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Brink of Life

Anders Ellius (Erland Josephson) and Stina Andersson (Eva Dahlbeck). Brink of Life was the first of three films Bergman directed from a script by Ulla Isaksson.

The nurse Brita (Barbro Hiort af Ornäs), Hjördis Pettersson (Bibi Andersson), Stina Andersson (Eva Dahlbeck) and her husband Harry (Max von Sydow).

The German and Swedish marketing of Brink of Life used very different graphic concepts.

Cecilia Ellius (Ingrid Thulin) and Hjördis Pettersson (Bibi Andersson). Although the filming conditions were miserable, the actresses were a bright spot. In the book, Images Bergman writes: ’Just as in other pressured situations, these women proved their professionalism, inventiveness, and unshaken loyality. They had the ability to laugh in the face of trouble. They had sisterhood. Consideration.’

This childbirth drama was shocking to the audience of the time. The film became a success just the same and recieved three awards at the Cannes film festival 1958.