A Lesson in Love

Original title: En lektion i kärlek

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After a 15-year marriage, the spouses are going to divorce, but suddenly find out that their feelings have not vanished yet.After a 15-year marriage, the spouses are going to divorce, but suddenly find out that their feelings have not vanished yet.After a 15-year marriage, the spouses are going to divorce, but suddenly find out that their feelings have not vanished yet.

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Eva Dahlbeck

Marianne Erneman

Gunnar Björnstrand

David Erneman

Yvonne Lombard

Susanne Verin

Harriet Andersson

Nix Erneman

Åke Grönberg

Carl-Adam

Olof Winnerstrand

Professor Henrik Erneman

Birgitte Reimer

Lise
(as Birgitte Reimers)

John Elfström

Renée Björling

Svea Erneman

Dagmar Ebbesen

Nurse Lisa

Sigge Fürst

Vicar

Georg Adelly

Bartender
(uncredited)

Ingmar Bergman

Narrator
(uncredited)
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Julie Bernby

Guest at Wedding
(uncredited)

Henning Blanck

Guest at Wedding
(uncredited)

Tor Borong

Gentleman
(uncredited)

Yvonne Brosset

Dancer in Bar
(uncredited)

Olle Ekbladh

Guest at Wedding
(uncredited)

Director
- Ingmar Bergman
Writer
- Ingmar Bergman
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Trivia
Cameo: When the doctor (Gunnar Björnstrand) enters the train a tall lean man in a beret reading a newspaper is standing in the doorway. This is no one less than Ingmar Bergman himself.

Goofs
During the conversation between David and his wife by the microscope, the shadow of the microphone can be seen on the wall for a large part of the scene.

Quotes
Narrator: This comedy might have been a tragedy but the gods were kind. The teacher of this lesson is neither the author nor the actors, but life itself with its absurd twists.

Connections
Featured in Stjärnbilder (1996)

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10/10

a perfect example of a successful comedy

Bergman is a sublime comedy director and writer. This fact becomes apparent in "En lektion I kärlek", where the comic elements range from pure slapstick to deep, yet very emotional scenes. This movie is paves the way for Bergman's later comedies "Sommarnattens leende" and "Kvinnodröm", all of them starring Gunnar Björnstrand as well as Eva Dahlbeck. This is an excellent movie with which to start your Bergman experience, acutely portraying emotional troubles of the young as well as the old. The cinematography by Martin Bodin is astounding, for instance in the picnic scene. In short, the movie is a perfect example of a successful comedy, with a clarity of depth even surpassing some of Bergman's own comedies.