Music in Darkness (), known in the United States as Night Is My Future, is a 1948 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman from a screenplay he co-wrote with Dagmar Edqvist,On Dagmar Edqvist's Novel (retrieved 22 November 2010)Ingmar Gergman Foundation—Music in the Darkness – (retrieved 22 November 2010) based on Edqvist's novel of the same name. The theme of blindness and of a blind's person subjective experience plays a major role in the psychological study depicted in the film. Bergman was deeply passionate about music and once said, "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." Bergman on Music
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
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