Efter repetitionen

1984 [SWEDISH]

Action / Drama

16
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 92% · 13 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.1/10 10 3323 3.3K

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Plot summary

Rational, exacting, and self-controlled theater director, Henrik Vogler, often stays after rehearsal to think and plan. On this day, Anna comes back, ostensibly looking for a bracelet. She is the lead in his new production of Strindberg's A Dream Play. She talks of her hatred for her mother, now dead, an alcoholic actress, who was Vogler's star and lover.

Director

Ingmar Bergman Photo
Ingmar Bergman

Top cast

Lena Olin Photo
Lena Olin as Anna Egerman
Bertil Guve Photo
Bertil Guve as Henrik Vogler
Ingrid Thulin Photo
Ingrid Thulin as Rakel Egerman
Erland Josephson Photo
Erland Josephson as Henrik Vogler
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608.03 MB
1204*720
Swedish 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 10 min
Seeds 2
1.16 GB
1792*1072
Swedish 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 10 min
Seeds 8

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 6 / 10

A highly theatrical movie about acting, both on

A highly theatrical movie about acting, both on stage and in one's persona. But it's TOO theatrical: characters come to insightful revelations at the drop of a hat, and talk in a weighty, existentialist, abstract manner. Thulin's performance is a frustration: even though the viewer knows she's obviously supposed to be overly dramatic, it still irritates. It's all kinda boring, and I felt like I would have gotten more out of it if I was more interested in theater. But Josephson is terrific.
Reviewed by eric b 7 / 10

With "After the Rehearsal," Ingmar Bergman limits his

With "After the Rehearsal," Ingmar Bergman limits his tools to one minimal set and just three speaking parts. Erland Josephson stars as Bergman alter-ego Henrik, a veteran "difficult" director who's not shy about bullying actors to get what he wants. He's sitting onstage in an empty theater, lost in contemplation, when actress Anna (Lena Olin) enters. The two have an ambivalent relationship mixing attraction and resentment, and soon are drawn into a long discussion about their own bond as well as the general dynamic between a director and his cast. This obviously serves as a platform for Bergman venting many of his personal ideas and frustrations. But Henrik is also the ex-lover of Anna's late mother Rakel (Ingrid Thulin), a volatile actress who drank too much and erratically veered between arrogance and insecurity. As her foibles are debated, the film's middle detours into an extended flashback conversation between she and Henrik. To add a surreal touch, the set never changes and Anna reverts to a silent, pubescent girl. For the third section, Henrik and Anna wrap up their dialogue, climaxing in an electric exchange where they spontaneously imagine future events as if brainstorming a fresh play. "After the Rehearsal"'s stiff construction is bound to alienate many viewers but, with a 70-minute running time, it's not a rigorous test of one's patience. And Josephson and Thulin are magnificent, of course, just as they were in so many earlier Bergman projects.
Reviewed by R T 9 / 10

Efter Repetitionen is a haunting film ridden with

Efter Repetitionen is a haunting film ridden with guilt, Bergman's guilt; of many lives, including his own, sacrificed for the sake of his art. It's a worthy low key conclusion to the main film making period of one of cinema's greats, a mea culpa of sorts.
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