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Music in Darkness

When Ingrid (Mai Zetterling) by a coincidence hear Bengt referring to her as his ”little house maid” in front of his aunt (Naima Wifstrand), she is both deeply hurt and at the same time determined to continue studying in order to get out of her social disadvantage.

Birger Malmsten and Mai Zetterling in Music in Darkness.

Ingrid (Mai Zetterling) and her fiancé Ebbe (Bengt Eklund).

Ebbe (Bengt Eklund) and Bengts (Birger Malmsten) rivalry over Ingrid (Mai Zetterling) quickly takes a more physical form.

Bengt (Birger Malmsten), his aunt Beatrice Schröder (Naima Wifstrand) and sister Agneta (Birgit Lindkvist).

In the classic love triangle Ingrid (Mai Zetterling) sways between her fiancé Ebbe’s (Bengt Eklund) strength and Bengt’s (Birger Malmsten) artistic sensibility.

Blind after accidentally being shot during his military service, Bengt (Birger Malmsten) suffers from an increased bitterness. The young Malmsten had by this time managed to work with Bergman on no less than 15 productions. An additional 21 were yet to come.

Pictures from the filming, in an article about Music in Darkness in the magazine Filmjournalen.

Pictures from the filming, in an article about Music in Darkness in magazine Hemmets journal. In the book Pictures Bergman pointed out that  ’[...] my only memory from the filming is that I constantly reminded myself that I had to keep it short, and entertaining.’

Bergman instructs Mai Zetterling and Birger Malmsten during the filming.