From the Life of the Marionettes

Year: 1980

Runtime: 104 mins

Language: German

Director: Ingmar Bergman

Drama

The film contrasts a dreamlike intimacy with the stark reality of murder. As Peter and Katarina stand at a marital crossroads, he brutally kills a burlesque dancer, dwarfing their domestic quarrels. The narrative then backtracks, sketching the fragile, tense bond between them and probing why a German bourgeois husband would commit such a crime.

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