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Through a Glass Darkly ()

Såsom i en spegel (original title)
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Recently released from a mental hospital, Karin rejoins her emotionally disconnected family in their island home, only to slip from reality as she begins to believe she is being visited by God.
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Karin / daughter
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David / father
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Martin / Karin's husband
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Minus / son

Directed by

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Ingmar Bergman

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Ingmar Bergman ... (written by)

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Allan Ekelund ... producer (uncredited)

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Erik Nordgren ... (uncredited)

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Sven Nykvist

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Ulla Ryghe

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P.A. Lundgren

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Mago

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Börje Lundh ... makeup artist

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Lenn Hjortzberg ... assistant director

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Karl-Arne Bergman ... property master

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Staffan Dalin ... sound
Stig Flodin ... sound

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Evald Andersson ... special effects

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Rolf Holmquist ... assistant camera
Peter Wester ... assistant camera

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Ulla Furås ... script supervisor

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Käbi Laretei ... to Käbi, my wife

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Plot Summary

Martin, a respected doctor, his wife Karin, Karin's seventeen year old brother Minus, and widowed father David of Karin and Minus' have convened at the family's summer home on an island off the coast of Sweden to celebrate David's return from the Swiss Alps, where he was substantially completing his latest novel. The family has long lived a fantasy that they are a loving one, with David's extended absences being the cause of many of the family's problems. Without that parental guidance, Minus is at a confused and vulnerable stage of his life where he is a bundle of repressed emotions, most specifically from not feeling loved by his father and concerning the opposite sex. He is attracted to females as a collective but does not know how to handle blatant female sexuality, especially if it is directed his way. A month earlier Karin was released from a mental institution. Her doctor has told Martin that the likelihood that she will fully recover from her illness is low, although she has functioned well since her release. In his love for her, Martin has vowed to himself to see her through whatever she faces. As Karin begins to lose grip on reality, Minus is the one most directly affected, although it does bring out the issues all the men are facing in regard to their interrelationships. Written by Mio

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Taglines "For now we see though a glass darkly; but then face to face; now I know in part; but then I shall know even as also I am known" I Corinthians 13:12 See more »
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Also Known As
  • Through a Glass Darkly (Canada, English title)
  • Through a Glass Darkly (United States)
  • Through a Glass Darkly (World-wide, English title)
  • Through a Glass Darkly (United Kingdom)
  • À travers le miroir (France)
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Trivia The first Ingmar Bergman film to be made on the island of Fårö. Bergman would later buy a home on the island. See more »
Goofs As Minus paints the chair, the amount of paint on the chair changes between shots. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002). See more »
Soundtracks Sarabande from Suite No. 2 in D minor for Violoncello See more »
Crazy Credits There are no end credits. After Minus (Lars Passgård) says the final line, the film fades to black and ends. The entire cast and crew were credited at the start, and there isn't even a "Fin" or "Ende". See more »
Quotes Fredrik: Father, I'm scared. When I was hugging Karin in the boat, reality was revealed. Do you know what I mean?
David: I do.
Fredrik: Reality was revealed, and I collapsed. It's like a dream. Anything can happen. Anything.
David: I know.
Fredrik: I can't live in this new world.
David: Yes, you can. But you must have a support.
Fredrik: What kind of support? You mean a God? Give me a proof of his existance. You can't.
David: I can. But you gotta pay attention to what I say.
Fredrik: Yes. I need to listen.
David: I can only tell you a thought of my own hopes. It is to know that love exists for real in the human world.
Fredrik: A sort of special love, I suppose?
David: All kinds of it. The bigger and the smaller, the most absurd one and the most sublime one. All kinds of love.
Fredrik: What about the desire for love?
David: Desire and denying. Trust and distrust.
Fredrik: Then love is the proof?
David: I don't know if love is the proof of God's existance or if it's God itself.
Fredrik: To you, love and God are the same thing.
David: That thought makes me feel less empty; Makes my desperation less worse.
Fredrik: Go on, dad.
David: All of a sudden, emptiness turns into abundance, and desperation turns into life. It's like a temporary death's sentence strike.
Fredrik: Dad... if it's like how you say it is, then God is all over Karin. We love her so much.
David: Yes.
Fredrik: Can't that help her?
David: I think so.
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