Dollar (1938)

Director: Gustaf Molander
Writers: Hjalmar Bergman (play), Stina Bergman
Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Georg Rydeberg, Tutta Rolf

In this sparkling Swedish take on screwball comedy, Ingrid Bergman excels as the frustrated spouse of a busy industrialist with conservative views about how his wife should behave in public. Husband and wife retire with two other couples to a ski lodge, where director Gustaf Molander weaves dark themes into the sextet’s quarrels and flirtations. The arrival of an American investor stirs the waters and forces revelations, as Bergman’s character, who initially appears to be catty and faithless, is revealed as sweet, sympathetic, and heartbroken.

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Eclipse Series 46: Ingrid Bergman’s Swedish Years:
- The Count of the Old Town / Munkbrogreven (1935)
- Walpurgis Night / Valborgsmässoafton (1935)
- Intermezzo (1936)
- Dollar (1938)
- A Woman's Face / En kvinnas ansikte (1938)
- June Nights / Juninatten (1940)

Ingrid Bergman appeared in eleven films in her native Sweden before the age of twenty-five, and while that work tends to be overshadowed by her time in Hollywood, it showcases the actor summoning an impressive depth of emotion to deliver astute, passionate performances. Under the direction of filmmakers such as the prolific studio hand Gustaf Molander, Bergman embraced a range of roles and worked with some of the most celebrated actors in the Swedish film industry, including Gösta Ekman, Karin Swanström, Victor Sjöström, and Lars Hanson. Comedies, romances, and thrillers, the six fascinating films collected here—including Intermezzo, the movie that took Bergman to America—exhibit the precociously assured talent of a young artist with an illustrious international career ahead of her.





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