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Port of Call (1948 film)

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Port of Call
Film poster
Directed byIngmar Bergman
Written byIngmar Bergman
Based onNovel Guldet och murarna by Olle Länsberg
Produced byHarald Molander
StarringNine-Christine Jönsson
Bengt Eklund
Mimi Nelson
Edited byOscar Rosander
Music byErland von Koch
Release date
  • 11 October 1948 (1948-10-11)
Running time
100 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguagesSwedish
German

Port of Call (Swedish: Hamnstad, lit.'Port Town'; also known as Harbour City) is a 1948 Swedish drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman.[1][2] This film is strongly influenced by neorealism.[3]

Plot

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The film opens when we see Berit, a young woman living in Gothenburg, tries to drown herself by jumping into the sea. Among the witnesses of this incident is Gösta, a sailor newly returned from overseas and intent upon staying on land. By chance they begin a relationship. We then realized that Berit's checkered past and the existence of her abusive and cruel mother. The plot and character development centre on the relationship between Berit and Gösta, as she discloses her troubled past of family problems and various affairs to him and he must deal with his own feelings and conflicts about such disclosure. The film ends at a high note with Berit and Gösta decide to stay together and fight for their future.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Port of Call (1948)". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  2. ^ ""Port of Call" - Ingmar Bergman (1948)". The Film Sufi. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Port of Call". www.ingmarbergman.se. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
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