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Overview

User Rating:
8.7/10   75 votes
Director:
Ted Kotcheff
Writers:
Jean Cocteau (story)
Clive Exton (writer)
Release Date:
4 May 1967 (USA) more
Genre:
Short | Drama
User Comments:
Universally Magnificent... more

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Additional Details

Runtime:
Sweden:50 min
Country:
USA | UK
Language:
English
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Trivia:
Bergman also recorded an audio version of this play for release on LP. more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
Universally Magnificent..., 17 May 2007
10/10
Author: eric wobma from amsterdam

Another gem from that amazing 'BROADWAY THEATRE ARCHIVE', which brings superb stage performances of so many stars into our homes (what a pity though the USA DVD's have no -English or H.O.H.- subtitles).

Here the suave icon Ingrid Bergman enthralls in a solo-performance; we all know she is a fantastic actress, but in the 50 minutes of this one act play she completely grips the viewer and never lets go.

Next to the actress only a telephone is of importance, a dangerous apparatus since it is a device that changes the fastest in these modern times. By going back in time (this play was recorded in '66 and written well before that) the telephone must give the piece a dated feeling to it; on the other hand, in a modernized version the actress might well be using a mobile phone with the signal strength faltering occasionally, without hurting the consensus of the original play.

This televised play was aired and recorded in 1966, and it shows. Nothing terribly dodgy or weak, but the image isn't crisp and camera work isn't brilliant either.

But all that is of no importance, since Grand Dame Bergman will captivate and magnetize you !! Sweden meets France (by way of the superb play by Jean Cocteau) in an American production. It's in encounters like these true beauty can be found...

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