Valborgsmässoafton (Motion picture)

Walpurgis night = Valborgsmässoafton / ein filmberättelse av Oscar Rydqvist och Gustaf Edgren ; scenario, Oscar Rydqvist ; regi, Gustaf Edgren ; Svensk Filmindustri.

[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2018]

1 videodisc (79 mi.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in..

"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"--Container.

Images / Video & Film

Swedish

June 12, 2018

Director of photography, Martin Bodin ; editor, Oscar Rosander ; music, Eric Bengtson.

Lars Hanson, Victor Sjöström, Ingrid Bergman, Karin Kavli, Erik "Bullen" Berglund, Georg Rydeberg, Richard Lund.

DVD, NTSC, region 1; full screen (1.37:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital monaural.

ECL212 The Criterion Collection