Directed by:
Ingmar BergmanScreenplay:
Herbert GreveniusCinematography:
Gunnar FischerComposer:
Erik NordgrenCast:
Eva Henning, Birger Malmsten, Birgit Tengroth, Hasse Ekman, Mimi Nelson, Bengt Eklund, Gaby Stenberg, Naima Wifstrand, Sven-Eric Gamble, Gunnar Nielsen (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
A couple traveling across a war-ravaged Europe. A disintegrating marriage. A ballet dancer's scarred past. Her friend's psychological agony. Elliptically told in flashbacks, Thirst shows people enslaved to memory and united in isolation. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Eva Henning](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/517/164517613_a7bee7.jpg)
Eva Henning
USA
Best movies:
Girl with Hyacinths (1950)
Prison (1949)
Thirst (1949)
![Birger Malmsten](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/517/164517614_b4d23c.jpg)
Birger Malmsten
Sweden
Best movies:
The Silence (1963)
Face to Face (1976)
Summer Interlude (1951)
![Birgit Tengroth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/970/162970207_44e90c.png)
Birgit Tengroth
Sweden
Best movies:
Girl with Hyacinths (1950)
Thirst (1949)
![Hasse Ekman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/938/162938153_dfaa09.png)
Hasse Ekman
Sweden
Best movies:
Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)
Prison (1949)
Thirst (1949)
![Mimi Nelson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/483/163483364_475252.png)
Mimi Nelson
Sweden
Best movies:
The Doll (1962)
Port of Call (1948)
Thirst (1949)
![Bengt Eklund](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/998/163998744_d5a83e.jpg)
Bengt Eklund
Sweden
Best movies:
Shame (1968)
Tjorven and Skrållan (1965)
Tjorven och Mysak (1966)
![Gaby Stenberg](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/131/163131480_14a660.png)
Gaby Stenberg
Japan
Best movies:
Thirst (1949)
![Naima Wifstrand](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/939/162939449_0874fa.jpg)
Naima Wifstrand
Union between Sweden and Norway
Best movies:
Wild Strawberries (1957)
The Magician (1958)
Hour of the Wolf (1968)
Sven-Eric Gamble
Sweden
Best movies:
Girl with Hyacinths (1950)
Port of Call (1948)
Thirst (1949)
Gunnar Nielsen
Sweden
Best movies:
So Close to Life (1958)
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
Port of Call (1948)
Estrid Hesse
Sweden
Best movies:
Port of Call (1948)
Thirst (1949)
Helge Hagerman
Sweden
Best movies:
A Lesson in Love (1954)
Thirst (1949)
Walpurgis Night (1935)
![Else-Merete Heiberg](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/696/163696974_2f70fc.jpg)
Else-Merete Heiberg
Norway
Best movies:
Port of Call (1948)
Thirst (1949)
![Sif Ruud](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/867/161867467_414e93.jpg)
Sif Ruud
Sweden
Best movies:
You're Out of Your Mind, Mardie (1979)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Meg of June Hill (1980)
Herman Greid
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Port of Call (1948)
Thirst (1949)
Oscar Rosander
Union between Sweden and Norway
Best movies:
Thirst (1949)
![Laila Jokimo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/589/161589859_4f3153.jpg)
Laila Jokimo
Finland
Best movies:
Thirst (1949)
Inga-Lill Åhström
Sweden
Best movies:
Port of Call (1948)
Thirst (1949)
![Ingmar Bergman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269546_14ee55.jpg)
Ingmar Bergman
Sweden
Best movies:
Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
Cries and Whispers (1972) - narrator
The Passion of Anna (1969) - narrator
Inga Gill
Sweden
Best movies:
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Cries and Whispers (1972)
So Close to Life (1958)