Feb 20, 1950
99 min
Full-HD

To Joy (1950)

A young orchestra violinist’s fear of mediocrity and drive for artistic success strain his marriage to a fellow musician. Told largely in flashback and shaped by Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the film examines ambition, love, and loss in early Ingmar Bergman.

Category

Romance Drama Music

Country

Sweden

Companies

SF Studios

Maj-Britt Nilsson

Marta Olsson

Stig Olin

Stig Eriksson

Birger Malmsten

Marcel

John Ekman

Mikael Bro

Margit Carlqvist

Nelly Bro

Victor Sjöström

Sönderby

Sif Ruud

Stina (uncredited)

Erland Josephson

Bertil (uncredited)

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