FREE ON YOUTUBE Ingmar Bergman - Winter Light

FREE ON YOUTUBE (DU FINDEST DEN GANZEN FILM FREI AUF YOUTUBE) Ingmar Bergman died when the Filmkunstbar Fitzcarraldo was still in Revaler Strasse. Until then only few asked for his movies - that changed abruptly until today. If I think of his death, I always associate him with Nattvardsgästerna from his "Silence Of god" trilogy. Why? Nattvardsgästerna is about a priest who is not able to take away the fear of the nuclear holocaust from a parishioner. He rejects a woman who could comfort him. I can still see the pictures today. How Bergman and his cameraman Sven Nykvest capture the sunlight in a village church on its way through the room. Nattvardsgästerna - a film about light. I have now seen the work again and was overwhelmed by its power, its desolation! So much more complex than I remembered! This is not only about the silence of God, but of one man: Pastor Tomas Ericsson (Gunnar Bjornstrand). He speaks to us, but is unable to give himself or others courage. He appears next to us: Jonas (Max Von Sydow), obsessed with evil in the world and Marta (Ingrid Thulin), a teacher who sincerely loves the pastor. The only thanks she receives is cold. Two people who hurt each other deeply. It is also a film about trust. Algot (Allan Edwall, disfigured by an accident, seems to be the only one who can actually win something for his life from the Word of God. This is presented visually with rigorous simplicity. Nykvest does not use a pan of the camera to achieve an effect. He remains the observer. He shows. Pastor Tomas never smiles. He seems ill, even more so: cold and unable to empathize. Jona's fears that the world would end as a result of the nuclear final blow are met by Tomas in empty phrases: We must trust in God. As he says this, we notice how his hands tremble. But there is much more than just the silence of God. Tomas is silent to Marta. Those who hope for help receive only rejection and silence. I wondered how much Bergman is in the figure of the pastor? Bergman, who himself was married several times, but found no happiness. Is this the outcry of an artist whose life seemed just as cold? Who couldn't give? We will probably never find out how autobiographical Nattvardsgästerna really is. In the heart it is a film about a man who thinks he is God and fails.