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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Evergreen Indiana.

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Series Information

Eclipse (Criterion Collection (Firm)).
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Newburgh Chandler PL - Bell Road Library DVD THIRST (FOREIGN) (Text) 39206021071020 Audiovisual - DVD Available -

Record details

  • ISBN: 193412138X (disc)
  • ISBN: 9781934121382 (disc)
  • ISBN: 1934121347 (set)
  • ISBN: 9781934121344 (set)
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection : [2007]

Content descriptions

General Note:
From the novel Törst by Birgit Tengroth.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1949.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Cinematographer, Gunnar Fischer ; editor, Oscar Rosander ; music, Erik Nordgren ; art director, Nils Svenwall ; choreographer, Ellen Bergman ; producer, Helge Hagerman.
Participant or Performer Note:
Eva Henning, Birger Malmsten, Birgit Tengroth, Hasse Ekman, Mimmi Nelson, Bengt Eklund, Gaby Stenberg, Naima Wifstrand.
Summary, etc.:
A couple traveling across war-ravaged Europe. A disintegrating marriage. A ballet dancer's scarred past. Elliptically told in flashbacks and multiple narrative threads, this film shows people enslaved to memory and united in isolation.
System Details Note:
DVD; NTSC; region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Language Note:
In Swedish with optional English subtitles.

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Genre: Memory plays.
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