Walpurgis Night
Lena (Ingrid Bergman) is in love with her married boss, Johan (Lars Hanson), in this romantic drama that takes Sweden’s declining birth rate as a backdrop and stirred up controversy with its depiction of abortion. While Lena dreams of marriage and motherhood, Johan’s wife is staunchly unmaternal. Johan and Lena have a chance to be together, but their happiness is threatened by blackmail and murder. The great Victor Sjöström plays Lena’s fiercely protective father, a newspaper editor convinced that the population problem will be solved by love, not legislation.
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Cast
- Lars Hanson
- Johan Borg
- Victor Sjöström
- Fredrik Bergström
- Ingrid Bergman
- Lena Bergström
- Karin Kavli
- Clary Borg
- Erik “Bullen” Berglund
- Gustav Palm
- Georg Rydeberg
- Frank Roger
- Richard Lund
- Dr. Smith
Credits
- Director
- Gustaf Edgren
- Story
- Oscar Rydqvist
- Story
- Gustaf Edgren
- Scenario
- Oscar Rydqvist
- Photography
- Martin Bodin
- Sound
- Gaston Cornelius
- Music
- Eric Bengtson
- Editor
- Oscar Rosander
- Art director
- Arne Åkermark
- Makeup
- Manne Lundh
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