any type of "analysis" that is revealed to the viewer before he or she has seen the movie, may interfere with their own personal view on things.

Truly a masterpiece among movies, completely free from unimportant elements, a clear, uncompromising questioning of ones faith in god and life.

10/10