A Ship to India (1947)
Skepp till Indialand
Returning home after seven years at sea, a sailor relives his youth aboard a salvage ship dominated by his abusive father, recalling love, betrayal, and the desire to escape. Told in flashback, the film explores family conflict, longing, and moral reckoning in an early milestone of Ingmar Bergman’s career.
- Date of release
- 1947-09-22
- TMDB
- 6.4 / 10 (59)
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- Ingmar Bergman
Casting
- Holger Löwenadler — Captain Alexander Blom
- Anna Lindahl — Alice Blom
- Birger Malmsten — Johannes Blom
- Gertrud Fridh — Sally
- Naemi Briese — Selma
- Hjördis Petterson — Sofi
- Lasse Krantz — Hans
- Jan Molander — Bertil
- Erik Hell — Pekka
- Åke Fridell — Variety Hall Manager
- Ingrid Borthen — Girl on the Street (uncredited)
- Peter Lindgren — A Foreign Crew Member (uncredited)
Interesting facts
A Ship Bound for India is a 1947 Swedish melodrama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, based on the play by Martin Söderhjelm. It was originally released as A Ship to India in the United Kingdom and Frustration in the United States. The film is about the relationships within a family, a subject with which Bergman often dealt in later films, and uses other common devices of Bergman, such as the hard father figure. Birger Malmsten, who plays the lead character Johannes, went on to feature in several later Bergman films.
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