För att inte tala om alla dessa kvinnor (1964)

Director:

Ingmar Bergman

Writers:

Ingmar Bergman (writer)
Erland Josephson (writer)

Release Date:

5 October 1964 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Ingmar Bergmans första komedi i färg!

Plot:

The pretentious critic Cornelius is writing a biography on a famous cellist and to do some research he goes to stay in his house for a few days...

Plot Keywords:

Cellist | Critic | Mansion | Music Journalism | Mistress

Cast

Bibi Andersson	...	Humlan
Harriet Andersson	...	Isolde
Eva Dahlbeck	...	Adelaide
Karin Kavli	...	Madame Tussaud
Gertrud Fridh	...	Traviata
Mona Malm	...	Cecilia
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs	...	Beatrica
Allan Edwall	...	Jillker
Georg Funkquist	...	Tristan
Carl Billquist	...	The young man
Jarl Kulle	...	Cornelius

Also Known As:

All These Women (USA)
Now About These Women (International: English title)
¡Esas mujeres! (Spain) [es]
¡Ni hablar de esas mujeres! (Argentina) [es]
A Força do Sexo Fraco (Portugal) [pt]
A proposito di tutte queste... signore (Italy) [it]
Ach diese Frauen (West Germany) [de]
O tych paniach (Poland) [pl]
Oles aftes oi gynaikes (Greece) [el]
Para Não Falar de Todas Essas Mulheres (Brazil) [pt]
Puhumattakaan naisista (Finland) [fi]
Syv glade enker (Denmark) [da]
Toutes ses femmes (France) [fr]

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15 | UK:X | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Båstad, Skåne län, Sweden

Company:

Svensk Filmindustri (SF)

Trivia:

This is Ingmar Bergman's first color film.

Only for the faithful

Amazing that this film is on DVD. I saw it in 1967 (in suburban Sacramento of all places) and have never seen a trace of it since.

It is a fairly terrible movie, but it does have its place in Bergman's movies. Swedish reviewers at this point in his career were among his severest critics, and this movie was his response. It should have been deft and ironic but, as I think we're all aware by now, Bergman is not exactly over-burdened with a sense of humor. I suppose he also thought color as something of a joke at that time, which might explain some of the very ugly effects.

I can't really recommend the movie but it does give some insight into Bergman, so I rank it a little higher than the other reviewers.

P.S. And I thank Anders, the foreign exchange student from Stockholm at my high school, for making me see this movie and who filled me in on the info about Bergman and the critics. He too thought it a lousy movie.