Riten

1969 [SWEDISH]

Action / Drama

17
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 75% · 8 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 72% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 3753 3.8K

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Plot summary

Called to court on obscenity charges, a theatre troupe are forced to expose their neuroses and inner psychological torments.

Director

Ingmar Bergman Photo
Ingmar Bergman

Top cast

Gunnar Björnstrand Photo
Gunnar Björnstrand as Hans Winkelmann
Ingmar Bergman Photo
Ingmar Bergman as Priest
Ingrid Thulin Photo
Ingrid Thulin as Thea Winkelmann
Anders Ek Photo
Anders Ek as Sebastian Fisher
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635.89 MB
968*720
Swedish 2.0
Not Rated
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 12 min
Seeds 3
1.2 GB
1440*1072
Swedish 2.0
Not Rated
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 12 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CRCulver 5 / 10

1969's Riten (The Rite) is one of the

1969's Riten (The Rite) is one of the least known of Ingmar Bergman's films of the 1960s. Part of that is because the film was made for Swedish television instead of enjoying an international theatrical release. But another reason is that Riten is markedly inferior to his other films of the time. In an unnamed European country, a judge (Erik Hell) summons a traveling troupe of three actors to investigate whether the play they have brought to his community is pornographic. Two of the actors are overtly neurotic. Sebastian Fisher (Anders Ek) is prone to starting fires and afflicted by ill health. he is also glum and insulting. Thea Winkelmann (Ingrid Thulin) is wracked with existential anxiety, overly sensitive and feels suffocated by her surroundings. Hans Winkelmann (Gunnar Björkstrand) is the level-headed one who keeps the troupe together. By the early mid-1960s Bergman had moved on from religious anxiety to an interest in human relationships and psychology. The three actors can be seen as different aspects of a single personality, and Bergman's comments on this in Images: My Life in Film are worth reading. More mysterious is their relationship to the judge, which dominates in the shocking last scene which I won't spoil here. The connection of drama to religious ritual in Ancient Greek is a theme. There is also some daring sexuality here: it's hard to imagine some of the scenes even in a theatrical release of the time, let alone television broadcast. Why is this not among Bergman's best? Although the director had his trusted cameraman Sven Nykvist on hand, the cinematography nothing special: the elegantly planned long takes of other films are missing here, and some shots break off haphazardly. The concerns of the film are too repetitive after Tystnaden, Persona and Vargstimmen, and neither Hell nor Ek are pleasant to watch. Still, Björnstrand and Thulin give an engaging performance. Furthermore, I'm left wondering if there is an homage here to Bergman's colleague Jean-Luc Godard, as the film is divided into a series of tableaux (like Godard's Vivre sa vie) and Thulin wears a distinctly Anna Karina-like wig.
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Reviewed by Xstal 8 / 10

Who Are We To Judge...

... when all the world's a stage, performances established by surroundings in a cage, whose screens and makeup mask the cells of who we really are, unless threatened by authority and we leave the door ajar.

Make of it what you will, especially the end, somethings you might distil, before it takes you round a bend.

Coming in at 72 minutes, and with notable Bergman stalwarts Gunnar Bjornstrand, Anders Ek, and Ingrid Thulin, this made for TV conjuring will leave you scratching your chin and raising your eyebrows as bizarre events unfold and you wonder what on earth is going on. Suffice to say the imagination from the master director will once again have you as confused as ever, but the acting is outstanding.

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