{"id":79868,"date":"2022-01-04T14:44:17","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T21:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=79868"},"modified":"2022-01-05T22:48:59","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T05:48:59","slug":"torment-1944","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=79868","title":{"rendered":"Torment (1944)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;A man of your learning shouldn&#8217;t care so much for respect bred from fear.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Poster-206x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-79869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Poster-206x300.png 206w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Poster-702x1024.png 702w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Poster-88x128.png 88w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Poster-185x270.png 185w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Poster.png 749w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA teenage student (Alf Kjellin) suffering under cruel treatment at the hands of his Latin teacher (Stig J\u00e4rrel) falls for a young tobacconist shop clerk (Mai Zetterling) who lives in constant fear of J\u00e4rrel&#8217;s sadistic visits to her.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ingmar Bergman Films<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Scandinavian Films<\/li>\n<li>Teachers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nIngmar Bergman&#8217;s screenwriting debut (after joining the Svensk Filmindustri on a one-year contract) was this film directed by his mentor, Alf Sj\u00f6berg, and loosely based on his own troubled experiences as a non-confirmist student. Unsurprisingly for a Bergman film, it&#8217;s both highly atmospheric and extremely dark, depicting the hell experienced by vulnerable students under cruel tutelage: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Schoolmaster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Schoolmaster-1024x779.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"487\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Schoolmaster-1024x779.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Schoolmaster-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Schoolmaster-128x97.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Schoolmaster-768x584.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Schoolmaster-355x270.png 355w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Schoolmaster.png 1203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; as well as a lack of support or understanding at home (specifically in the form of a strict, uncompassionate father): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Father.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Father-1024x778.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"486\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Father-1024x778.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Father-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Father-128x97.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Father-768x584.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Father-355x270.png 355w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Father.png 1217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and troubled individuals who reach out to one other physically for comfort and love. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Still-1024x790.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"494\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Still-1024x790.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Still-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Still-128x99.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Still-768x593.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Still-350x270.png 350w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Still.png 1209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These are all themes that would continue to play out in Bergman&#8217;s later work, and it&#8217;s interesting (if not entirely satisfying) to see them here in a rather nascent and simplistic form. Thankfully, there are compassionate individuals on the sidelines of the bleak narrative, including the school&#8217;s headmaster (Olof Winnerstrand), shown here listening to another bullied student (Jan Molander) who has come to him for assistance: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Headmaster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Headmaster-1024x773.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"483\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Headmaster-1024x773.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Headmaster-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Headmaster-128x97.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Headmaster-768x580.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Headmaster-358x270.png 358w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Headmaster.png 1223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and Kjellin&#8217;s understanding mother (M\u00e4rta Arbin): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Mother.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Mother-1024x784.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"490\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Mother-1024x784.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Mother-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Mother-128x98.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Mother-768x588.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Mother-353x270.png 353w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Mother.png 1211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bergman was apparently asked to write a more optimistic ending for his film, and was allowed to take over directorial duties for this scene, which in his own words made him &#8220;more excited that I can describe.&#8221; Clearly he had found his calling! <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Martin Bodin&#8217;s atmospheric cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Fear2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Fear2-1024x789.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"493\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Fear2-1024x789.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Fear2-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Fear2-128x99.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Fear2-768x592.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Fear2-350x270.png 350w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Fear2.png 1205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Shadow.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Shadow-1024x782.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"489\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Shadow-1024x782.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Shadow-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Shadow-128x98.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Shadow-768x586.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Shadow-354x270.png 354w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Torment-Shadow.png 1217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; this one is only must-see for those interested in Bergman&#8217;s beginnings. Listed as a film with Historical Importance in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0036914\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1995\/06\/09\/movies\/critic-s-choice-the-director-emulated-by-bergman.html\">NY Times Retrospective Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/hets\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;A man of your learning shouldn&#8217;t care so much for respect bred from fear.&#8221; Synopsis: A teenage student (Alf Kjellin) suffering under cruel treatment at the hands of his Latin teacher (Stig J\u00e4rrel) falls for a young tobacconist shop clerk (Mai Zetterling) who lives in constant fear of J\u00e4rrel&#8217;s sadistic visits to her. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Ingmar Bergman Films Love Triangle Scandinavian Films Teachers Review: Ingmar Bergman&#8217;s screenwriting debut (after joining the Svensk Filmindustri on a one-year contract)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=79868\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79868"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79926,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79868\/revisions\/79926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}