Nattvardsgästerna
Subtitle: Winter light
By: AB Svensk Filmindustri ; a film by Ingmar Bergman
Contributors: Sydow, Max von, 1929-; Björnstrand, Gunnar, 1909-1986; Thulin, Ingrid; Nykvist, Sven; Ryghe, Ulla; Svensk filmindustri
Edition: Standard version.
Publisher: The Criterion Collection
Published: 2003
Place of publication: [Place of publication not identified]
Language: swe
Format: [videorecording] =
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9780780027039
Subjects: Swedish Foreign language films; Feature films
Other titles: Winter light
Description: This film features a pastor suffering a crisis of faith while ministering to a shrinking congregation, and Von Sydow as a parishioner lost to acute anxiety over the possibility of a nuclear holocaust. Neither man can help or heal the other, or even inspire renewed confidence in practiced rituals and older, more certain views of the world. Set on a chilly, Sunday afternoon, Winter Light's heavy stillness, lack of music, preference for intense close-ups and distancing long shots, and barren setting all lead us inescapably into the core of a profound silence, an echo chamber in which love can't grow and religion rings hollow.
Notes: Special features: new high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound; exploring the film: video discussion with Ingmar Bergman biographer Peter Cowie; essay by Peter Cowie; original U.S. theatrical trailer; optional English-dubbed soundtrack; new and improved English subtitle translation.

Directed by Ingmar Bergman ; photography, Sven Nykvist ; film editor, Ulla Ryghe.

Max Von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Ingrid Thulin.

DVD.

In Swedish with optional English subtitles.