The Rite
Ingmar Bergman conceived this experimental work as a response to his controversial tenure at the Royal Dramatic Theatre. Focusing on four characters—a trio of actors charged with obscenity (Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Anders Ek), and the judge assigned to try them (Erik Hell)—The Rite alternates between criminal interrogations and interpersonal confrontations shown in flashback, leading to a final “performance” that makes for one of the most bizarre moments in Bergman’s filmography. Staged on bare sets and shot almost entirely in close-up, The Rite condenses a decade’s worth of cinematic exploration into seventy-five tense, unsettling minutes.
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Cast
- Ingrid Thulin
- Thea Winkelmann
- Anders Ek
- Sebastian Fisher
- Gunnar Björnstrand
- Hans Winkelmann
- Erik Hell
- Judge Dr. Abrahamson
- Ingmar Bergman
- Priest
Credits
- Director
- Ingmar Bergman
- Producer
- Lars-Owe Carlberg
- Cinematographer
- Sven Nykvist
- Editor
- Siv Lundgren
- Production design
- Mago
- Costume design
- Mago
- Makeup
- Cecilia Drott
- Makeup
- Börje Lundh
- Sound
- Lennart Engholm
- Sound
- Berndt Frithiof
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