Desperately they fought the desires the passions that dragged them down deeper and deeper into... 'The Naked Night' On a gray morning a circus caravan arrives in the town where Albert the ringmaster's family lives. He hasn't seen them for three years and has taken a mistress the young and buxom Anne. Albert calls on his wife; Anne jealous and wanting out visits a theatrical troupe and lets an actor Frans seduce her in exchange for a necklace he says is valuable. Anne finds out it's worthless at about the same time Albert's wife declines to let him live with... the family. Albert and Anne are stuck with the circus and each other; there's a show tonight Frans will be there smirking and sardonic the bear is mangy the clown is as sour as they come and suicide offers an exit. [show more]
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Powerful psychological drama from the Swedish director Ingmar Bergman. The film follows a group of down-on-their-luck circus performers as they face love, jealousy, humiliation and loss as they travel through the countryside at the turn of the century. A downbeat examination of the human condition from the master of the genre.
Ingmar Bergmans SAWDUST AND TINSEL bears a resemblance to his later, better-known features in its harsh treatment of human relationships. Jealousy, lovers taking turns humiliating one other, selfish sexual desire--all these are familiar themes that would be developed further by Bergman later on, but the films final moments seem to hold a rare promise of reconciliation. Albert Johansson (Åke Grönberg) is a sad, pathetic man who has given up domestic tranquillity for an uncertain life on the road as the director of the traveling Circus Alberti. Since leaving his wife and children, he has taken up with young bareback rider Anne (Harriet Andersson, who often played sexy, earthy characters in Bergman movies of the period). In Alberts old hometown the couple approaches the haughty director of a local theatre company (Gunnar Björnstrand) to borrow props and costumes for the nights performance. Anne falls for the dandylike ham actor Frans (Hasse Ekman), who subsequently insults Albert in public, and a physical confrontation between the two men ensues. The film is formally captivating throughout and contains a celebrated, somewhat surreal flashback sequence early on, reminiscent of German Expressionist cinema, in which a white-faced clown (played by Anders Ek) suffers a breakdown after being confronted with his wifes infidelity.
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