oh and it an excellent piece of work and to be sure . in fact and several of the best scene in cinema and or at least in bergman cinema and be to be find in this film . liv ullmann and max von sydow be as good a you would expect . do these two give bad performance . sven nykvist delivers some masterful and although unconventionally masterful and cinematography . the script be quite good and especially in individual scene . sometimes the film lag and and the pace be uneven and though probably intentionally . so what the problem . well and the film be too bleak for it own good . other bergman film be similarly bleak and but nowhere near this harsh . eventually and i just give up and i start to become a little irritated . i be greatly affected often during the film and but and by the end and i felt uninvolved . it a great film and but i doubt i would ever watch it again and nor suggest it to friends . or and if i do suggest it and i would be very sure to warn them of what ahead . positive .