Thirst

Thirst

Törst
🎞️ Movie 83 min SE
โ˜… 6.5 /10 1949

In 1946, nervous ballet dancer Rut and her husband Bertil are returning to Sweden from his scholarship tour around Italy. In a Basle hotel room and on a train they quarrel; give food through the window to starving Germans; overhear wisdoms about marriage by Swedish clergymen returning from a conference; and finally make up. In flashbacks, Rut reminisces her romance with middle-aged officer Raoul, her subsequent abortion, and her ballet career. In a seemingly separate episode set in quiet Stockholm during Midsummer, middle-aged widow Viola is harassed first by a psychiatrist, Dr. Rosengren, and then by a lesbian old school-friend Valborg, with tragic consequences.

Cast

Eva Henning
Eva Henning
Ruth - F.d. balettdansös
Birger Malmsten
Birger Malmsten
Bertil - Konsthistoriker
Birgit Tengroth
Birgit Tengroth
Viola - Bertils F.d. älskarinna
Hasse Ekman
Hasse Ekman
Doktor Rosengren - Psykiater
Mimi Nelson
Mimi Nelson
Valborg - Ruts kamrat i balettskolan
Bengt Eklund
Bengt Eklund
Raoul - Kapten
Gaby Stenberg
Gaby Stenberg
Astrid - Raouls fru
Naima Wifstrand
Naima Wifstrand
Fröken Henriksson - Balettlärarinna
๐Ÿ‘ค
Carl Andersson
En man i kupén med festande tågpassagerare (1)
๐Ÿ‘ค
Wiktor Andersson
Doorkeeper
Erik Nordgren
Erik Nordgren
Composer
Gunnar Fischer
Gunnar Fischer
Cinematographer