Night Games
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Mai Zetterling
Ingrid Thulin
Keve Hjelm
Jörgen Lindström
Lena Brundin
Naima Wifstrand
Film Details
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Synopsis
When emotional and sexual inhibitions threaten to destroy his pending marriage, 35-year-old Jan returns to the manor home of his youth to reflect on the causes of his dilemma. As he recalls his childhood, his most vivid memories are of his beautiful and extravagant mother, Irene. At the age of 12, Jan was present while Irene gave birth to a stillborn child at an orgiastic party attended by all of her bizarre and perverted friends. Always eager to attract his mother's attention, Jan would crawl under her skirts while she made love, or if she were alone, he would put on her jewelry and makeup and parade before her. His feelings soon became more incestuous, and he was delighted when she dried his naked body or allowed him to sleep in her bed. Following her death in an automobile accident, he remained for a while with his eccentric Aunt Astrid, who read to him from the Bible and taught him to believe in the Resurrection. But his aunt also died, and Jan grew into manhood alone. His fiancée, Mariana, who bears a striking resemblance to Irene, stays with Jan at the mansion and tries desperately to help him by offering her love and understanding. Realizing that he can never be truly free while the mansion and its memories of his grotesque childhood remain, Jan invites all of his mother's parasitic friends to a final party and tells them that he intends to blow up the mansion. As they race from the premises, they carry off any treasures they can lift. When they are gone, Jan and Mariana watch as the mansion is destroyed by fire.
Director
Mai Zetterling
Cast
Ingrid Thulin
Keve Hjelm
Jörgen Lindström
Lena Brundin
Naima Wifstrand
Rune Lindström
Monica Zetterlund
Lauritz Falk
Christian Bratt
Lissi Alandh
Georg årlin
Willy Koblanck
Axel Fritz
Fylgia Zadig
Chris Wahlström
Bo Hederström
Harry Schein
Cécile Ossbahr
Ragnar Arvedson
Siv Ericks
Sten Lonnert
Kai Reiners
Kurt Falk
Britt-mari Råberg
Stig De La Berg
Tom Brown
Jan Johansson
Georg Riedel
Jan Allan
Rune Falk
Arne Domnerus
Egil Johansen
Claes Rosendahl
Andreas Skjold
Kurt Kimsjö
Crew
Christer Abrahamsen
Kerstin Berg
Sven Björling
Jan Boleslaw
Paul Davies
Paul Davies
Lennart Engholm
Rune Ericson
Birgitta Hahn
Gaston Hakim
Peter Hald
David Hughes
David Hughes
Olle Jacobsson
Jan Johansson
Tina Johansson
Göran Lindgren
Lena Malmsjö
Bengt Ottekil
Curt Persson
P. O. Pettersson
Georg Riedel
Björn Thermaenius
Mai Zetterling
Film Details
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Notes
Filmed at Penningby Castle, Sweden. Released in Sweden in September 1966 as Nattlek; running time: 105 min. Working title: Längtan.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States December 1998 (Shown at the Museum of Modern Art (Cinema Novo and Beyond) in New York City December 6 & 19, 1998.)
Released in United States 1965
Released in United States 1965
Released in United States December 1998
Shown at the Museum of Modern Art (Cinema Novo and Beyond) in New York City December 6 & 19, 1998.
