Traveling through an unnamed European country on the brink of war sickly intellectual Ester her sister Anna and Anna's young son Johan check into a near-empty hotel. A basic inability to communicate among the three seems only to worsen during their stay. Anna provokes her sister by enjoying a dalliance with a local man while the boy left to himself has a series of enigmatic encounters that heighten the growing air of isolation.
1963 | 1 h 36 min
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Stars: Birger Malmsten