A young orchestra violinist’s fear of mediocrity and drive for artistic success strain his marriage to a fellow musician. Told largely in flashback and shaped by Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the film examines ambition, love, and loss in early Ingmar Bergman.

• SF Studios
• Maj-Britt Nilsson
• Stig Olin
• Birger Malmsten
• John Ekman
• Margit Carlqvist
• Victor Sjöström
• Sif Ruud
• Erland Josephson