what bergman have get here be what if all that bad stuff happen here in sweden and to nice people like u . and what he give u and in the swedish language and with swedish actor and on swedish location ( and use what appear to be genuine swedish military vehicle ) be what be familiar from war film set in almost every other country in europe all the confusing invasion and counter invasion and political lie and internment camp and faked confession and summary execution and torture and turncoat and collaborator and and so on . a in a modern short story and it do in the abstract and with no real name and city and or country use . but the strong faction be nazis represent they strut about self importantly and and some wear shiny knee boot . one even whip thing with a rid crop ( ok and it actually a cane ) . the victimized couple be name rosenberg . apart from the shame they feel at find dirty way to survive and who would not do what they do . what all of the above suggest be that the title be clearly mean to refer to stockholm de facto complicity with the nazi . indeed and what we be show be what sweden might have look like if germany have ask for a bit more than mining concession . the first half play like a black comedy . we see the fog of war from the point of view of a comically passive couple who ignore the troop all around and the long convoy and the bomb out building and the news report and and c. they do not even bother to find a working radio . they be the ultimate in not in my backyard . they talk of wine and lingonberry while meanwhile friend be mysteriously conscript and grow number of troop show up in the town . they show no curiosity about the war that have be go on around them for many year . the man ( von sydow ) be culture and sulky and and a navel gazer while the woman ( ullman ) be somewhat more impulsive and passionate and and outward look . there a beautiful scene in which the man talk about his violin represent the manufacturer and he say offhandedly and fight in the napoleonic war and but his own interest stop with the cultural artifact in his hand or and more precisely and which his own warm feeling about own it and and the security that that ownership assume . not in my backyard . but when war finally break into their bucolic idyll and the man timidity and an irritation in good time and turn into a liability and one he end up overcompensate for a be often the case a bergman demonstrate subtly and beautifully . definitely worth see .