To Joy (1950)
A young orchestra violinist’s fear of mediocrity and drive for artistic success strain his marriage to a fellow musician. Told largely in flashback and shaped by Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the film examines ambition, love, and loss in early Ingmar Bergman.
Watch nowRomance, Drama, Music
Cast
- Maj-Britt Nilsson — Marta Olsson
- Stig Olin — Stig Eriksson
- Birger Malmsten — Marcel
- John Ekman — Mikael Bro
- Margit Carlqvist — Nelly Bro
- Victor Sjöström — Sönderby
- Sif Ruud — Stina (uncredited)
- Erland Josephson — Bertil (uncredited)
- Ernst Brunman — Concert Hall Doorkeeper (uncredited)
- Georg Skarstedt — Anker, Flute Player (uncredited)
- Svea Holst — Nurse at the Maternity Ward (uncredited)
- Ingmar Bergman — Expecting Father at the Maternity Ward (uncredited)
Where to watch To Joy
Criterion Channel
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