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A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.


A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God.

Ingrid Thulin
Märta Lundberg

Gunnar Björnstrand
Tomas Ericsson

Gunnel Lindblom
Karin Persson

Max von Sydow
Jonas Persson

Allan Edwall
Algot Frövik

Kolbjörn Knudsen
Knut Aronsson

Olof Thunberg
Fredrik Blom

Elsa Ebbesen-Thornblad
Magdalena Ledfors

Tor Borong
Johan Åkerblom (uncredited)
Bertha Sånnell
Hanna Appelblad (uncredited)
Winter Light is a drama film released in 1963 exploring themes of suicide, winter, faith, pastor, priest, meaningless existence. Directed by Ingmar Bergman, it stars Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Gunnel Lindblom. A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God.
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