Hamnstad (Port of Call) (1948)
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46% of users liked it
(660 ratings)
In this early feature from Swedish auteur Ingmar Bergman, Gosta (Bengt Eklund) is a sailor with the merchant marine who has decided to take some time off from sailing after eight years at sea. Working the docks until he can find a better job, one Saturday night Gosta visits a dance hall and meets… More In this early feature from Swedish auteur Ingmar Bergman, Gosta (Bengt Eklund) is a sailor with the merchant marine who has decided to take some time off from sailing after eight years at sea. Working the docks until he can find a better job, one Saturday night Gosta visits a dance hall and meets Berit (Nine-Christine Jonsson), a beautiful but troubled young woman. Berit has a history as a juvenile delinquent and has served time in a home for girls, where she met her close friend Gertrud (Mimi Nelson). Berit soon becomes infatuated with Gosta, and his strong, well-grounded nature seems to be the stabilizing influence she needs. However, in time Gosta learns about Berit's checkered past and meets her mother (Berta Hall), who makes no secret of her contempt for her daughter. Gosta begins having second thoughts about his relationship with Berit after she unwittingly involves him in the death of Gertrud, who succumbs after receiving an illegal abortion. Hamnstad (aka Port of Call and Harbor City) marks the first time Bergman worked with cinematographer Gunnar Fischer, who would photograph many of his most memorable films of the 1950's. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Ingmar Bergman
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 11, 1948 Wide
- On DVD
- Mar 20, 2007
- Studio
- Criterion Collection
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Gritty dockside melodrama.
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Jon Fortgang, Film4
Rewarding, if sombre, slice of Swedish street life that demonstrates Bergman's trademark visual ingenuity and expert characterisation.
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, TV Guide's Movie Guide
An early, minor work by Ingmar Bergman, interesting mainly in the general context of the great director's career.
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Cast
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Ivine-Christine Jonsson
as Berit Holm
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Bengt Eklund
as Gosta Andersson
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Berta Hall
as Berit's mother
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Erik Hell
as Betit's father
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Mimi Nelson
as Gertrud
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Birgitta Valberg
as Agnes Vilander social worker
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Harry Ahlin
as "Skaningen"
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Nils Haliberg
as Gustav
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Bengt Blomgren
as Gunnar
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Nils Dahlgren
as Gertrud's father
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Sture Ericsson
as Her Father
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Sven-Eric Gamble
as "Eken"
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Torsten Lilliecrona
as His Friend
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Yngve Nordwall
as Factory Foreman
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Stig Olin
as Thomas
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Sif Ruud
as Mrs. Krona
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Hans Str__t
as Engineer Vilander
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Hans Sundberg
as His Friend
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Hanny Schedin
as Gunnar's mother
- Nine-Christine Jönsson
