Through a Glass Darkly

film by Bergman [1961]

Also known as: “Såsom I en spegel”

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Through a Glass Darkly is a 1961 Swedish film directed by Ingmar Bergman. It is the first film in Bergman's trilogy, which also includes Winter Light and The Silence. The film explores themes of mental illness and the struggle for human connection, set against a backdrop of spiritual and intellectual questioning. It won an Academy Award for best foreign film. Bergman's films are often characterized by their deep, dark, and introspective nature, examining human loneliness, vulnerability, and torment.123

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His trilogy of films, Through a Glass Darkly, Winter Light, and The Silence, dealing with the borderline between sanity and madness and that between human contact and total withdrawal, was regarded by many as his crowning achievement. Through a Glass Darkly won an Academy Award for best foreign film.
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His trilogy of films, Through a Glass Darkly, Winter Light, and The Silence, dealing with the borderline between sanity and madness and that between human contact and total withdrawal, was regarded by many as his crowning achievement. Through a Glass Darkly won an Academy Award for best foreign film.
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