Torment

One of the internationally acclaimed films which signaled the revival of Swedish film in the 1940s, TORMENT is probably the best remembered film helmed by one of the directors most responsible for the revival, Alf Sjoberg (THE ROAD TO HEAVEN, MISS JULIE). It was also the first script written by the then 26-year-old Ingmar Bergman, who also served as assistant director. It tells of hard-working student Jan-Erik (Kjellin) and his affair with hard-drinking young widow Bertha (Zetterling). The couple are pitted against the wicked Caligula (Stig Jarrel), a teacher at Jan-Erik's school, and the level of his involvement with Bertha has surprising and tragic consequences.<...