A Ship Bound for India (1947)

Original title

Skepp till Indialand

Directed by

Ingmar Bergman

Genre

drama film

Country

Sweden

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

K-16

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 57 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man named Johannes struggles with his domineering father and a strained family life. He finds escape through a troubled relationship, leading to painful choices and confrontations.

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What happens

A Ship Bound for India (Swedish: Skepp till Indialand) is a 1947 Swedish melodrama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, based on the play by Martin Söderhjelm. It was originally released as A Ship to India in the United Kingdom and Frustration in the United States. The film is about the relationships within a family, a subject with which Bergman often dealt in later films, and uses other common devices of Bergman, such as the hard father figure. Birger Malmsten, who plays the lead character Johannes, went on to feature in several later Bergman films. The film was entered into the 1947 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or, which was known at the time as the Grand Prix. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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