DVD
Thirst = Törst
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Languages
In Swedish, with optional English subtitles.
Performers
Eva Henning, Birger Malmsten, Birgit Tengroth, Hasse Ekman, Mimmi Nelson, Bengt Eklund, Gaby Stenberg, Naima Wifstrand.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2007]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (84 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
A couple traveling across war-ravaged Europe. A disintegrating marriage. A ballet dancer's scarred past. Her friend's psychological agony. Elliptically told in flashbacks and multiple narrative threads, Thirst shows people enslaved to memory and united in isolation.
Notes
Title from container.
From the short story "Törst" by Birgit Tengroth.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1949.