FROM THE LIFE OF THE MARIONETTES

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.

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!