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Torment

Name: Torment
Director: Alf Sjöberg
Released: 1944-01-01

1944 film by Alf Sjöberg

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Released: 1944
Director: Alf Sjöberg
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Screenwriter: Ingmar Bergman
Producer: Victor Sjöström
Cast: Stig Järrel
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, Alf Kjellin
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0036914/Retrieved 2016-04-14
2.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=53953.htmlRetrieved 2016-04-14
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, Mai Zetterling
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0036914/Retrieved 2016-04-14
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, Gunnar Björnstrand
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1.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=53953.htmlRetrieved 2016-04-14
2.imdb.com/title/tt0036914/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-04-14
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Runtime: 101 min
Genre: teen film
, drama film
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Country of origin: Sweden

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Torment is a 1944 Swedish film, directed by Alf Sjöberg from a screenplay by Ingmar Bergman. The film, a tale of sex, passion and murder, was originally released as Frenzy in the United Kingdom, although later releases have used the US title. The film won the Grand Prix at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival.

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Director of photography: Martin Bodin
Title: Hets
Color: black-and-white
Film editor: Oscar Rosander
Narrative location: Stockholm
Distribution format: video on demand
Assessment: Bechdel test assessment outcome: fails · criterion used: considering named characters only
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1.Stated in Bechdel Test Movie ListRetrieved 2017-12-10
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Different from: Skandal

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