Music in Darkness
“From the World's Master Film Maker Ingmar Bergman a startling journey into the darkness of the human soul!”
Ingmar BergmanCast
Mai Zetterling 
Birger Malmsten 
Olof Winnerstrand
Credits
Written by: Dagmar Edqvist
Plot
A young man blinded in a military accident becomes a pianist and falls in love with a maid.
Sinekatalog’s take
Ingmar Bergman's early drama follows a young man blinded in an army accident who becomes a pianist and falls for a maid. Mai Zetterling and Birger Malmsten are touching in a modest, sincere and melodramatic romance.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.4 / 10 (1,745 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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