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Nattlek (Nachtspiele)
Before: The War Game
Mai Zetterling, UK 1963; screenplay: Mai Zetterling, David Hughes; cinematography: Brian Probyn, Chris Menges; editing: Paul Davies; cast: Ian Ellis, Joseph Robinson. DCP (from 16mm), b&w, 15 min
A young man (Keve Hjelm) brings his fiancée (Lena Brundin) to the mansion where he grew up as a child (Jörgen Lindström) under the influence of his neurotic mother (Ingrid Thulin). The house is filled with the presence of the past, and the film moves seamlessly between memory, dream and Fellini-esque fantasies. Here, the architecture of the rooms is used to explore the male and female psyche and to escape the deafening madness of history. Nattlek has lost little of its shock value to this day, as its critique of the privileges of the European bourgeoisie penetrates into the nuances of frustration, regret and flickering hope. Before that: The War Game, an anti-militaristic fable about two children fighting over a toy gun. (T.W.)
Courtesy Swedish Film Institute