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Wikipedia article




'Music in Darkness' , known in the United States as 'Night Is My Future', is a 1948 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman.

The screenplay was written by Bergman and Dagmar Edqvist,On Dagmar Edqvist's Novel (retrieved 22 November 2010)Ingmar Gergman FoundationMusic in the Darkness (retrieved 22 November 2010) whose novel, 'Music In Darkness,' is the basis of the film. The theme of blindness and of a blind's person subjective experience plays a major role in the psychological study depicted in the movie. Bergman was deeply passionate about music and once said, Bergman on Music "If I had to choose between losing my eyes or earsI would keep my ears. I can't imagine anything more terrible than to have my music taken away from me."

Plot



Talented pianist Bengt Vyldeke loses his sight after being accidentally shot during a military exercise. Bengt is gripped by increasing bitterness and develops a relationship with Ingrid, a lower-class girl employed as a servant in the home of Bengt's parents.

Cast



* Mai Zetterling as Ingrid

* Birger Malmsten as Bengt Vyldeke

* Rune Andrasson as Evert

* Ulla Andreasson as Sylvia

* Gunnar Bjrnstrand as Klasson

* Hilda Borgstrm as Lovisa

* Britta Brunius as A woman

* ke Claesson as Augustin Schrder

* Bengt Eklund as Ebbe

* John Elfstrm as Otto Klemens

* Barbro Flodquist as Hjrdis

* Mona Geijer-Falkner as Woman at the garbage can

* Marianne Gyllenhammar as Blanche

* Douglas Hge as Kruge

* Svea Holst as Post office worker

* Stig Johanson as A man

* Sven Lindberg as Hedstrm

* Arne Lindblad as The Chef

* Bengt Logardt as Einar Born

* Segol Mann as Anton Nord

* Georg Skarstedt as Joensson

* Bibi Skoglund as Agneta

* Reinhold Svensson as Man in bar

* Naima Wifstrand as Mrs. Schroeder

* Olof Winnerstrand as The Vicar

References




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