Directed by:
Ingmar BergmanScreenplay:
Ingmar BergmanCinematography:
Sven NykvistCast:
Gunnar Björnstrand, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnel Lindblom, Max von Sydow, Allan Edwall, Kolbjörn Knudsen, Olof Thunberg, Elsa Ebbesen, Tor Borong, Lars-Owe Carlberg (more)VOD (1)
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There are not many communicants when the priest Tomas Ericsson holds his morning service. The small congregation includes the teacher, Märta, who faithfully follows Tomas everywhere. She is reasonably convinced that God does not exist - at least not in the way that Tomas wants Him to - but she once prayed to him she received an answer: He has spoken to her and told her to take care of Tomas. Tomas, the doubter, who is in a profound crisis because of God's silence. Tomas , who shies away from reality because it is ugly. Tomas, who has created his own God who he locks away in a dark room so that no-one can defile him. Tomas, who mourns the death of his wife and does not want Märtha because she lives too close to reality. There is also the Persson couple. Karin, another woman with both feet on the ground, and Jonas, who like Tomas despairs because of God's silence. Can he really exist when people are dying like flies in various wars and country after country can wipe out His creation with atomic weapons? Jonas is on the verge of taking his own life. But Tomas can offer no help - perhaps life becomes immediately understandable if we realise that God does not exist? (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Gunnar Björnstrand
Sweden
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Ingrid Thulin
Sweden
Best movies:
Wild Strawberries (1957)
The Communicants (1963)
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Gunnel Lindblom
Sweden
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Max von Sydow
Sweden
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Allan Edwall
Sweden
Best movies:
Emil i Lönneberga (1971)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
You're Out of Your Mind, Mardie (1979)
Kolbjörn Knudsen
Union between Sweden and Norway
Best movies:
The Communicants (1963)
Port of Call (1948)
Olof Thunberg
Sweden
Best movies:
The Communicants (1963)
Elsa Ebbesen
Sweden
Best movies:
The Communicants (1963)
The Wonderful Adventure of Nils (1962)
The Touch (1971)
Tor Borong
Sweden
Best movies:
The Seventh Seal (1957)
The Virgin Spring (1960)
The Communicants (1963)
Lars-Owe Carlberg
Sweden
Best movies:
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
Shame (1968)
The Communicants (1963)
Bertha Sånnell
Sweden
Best movies:
The Communicants (1963)