To Joy

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.

Cast

Maj-Britt Nilsson

Stig Olin

Birger Malmsten

John Ekman

Margit Carlqvist

Victor Sjöström

Sif Ruud

Erland Josephson

Ernst Brunman

Georg Skarstedt

Svea Holst

Ingmar Bergman