Waiting Women
While at a summerhouse, awaiting their husbands’ return, a group of sisters-in-law recount stories from their respective marriages. Rakel (Anita Björk) tells of receiving a visit from a former lover (Jarl Kulle); Marta (Maj-Britt Nilsson) of agreeing to marry a painter (Birger Malmsten) only after having his child; and Karin (Eva Dahlbeck) of being stuck with her husband (Gunnar Björnstrand) in an elevator, where they talk intimately for the first time in years. Making dexterous use of flashbacks, the engaging Waiting Women is a veritable seedbed of Bergman themes, ranging from aspiring young love to the fear of loneliness, with the finale a masterpiece of chamber comedy.
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Cast
- Anita Björk
- Rakel
- Eva Dahlbeck
- Karin
- Maj-Britt Nilsson
- Marta
- Birger Malmsten
- Martin Lobelius
- Gunnar Björnstrand
- Fredrik Lobelius
- Karl-Arne Holmsten
- Eugen Lobelius
- Jarl Kulle
- Kaj
- Aino Taube
- Annette
- Håkan Westergren
- Paul Lobelius
- Gerd Andersson
- Maj
- Björn Bjelfvenstam
- Henrik Lobelius
Credits
- Director
- Ingmar Bergman
- Based on a story by
- Gun Grut
- Producer
- Allan Ekelund
- Music
- Erik Nordgren
- Cinematographer
- Gunnar Fischer
- Editor
- Oscar Rosander
- Production design
- Nils Svenwall
- Costume design
- Barbro Sörman
- Sound
- Sven Hansen
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