Sawdust & Tinsel (1953) - (The Criterion Collection - #412) [DVD9] [2007]

Ingmar Bergman presents the battle of the sexes as a ramshackle, grotesque carnival in Sawdust and Tinsel, one of the late master’s most vivid early works. The story of the charged relationship between a turn-of-the-century traveling circus owner (Ake Grönberg) and his performer girlfriend (Harriet Andersson), the film features dreamlike detours and twisted psychosexual power plays that presage the director’s Smiles of a Summer Night and The Seventh Seal, works that would soon change the landscape of art cinema forever.




MOVIE:
DIRECTOR: Ingmar Bergman
COUNTRY: Sweden
YEAR: 1953

Cast & Credits

Cast
Albert Johansson Ake Grönberg
Anne Harriet Andersson
Frans Hasse Ekman
Teodor Frost Anders Ek
Alma, his wife Gudrun Brost
Agda, Albert's wife Annika Tretow
Jens Erik Strandmark
Mr. Sjuberg Gunnar Bjornstrand

Credits
Director Ingmar Bergman
Screenplay Ingmar Bergman
Cinematography Sven Nykvist and Hilding Bladh
Music Karl-Birger Blomdahl
Set designer Bibi Lindström
Costumes Mago
Sound Olle Jakobsson
Editing Carl-Olov Skeppstedt
Production manager Lars-Owe Carlberg
Executive producer Rune Waldekranz






DVD:
DVD RELEASE: November 20, 2007
STUDIO: Criterion
CATALOG: 412
SYSTEM: NTSC
SCREEN: 1.33:1
Black & White
AUDIO: Swedish Dolby Digital Mono
SUBTITLES: English
RUNTIME (MOVIE): 92 minutes


EXTRACTION:
ENGINE: DVD Decrypter
DVD: 1 Full Dual-Layer DVD
FILE EXTENSION: Image (.ISO) + MDS File
FILE SIZE: 5.88 GB
SCANS HQ PDF(800 DPI): 7.45 MB

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Disc Features

New, restored high-definition digital transfer of the film, featuring five minutes of material not included in previous U.S. editions
Audio commentary by Bergman scholar Peter Cowie
Video introduction by Bergman from 2003
New and improved English subtitle translation
PLUS: A new essay by critic John Simon and an appreciation by filmmaker Catherine Breillat