Music in Darkness

Music in Darkness
Swedish cover
Directed by	Ingmar Bergman
Produced by	Lorens Marmstedt
Written by	Ingmar Bergman Dagmar Edqvist
Starring	Mai Zetterling Birger Malmsten
Music by	Erland von Koch
Release dates	17 January 1948 (1948-01-17)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

Music in Darkness (Swedish: Musik i mörker) is a 1948 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman.

Plot

The screenplay was written by Bergman and Dagmar Edqvist,^[1]^[2] whose novel, Music In Darkness, is the basis of the film.

Talented pianist Bengt Vyldeke loses his sight after being accidentally shot during a military exercise. Bengt is gripped by increasing bitterness and develops a relationship with Ingrid, a lower-class girl employed as a servant in the home of Bengt's parents.

The theme of blindness and of a blind's person subjective experience plays a major role in the psychological study depicted in the movie. Bergman was deeply passionate about music and once said,^[3] "If I had to choose between losing my eyes or ears—I would keep my ears. I can't imagine anything more terrible than to have my music taken away from me."

Cast

Mai Zetterling as Ingrid
Birger Malmsten as Bengt Vyldeke
Rune Andréasson as Evert
Ulla Andreasson as Sylvia
Gunnar Björnstrand as Klasson
Hilda Borgström as Lovisa
Britta Brunius as A woman
Åke Claesson as Augustin Schröder
Bengt Eklund as Ebbe
John Elfström as Otto Klemens
Barbro Flodquist as Hjördis
Mona Geijer-Falkner as Woman at the garbage can
Marianne Gyllenhammar as Blanche
Douglas Håge as Kruge
Svea Holst as Post office worker
Stig Johanson as A man
Sven Lindberg as Hedström
Arne Lindblad as The Chef
Bengt Logardt as Einar Born
Segol Mann as Anton Nord
Georg Skarstedt as Joensson
Bibi Skoglund as Agneta
Reinhold Svensson as Man in bar
Naima Wifstrand as Mrs. Schroeder
Olof Winnerstrand as The Vicar

References

↑ On Dagmar Edqvist's Novel (retrieved 22 November 2010)
↑ Ingmar Gergman Foundation—Music in the Darkness – (retrieved 22 November 2010)
↑ Bergman on Music

External links

Music in Darkness at the Internet Movie Database
Music in Darkness at the Swedish Film Institute Database

Ingmar Bergman

Filmography

Films directed	Crisis (1946) It Rains on Our Love (1946) A Ship Bound for India (1947) Music in Darkness (1948) Port of Call (1948) Prison (1949) Thirst (1949) To Joy (1950) This Can't Happen Here (1950) Summer Interlude (1951) Secrets of Women (1952) Summer with Monika (1953) Sawdust and Tinsel (1953) A Lesson in Love (1954) Dreams (1955) Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) The Seventh Seal (1957) Wild Strawberries (1957) Brink of Life (1958) The Magician (1958) The Virgin Spring (1960) The Devil's Eye (1960) Through a Glass Darkly (1961) Winter Light (1963) The Silence (1963) All These Women (1964) Persona (1966) Hour of the Wolf (1968) Shame (1968) The Rite (1969) The Passion of Anna (1969) The Touch (1971) Cries and Whispers (1972) Scenes from a Marriage (1973) The Magic Flute (1975) Face to Face (1976) The Serpent's Egg (1977) Autumn Sonata (1978) From the Life of the Marionettes (1980) Fanny and Alexander (1982) After the Rehearsal (1984) The Blessed Ones (1986) In the Presence of a Clown (1997) Saraband (2003)

Films written	Torment (1944) Woman Without a Face (1947) Eva (1948) While the City Sleeps (1950) Divorced (1951) Last Pair Out (1956) The Pleasure Garden (1961) The Best Intentions (1992) Sunday's Children (1992) Private Confessions (1996) Faithless (2000)

Documentaries	The Making of Fanny and Alexander (1986)

Short films	"Daniel" (Segment in Stimulantia; 1967) Karin's Face (1986)

Television theatre	Mr. Sleeman Is Coming (1957) The Venetian (1958) Rabies (1958) The Image Makers (2000)

Related topics	Bergman Week Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie The Dove The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman Ingmar Bergman Award Bibliography

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