Licht im Winter

Originaltitel: Nattvardsgästerna

1963
16
1 Std. 21 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

8,0/10

27.746

IHRE BEWERTUNG

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99+ Fotos

Drama

Der Priester einer kleinen Stadt ringt mit seinem Glauben.Der Priester einer kleinen Stadt ringt mit seinem Glauben.Der Priester einer kleinen Stadt ringt mit seinem Glauben.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

8,0/10

27.746

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Auszeichnungen
- 3 Gewinne & 1 Nominierung insgesamt

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Ingrid Thulin

Märta Lundberg

Gunnar Björnstrand

Tomas Ericsson

Gunnel Lindblom

Karin Persson

Max von Sydow

Jonas Persson

Allan Edwall

Algot Frövik

Kolbjörn Knudsen

Knut Aronsson

Olof Thunberg

Fredrik Blom

Elsa Ebbesen

Magdalena Ledfors

Lars-Olof Andersson

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Eddie Axberg

Johan Strand
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Tor Borong

Johan Åkerblom
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Lars-Owe Carlberg

Parish Constable
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Ingmari Hjort

Persson's Daughter
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Stefan Larsson

Persson's Son
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Johan Olafs

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Bertha Sånnell

Hanna Appelblad
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Christer Öhman

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Wissenswertes
Ingmar Bergman's favorite of his own films.

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When Tomas leaves the church to go to the scene of the suicide, there is a lot of snow on his car and on the ground. When he arrives at the scene, though, the car is clean, and there is no sign of snow on the ground.

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Algot Frövik, Sexton: The passion of Christ, his suffering... Wouldn't you say the focus on his suffering is all wrong?
Tomas Ericsson, Pastor: What do you mean?
Algot Frövik, Sexton: This emphasis on physical pain. It couldn't have been all that bad. It may sound presumptuous of me - but in my humble way, I've suffered as much physical pain as Jesus. And his torments were rather brief. Lasting some four hours, I gather? I feel that he was tormented far worse on an other level. Maybe I've got it all wrong. But just think of Gethsemane, Vicar. Christ's disciples fell asleep. They hadn't understood the meaning of the last supper, or anything. And when the servants of the law appeared, they ran away. And Peter denied him. Christ had known his disciples for three years. They'd lived together day in and day out - but they never grasped what he meant. They abandoned him, to the last man. And he was left alone. That must have been painful. Realizing that no one understands. To be abandoned when you need someone to rely on - that must be excruciatingly painful. But the worse was yet to come. When Jesus was nailed to the cross - and hung there in torment - he cried out - "God, my God!" "Why hast thou forsaken me?" He cried out as loud as he could. He thought that his heavenly father had abandoned him. He believed everything he'd ever preached was a lie. The moments before he died, Christ was seized by doubt. Surely that must have been his greatest hardship? God's silence.
Tomas Ericsson, Pastor: Yes...

Verbindungen
Featured in Ljuset håller mig sällskap (2000)

"God, my God! Why hast thou forsaken me?"

"I think I have made just one picture that I really like, and that is Winter LightEverything is exactly as I wanted to have it, in every second of this picture." Ingmar Bergman

"Winter Light" concentrates around the middle-aged priest named Thomas (extraordinarilly played by Gunnar Björnstrand) of a small Swedish church and his spiritual and emotional struggles during the one winter afternoon.

Tomas founds himself as a non-believer. He realized that he actually became a priest because he was weak, anxious and neurotic and not because of his faith. As a young man, not knowing the REAL world and its TRUE nature, Tomas became a priest. His wife was everything to him, yes. She encouraged his "believes". With her, his believes (or self-deceptions) were stable, steady. After her death, they were shaken (so were his whole life and its purposes) because he encountered the "real world".

After his wife's death he met Marta, schoolteacher simple and realistic woman (played by brilliant Ingrid Thulin). Marta is in love with him. But he is bored with her and avoids her. Reasons for that are not very clear to the viewer or Tomas himself. He feels isolated and detached from the rest of the world. All the meanings and purposes of his life suddenly disappeared. Whole his life was one big LIE.

So, why is he avoiding Marta? She is the real representation of the ''real world'' since being an atheist. Marta is the symbol of his failure, she ''reminds'' him that he dedicated whole his life to nothing.

This is not, however, a religious film. It's a lot more exploring the real human nature and its possible ''faults''. It raises some universal issues like: ''Am I doing good things because I am a good person (because I have a good character) or because I am afraid of the consequences (because I am weak, fearful)''?

"Winter Light" is also masterfully crafted movie with formal elements absolutely supporting (and adding to) the issues of the script. It is a very cold movie with no music (intentionally). Sven Nykvist, Bergman's cinematographer did excellent job with his contrasted black and white photography, focuses and mise-en-scene conjuring up the emotional isolation and distances between the characters.