Port of Call (1948 film)

1948 film

11 October 1948 (1948-10-11)

Running time

100 minutesCountrySwedenLanguagesSwedish
German

Port of Call (Swedish: Hamnstad, lit. 'Port Town'; also known as Harbour City) is a 1948 Swedish drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman.^[1]^[2] This film is strongly influenced by neorealism.^[3]

Plot

The film opens when we see Berit, a young woman living in Gothenburg, tries to drown herself by jumping into the sea. Among the witnesses of this incident is Gösta, a sailor newly returned from overseas and intent upon staying on land. By chance they begin a relationship. We then realized that Berit's checkered past and the existence of her abusive and cruel mother. The plot and character development centre on the relationship between Berit and Gösta, as she discloses her troubled past of family problems and various affairs to him and he must deal with his own feelings and conflicts about such disclosure. The film ends at a high note with Berit and Gösta decide to stay together and fight for their future.

Cast

Nine-Christine Jönsson as Berit Irene Holm
Bengt Eklund as Gösta
Mimi Nelson as Gertrud
Berta Hall as Berit's mother
Birgitta Valberg as Mrs. Vilander
Sif Ruud as Mrs. Krona
Britta Billsten as Prostitute
Harry Ahlin as Skåningen
Nils Hallberg as Gustav
Sven-Eric Gamble as Eken
Yngve Nordwall as The Supervisor
Nils Dahlgren as Gertrud's father
Hans Strååt as Mr. Vilander
Erik Hell as Berit's father

References

^ "Port of Call (1948)". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
^ ""Port of Call" - Ingmar Bergman (1948)". The Film Sufi. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
^ "Port of Call". www.ingmarbergman.se. Retrieved 15 August 2021.