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A Woman's Face (Swedish: En kvinnas ansikte) is a 1938 Swedish drama film directed by Gustaf Molander, based on the play Il était une fois... by Francis de Croisset. The cast includes Ingrid Bergman in the lead as a woman criminal with a disfigured face.
A Woman's Face: Directed by Gustaf Molander. With Ingrid Bergman, Tore Svennberg, Anders Henrikson, Georg Rydeberg. An embittered woman, leader of a criminal gang, has a change of heart.
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- Drama
- Gustaf Molander
- 1939-09-08
Apr 5, 2021 · In this dramatic thriller, Ingrid Bergman takes on an uncharacteristically vicious role as Anna, a bitter, nefarious blackmailer with a disfigured face. Gustaf Molander directs, meticulously hiding and revealing Bergman’s features as necessary.
- 101 min
- 3.3K
- Shadows of the Dark
In this dramatic thriller, Ingrid Bergman takes on an uncharacteristically vicious role as Anna, a bitter, nefarious blackmailer with a disfigured face. Gustaf Molander directs, meticulously hiding and revealing Bergman’s features as necessary.
- Anna Holm
As a child, Anna Holm burned her face. This destroyed her looks and she grew up into a mean, bitter woman. She and her "friends" are blackmailers. One of her victims pays her by getting plastic surgeon Dr. Wegert to try to make her beautiful again.
A cynical woman with a disfigured face—a hardened criminal—gets an opportunity to change her ways when she meets a sympathetic plastic surgeon. She leaves her old life behind, but soon her old friends catch up with her.
A Woman’s Face suggests an intriguing alternative career for Ingrid Bergman—one built less on romantic intrigue and more on femme-fatale ferocity. In this early star turn while still in Sweden, Bergman plays Anna Holm, leader of an underworld crew of con artists and blackmailers.