The film won the grand prix at the 1946 cannes film festival. Bergman began writing scripts for svensk filmindustri in 1943, when he was 24. Torment 1944 marked the official emergence of ingmar bergman onto the world cinema stage. The film won the grand prix at the cannes film festival in 1946.
Search six million images spanning more than 25,000 years of world history, from before the stone age to the dawn of the space age and find the perfect picture for your project from granger. An idealistic adolescent, suffering under the thumb of a sadistic schoolmaster, falls in love with a loose girl who is bullied and tormented by another lover. Although trained for the stage in his native sweden, alf kjellin appeared in only a few stage productions before entering films. Screened in 35mm at film forum, part of the centennial ingmar bergman series. Create a backlog, submit your game times and compete with your friends. Overview of torment, 1944, directed by alf sjoberg, with stig jarrel, christopher kent, mai zetterling, at turner classic movies. All ed material movie posters, dvd covers, stills, trailers and trademarks belong to their respective producers andor distributors. George cukors remake of the 1940 film gaslight is the story of a beautiful, innocent woman ingrid bergman who marries a charming man charles boyer who tries to drive her insane. Kier was born in cologne on 14 october 1944, and after starting his career as an actor in england he played his first lead in morrisseys xrated movies the flesh of frankenstein and. A fact from torment 1944 film appeared on wikipedia s main page in the did you know. In october 1944, his first full script, directed by the legendary alf sjoberg, was filmed as torment. Torment 1944 torment swedish title hets, uk title frenzy is a 1944 swedish drama directed by alf sjberg from a screenplay by future film master ingmar bergman, who also served as assistant director.
Janerik widgren alf kjellin is a young student under the thumb of a sadistic latin teacher, known by all the students as caligula. Get your swag on with discounted movies to stream at home, exclusive movie gear, access to advanced screenings and discounts galore. Torment 1944 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Hets is a 1944 swedish film, directed by alf sjoberg from a screenplay by ingmar bergman. Almost a film noir in thematic obsessions, lightning dramaturgy, expressive approach. Atmospheric tale hailed by many as sjobergs finest film. Its main character, janerik, goes to a boys high school in sweden and him and his classmates are being tormented by their latin teacher. Welcome to sigil, the city of doors, a place with gates that lead anywhere in existence provided you have the proper key. Torment from 1944 is a swedish film directed by alf sjoberg with a screenplay by ingmar bergman. From his first screenplay, torment 1944, to his last, saraband 2003, bergman portrayed adolescent rebellion and often futile attempts at reconciliation. The film, a tale of sex, passion and murder, was originally released as frenzy in the united kingdom, although later releases have used the us title. With the great power of hype and modern technology, comes the great. Along with writing the screenplay, he was also appointed assistant director of the film. Bergmans writing debut made before he started to direct films, torment 1944, is great though, with one of swedish films most classic villains in the form of the sadistic latin teacher caligula.
The film was one of six made that year in honor of sfs 25th anniversary, but it was the only one that attracted critical attention. Im in a middle of claude chabrol run, and believe me, this is a long one. Bergman also directed the last scenes, which were put in later when the producer rejected the original ending. An idealistic adolescent, suffering under the thumb of a sadistic schoolmaster, falls in love with a loose girl who is bullied and. Bbc culture the greatest film maker who ever lived. It proved to be a major turning point in the career of bergman, whose prior work had been in the theater. For those super mcu nerds like me, we can even go a step further with the marvel timeline. Torment dvd 1944 the bergman collection ingmar bergman. Collect bonus rewards from our many partners, including amc, stubs, cinemark connections, regal crown club when you link accounts. He reserves his cruelest behavior for bertha, however, which results in. Soldiers present a vacated gestapo torture chamber in paris after the liberation of the city in 1944 in this archive footage from the pathe gazette. With stig jarrel, alf kjellin, mai zetterling, olof winnerstrand. Janerik widgren meets the lonely bertha olsson, a woman struggling with alcoholism. It is a neutral ground and watering hole for races across the multiverse, all under the watchful shadow of the lady of pain, the enigmatic ruler of the city.
Frenzy 1944tragic triangle has young woman in love with fellow student and murdered by sadistic teacher. Ingmar bergmans first effort as a screenwriter and assistant director some of the exterior shots were the first he ever directed himself, is a noir fever dream of first love, manipulation, and abuse of power. Though bertha is already linked to caligula, janeriks heartless teacher, she begins a relationship with the boy anyway. Largely as a result of this success, bergman was, in 1945, given a chance to write and direct a film of read more.
Ingmar bergmans first produced screenplay was for the great swedish filmmaker alf sjobergs torment, a dark comingofage drama about a boardingschool senior, widgren, terrorized by his sadistic latin teacher. The swedishlanguage picture torment aka hets, 1944 marked one of the first credited screenwriting efforts of the then 26yearold scenarist ingmar bergman, and one of the broadest international. Teenager janerik widgren alf kjellin meets the lonely bertha olsson mai zetterling, a woman struggling with alcoholism. Alf kjellin who plays janerik is a holdencaulfieldlooking, angsty teen, though his character is not that, at least for most of the film. Torment is a film directed by alf sjoberg with stig jarrel, alf kjellin, mai zetterling, olof winnerstrand, year. When widgren falls for a troubled local girl, bertha, he finds himself caught up even further in a web of emotional mind games. Image search torment granger historical picture archive. Ive watched all bergman, fellini, antonioni, kurosawa, truffaut and rivette movies.