New York Times by Bosley Crowther
Mr. Bergman may not be praised for it, but he has made a thoughtful, engrossing, shocking film.
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Sweden · 1963
1h 20m
Director Ingmar Bergman
Starring Gunnar Björnstrand, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnel Lindblom, Max von Sydow
Genre Drama
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In a small town church with a dwindling patronage, a Swedish pastor deeply questions his faith, struggling with feelings of doubt and lack of faith. As various townspeople, including an affectionate woman and a suicidal fisherman, approach him needing spiritual guidance, he finds himself increasingly unable to help them.
New York Times by Bosley Crowther
Mr. Bergman may not be praised for it, but he has made a thoughtful, engrossing, shocking film.
Much suffering, none of it very illuminating.
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
I was awestruck by its bleak, courageous power.
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