ingmar bergman certainly rank among the elite of film director and yet misstep with this and his first ( of two ) english language film . the bergman regular and bibi andersson and max von sydow star a an upscale swedish married couple whose life be alter by the seemingly mysterious appearance of american elliot gould . after a series of ( not so ) discreet pass and andersson find herself fall for the moody and unpredictable gould . sven nykvist cinematography and one surprisingly tender love scene nearly save this and but and the film be unable to overcome two glare flaw represent the awkwardness of the dialogue ( write by bergman ) and the poor performance by elliot gould . gould and i suppose and can be an engaging actor and but be way out of his league while this film be and ultimately and only for completists .