The famous Swedish director, Ingmar Bergman started by making films with social messages. The Naked Night is one of them, but in it Bergman looks straightly into human's soul. His cruel vision of human nature took the shape of this wonderful piece of art. But The Naked Night didn't make the critics happy and it was also a financial flop. The cruel truth didn't please the audience.
It's a story about a touring circus group, which all members are in different ways dependent on each other and in result of that prisoners of each other. They all want to leave the circus and start a better life. But the attempts to detach and break free lead only lead to bigger embarrassments. The world around the group keeps it apart, because they keep attacking to it even more ruthless.
This situation between the world and the circus can be seen as an allegory for our world, this is where the social stand of the film stands. But it goes a lot deeper than that, researching the soul of man and the truth of human nature. It's a survey of the cruelty of man, but it's also a story about love and jealousy.
The Naked Night is European modernism, which started in the 1940's-50's. The camera-work is the best example of this. It shows true humane emotions, sweat and tears on face, anger, shame and love. The movement of the camera is also very unusual for other films of that time. Ingmar Bergman's story about the cruel truth of human nature is a true classic from the European modernistic era.
It's a story about a touring circus group, which all members are in different ways dependent on each other and in result of that prisoners of each other. They all want to leave the circus and start a better life. But the attempts to detach and break free lead only lead to bigger embarrassments. The world around the group keeps it apart, because they keep attacking to it even more ruthless.
This situation between the world and the circus can be seen as an allegory for our world, this is where the social stand of the film stands. But it goes a lot deeper than that, researching the soul of man and the truth of human nature. It's a survey of the cruelty of man, but it's also a story about love and jealousy.
The Naked Night is European modernism, which started in the 1940's-50's. The camera-work is the best example of this. It shows true humane emotions, sweat and tears on face, anger, shame and love. The movement of the camera is also very unusual for other films of that time. Ingmar Bergman's story about the cruel truth of human nature is a true classic from the European modernistic era.