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From the Life of the Marionettes
From the Life of the Marionettes
8.0
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1,693 Ratings

FROM THE LIFE OF THE MARIONETTES

Aus dem Leben der Marionetten

Directed by Ingmar Bergman
Sweden, West Germany, 1980
Drama, LGBTQ+, TV Movie

Synopsis

Peter Egermann, an outwardly stable businessman, suffers from depression, feelings of sexual inadequacy, murderous impulses, and barely suppressed rage toward his wife, Katarina. These conditions lead to a crime that painfully illustrates the couple’s marital discord.

Synopsis

Peter Egermann, an outwardly stable businessman, suffers from depression, feelings of sexual inadequacy, murderous impulses, and barely suppressed rage toward his wife, Katarina. These conditions lead to a crime that painfully illustrates the couple’s marital discord.

Our take

Ingmar Bergman’s only German production is a surprising spin-off of Scenes from a Marriage that gives center stage to that film’s couple, revealing their relationship’s secrets in a more extreme filmmaking style. A chilling look at gender dynamics, which Bergman himself declared was one of his best!