Port of Call
1948 · Movie · 93 min · ★ 6.6 · 70% critics
A troubled young factory worker, newly released from a reformatory and desperate to escape a controlling home life, tries to start over after a suicide attempt. When she begins a relationship with a sailor, her hope for freedom collides with judgment, social pressure, and the weight of her past.
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Details
- Original title
- Hamnstad
- Years
- 1948
- Release date
- 1948-10-11
- Language
- Swedish
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Critic score
- 70/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (70 votes)
About
You may like this if you want a bleak, emotionally raw romance about stigma, freedom, and working-class life, with moments of striking atmosphere; Not for you if you dislike heavy themes, soapy drama, or uneven pacing like some found versus Summer Interlude or To Joy.
Pros: intense working-class drama; frank social themes; strong central performance | Cons: uneven pacing; melodramatic moments; scattered story focus
Themes
- factory
- reformatory
Cast & crew
Nine-Christine Jönsson
as Berit Holm
Bengt Eklund
as Gösta Andersson
Mimi Nelson
as Gertrud Ljungberg
Berta Hall
as Berit's Mother
Birgitta Valberg
as Agneta Vilander
Sif Ruud
as Mrs. Krona
Britta Billsten
as Prostitute
Harry Ahlin
as Skåningen
Nils Hallberg
as Gustav
Sven-Eric Gamble
as Eken
Directed by Ingmar Bergman