Music in Darkness

1947 film

17 January 1948 (1948-01-17)

Running time

87 minutesCountrySwedenLanguageSwedish

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.

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

Mai Zetterling as Ingrid
Birger Malmsten as Bengt Vyldeke
Rune Andréasson as Evert
Ulla Andreasson as Sylvia
Gunnar Björnstrand as Klasson
Hilda Borgström as Lovisa
Britta Brunius as A woman
Åke Claesson as Augustin Schröder
Bengt Eklund as Ebbe
John Elfström as Otto Klemens
Barbro Flodquist as Hjördis
Mona Geijer-Falkner as Woman at the garbage can
Marianne Gyllenhammar as Blanche
Douglas Håge as Kruge
Svea Holst as Post office worker
Stig Johanson as A man
Sven Lindberg as Hedström
Arne Lindblad as The Chef
Bengt Logardt as Einar Born
Segol Mann as Anton Nord
Georg Skarstedt as Joensson
Bibi Skoglund as Agneta
Reinhold Svensson as Man in bar
Naima Wifstrand as Mrs. Schroeder
Olof Winnerstrand as The Vicar

References

^ 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)
^ 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)
^ "Ingmar Bergman an unrequited love to music". Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2010. Bergman on Music