Directed by:
Ingmar BergmanScreenplay:
Ingmar BergmanCinematography:
Martin BodinComposer:
Dag WirénCast:
Eva Dahlbeck, Gunnar Björnstrand, Harriet Andersson, John Elfström, Tor Borong, Olof Winnerstrand, Dagmar Ebbesen, Åke Grönberg, Yvonne Lombard (more)Plots(1)
In EN LEKTION I KÄRLEK Bergman turned to a light-hearted theme: a comedy that could have been a tragedy, as an ironic voice announces at the beginning of the film. The story opens as gynaecologist David Erneman (Gunnar Björnstrand) is throwing his attractive mistress Suzanne (Yvonne Lombard) out of his office and out of his life. She calls him a naïve bore, which he considers a fitting description. He has in fact recognized that he made a huge mistake when he left his wife Marianne (Eva Dahlbeck), who at this very moment is about to take the train to Copenhagen to marry her former fiancé, the boorish sculptor Carl-Adam (Åke Grönberg). In a flashback we learn that David, Marianne and Carl-Adam were best friends until Carl-Adam suddenly had the idea to marry Marianne. When she didn't show up at the wedding, he sent David to get her. It was only then that David and Marianne discovered their love. Before the comedy can take its happy course, we experience a bet in the train about getting a kiss from a "total stranger", an encounter between David and his pubescent daughter Nix (Harriet Andersson) who is suffering from the "disgusting infatuation" of a girlfriend and the affairs of her parents, and a wild scene of jealousy in a seedy Copenhagen harbour bar. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Eva Dahlbeck
Sweden
Best movies:
Brink of Life (1958)
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
A Lesson in Love (1954)
Gunnar Björnstrand
Sweden
Best movies:
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Harriet Andersson
Sweden
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John Elfström
Sweden
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The Wonderful Adventure of Nils (1962)
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Tor Borong
Sweden
Best movies:
The Seventh Seal (1957)
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Winter Light (1963)
Olof Winnerstrand
Sweden
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A Lesson in Love (1954)
Woman Without a Face (1947)
Dagmar Ebbesen
Union between Sweden and Norway
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A Lesson in Love (1954)
In the Mist (1953)
Åke Grönberg
Sweden
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Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)
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A Lesson in Love (1954)
Yvonne Lombard
Sweden
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Torsten Lilliecrona
Sweden
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Tjorven och Mysak (1966)
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Carl Ström
Union between Sweden and Norway
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A Lesson in Love (1954)
Waiting Women (1952)
Arne Lindblad
Union between Sweden and Norway
Best movies:
The Devil's Eye (1960)
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
A Lesson in Love (1954)
Sigge Fürst
Sweden
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Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
Siv Ericks
Sweden
Best movies:
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
The Flight of the Eagle (1982)
A Lesson in Love (1954)
Georg Skarstedt
Union between Sweden and Norway
Best movies:
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The Seventh Seal (1957)
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Helge Hagerman
Sweden
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Walpurgis Night (1935)
Julie Bernby
Sweden
Best movies:
Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)
A Lesson in Love (1954)
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Mats Olsson
Sweden
Best movies:
A Lesson in Love (1954)
John Melin
Sweden
Best movies:
The Devil's Eye (1960)
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
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Vincent Jonasson
Sweden
Best movies:
A Lesson in Love (1954)