For the albums, see Winter Light (Linda Ronstadt album) and Winter Light (Yanni album).
Winter Light
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Ingmar Bergman
Written by
Ingmar Bergman
Produced by
Allan Ekelund
Starring
Ingrid Thulin Gunnar Björnstrand Max von Sydow Gunnel Lindblom
Cinematography
Sven Nykvist
Edited by
Ulla Ryghe
Release date
11 February 1963 (1963-02-11)
Running time
81 minutes
Country
Sweden
Language
Swedish
Winter Light (Swedish: Nattvardsgästerna, lit. 'The Communicants') is a 1963 Swedish drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring his regulars, Gunnar Björnstrand, Ingrid Thulin and Max von Sydow. It follows Tomas Ericsson (Björnstrand), pastor of a small rural Swedish church, as he deals with an existential crisis and his Christianity.
The film is the second in a series of thematically related films, following Through a Glass Darkly (1961) and followed by The Silence (1963); this is sometimes considered a trilogy. In it, Bergman reconsiders Through a Glass Darkly's argument that God is love, and repeated the prior film's reference to God as a monstrous spider.
Bergman formed the story after speaking to a clergyman whose parishioner committed suicide. The film was shot in different locations in Sweden in 1962. Vilgot Sjöman's film Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie was made simultaneously with Winter Light and documents its production. The feature received positive reviews for its cinematography and themes.
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