Thirst (film)

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Thirst
Directed by	Ingmar Bergman
Written by	Herbert Grevenius Birgit Tengroth (novel)
Starring	Eva Henning Birger Malmsten Birgit Tengroth
Release date(s)	17 October 1949 (Sweden) 30 August 1956 (USA)
Running time	83 mins
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish/German
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Thirst (original title Törst) is a 1949 Swedish film by Ingmar Bergman.

[edit] Synopsis

A couple traveling across a war-ravaged Europe. A disintegrating marriage. A ballet dancer's scarred past. Her friend's psychological agony. Elliptically told in flashbacks and multiple narrative threads, Thirst shows people enslaved to memory and united in isolation.

[edit] Cast

Eva Henning - Rut
Birger Malmsten - Bertil
Birgit Tengroth - Viola
Hasse Ekman - Dr. Rosengren
Mimi Nelson - Valborg
Bengt Eklund - Raoul
Gaby Stenberg - Astrid
Naima Wifstrand - Miss Henriksson

[edit] External links

Törst at the Internet Movie Database

v • d • e The films of Ingmar Bergman

1940s	Crisis • It Rains on Our Love • A Ship to India • Music in Darkness • Port of Call • Prison • Thirst

1950s	To Joy • This Can't Happen Here • Summer Interlude • Secrets of Women • Summer with Monika • Sawdust and Tinsel • A Lesson in Love • Dreams • Smiles of a Summer Night • The Seventh Seal • Wild Strawberries • Brink of Life • The Magician

1960s	The Virgin Spring • The Devil's Eye • Through a Glass Darkly • Winter Light • The Silence • All These Women • Persona • Hour of the Wolf • Shame • The Rite • The Passion of Anna

1970s	The Touch • Cries and Whispers • Scenes from a Marriage • The Magic Flute • Face to Face • The Serpent's Egg • Autumn Sonata

1980s	From the Life of the Marionettes • Fanny and Alexander • Karin's Face • After the Rehearsal

1990s	In the Presence of a Clown

2000s	The Image Makers • Saraband