Release, runtime and language

1968 · 83 mins · Danish

Directed by

Mai Zetterling

Starring

Marie-Louise Coninck, Per Oscarsson, Helle Hertz, Lone Hertz, Jonas Bergström, Nils Eklund

Doctor Glas, a physician, becomes fascinated by a young woman trapped in a marriage to a morally corrupt clergyman. Recognizing her misery, he offers to intervene in any way possible, yet he soon finds himself torn between his growing passion for her and the strictures of his own conscience.