Music in Darkness

Music in Darkness (Swedish: Musik i mörker), known in the United States as Night Is My Future, is a 1948 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman.

Music in Darkness
Swedish cover
Directed byIngmar Bergman
Written byIngmar Bergman
Dagmar Edqvist
Based onMusic In Darkness (novel by Dagmar Edqvist)
Produced byLorens Marmstedt
StarringMai Zetterling
Birger Malmsten
CinematographyGöran Strindberg
Edited byGöran Strindberg
Music byErland von Koch
Production
company
Terrafilms Produktions AB
Distributed byTerrafilm, Stjärnfilm
Release date
  • 17 January 1948 (1948-01-17)
Running time
87 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

The screenplay was written by Bergman and Dagmar Edqvist,[1][2] whose novel, Music In Darkness, is the basis of the film. The theme of blindness and of a blind's person subjective experience plays a major role in the psychological study depicted in the movie. Bergman was deeply passionate about music and once said,[3] "If I had to choose between losing my eyes or ears—I would keep my ears. I can't imagine anything more terrible than to have my music taken away from me."

Plot

Talented pianist Bengt Vyldeke loses his sight after being accidentally shot during a military exercise. Bengt is gripped by increasing bitterness and develops a relationship with Ingrid, a lower-class girl employed as a servant in the home of Bengt's parents.

Cast

References
  1. On Dagmar Edqvist's Novel "Ingmar Bergman Music in Darkness". Archived from the original on 13 August 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2010. (retrieved 22 November 2010)
  2. Ingmar Gergman Foundation—Music in the Darkness – "Ingmar Bergman Musik i mörker - Synopsis". Archived from the original on 24 August 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2010. (retrieved 22 November 2010)
  3. "Ingmar Bergman an unrequited love to music". Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2010. Bergman on Music


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