Torment

1944 · 1h41 · Film

Directed by Alf Sjöberg

Starring Stig Järrel, Alf Kjellin, Mai Zetterling, Olof Winnerstrand, Gösta Cederlund, Hugo Björne, Olav Riégo, Märta Arbin, Jan Molander, Gunnar Björnstrand

Ideal when you feel… Sad / low Exhausted

Jan-Erik Widgren meets the lonely Bertha Olsson, a woman struggling with alcoholism. Though Bertha is already linked to Caligula, Jan-Erik's heartless teacher, she begins a relationship with the boy anyway. When Caligula learns that Jan-Erik is having an affair with Bertha, he begins to torture his student psychologically. He reserves his cruelest behavior for Bertha, however, which results in a tragic turn of events.

Original title

Hets

Original language

Swedish

Screenplay

Ingmar Bergman

Music

Hilding Rosenberg

Cinematography

Martin Bodin

Cast

Olof Winnerstrand, Gösta Cederlund, Hugo Björne, Olav Riégo, Märta Arbin, Jan Molander, Gunnar Björnstrand, Birger Malmsten, Stig Olin

Updated July 22, 2026

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