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Doctor Glas (1968)

Doctor Glas poster
Original title
Dr. Glas
Directed by
Mai Zetterling
Genre
drama film
Country
Denmark, Sweden
Runtime
1h 22m
Rated
15
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A lonely doctor in early 1900s Stockholm becomes entangled in a patient's unhappy marriage. He grapples with his own moral code as he considers a drastic act to intervene.

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What happens

Doctor Glas (Danish: Doktor Glas) is a 1968 Danish drama film directed by Mai Zetterling, based on the novel of the same name. According to Fox records the film required $500,000 in rentals to break even and by 11 December 1970 had made $125,000 so made a loss to the studio. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France. It is based on a 1905 novel Doctor Glas by Hjalmar Söderberg which had previously been made into a 1942 Swedish film of the same title. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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