Directed by:
Ingmar BergmanScreenplay:
Ulla IsakssonCinematography:
Max WilénCast:
Eva Dahlbeck, Ingrid Thulin, Bibi Andersson, Barbro Hiort af Ornäs, Erland Josephson, Max von Sydow, Kristina Adolphson, Inga Gill, Margaretha Krook (more)Plots(1)
Cecilia Ellius is brought into the emergency ward after she starts hemorrhaging only three months into her pregnancy. She suffers a miscarriage and is brought into Room E, in which two expectant mothers, Stina and Hjördis, are already installed. Stina is strong and healthy, but her baby is overdue. Hjördis is expecting an illegitimate child and has attempted an abortion. As night comes, Stina's labour begins. But something goes wrong, and the baby is still- born. Hjördis is told she can leave the hospital. She phones her parents, confesses everything, and decides she now wants her child. Cecilia promises her sister-in-law that she will discuss matters with her husband, who did not want the child. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Eva Dahlbeck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/265/163265968_5beb0e.jpg)
Eva Dahlbeck
Sweden
Best movies:
So Close to Life (1958)
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
A Lesson in Love (1954)
![Ingrid Thulin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/696/163696983_bde80d.jpg)
Ingrid Thulin
Sweden
Best movies:
Wild Strawberries (1957)
The Communicants (1963)
The Silence (1963)
![Bibi Andersson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271222_0c1e00.jpg)
Bibi Andersson
Sweden
Best movies:
Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs
Sweden
Best movies:
Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
Shame (1968)
So Close to Life (1958)
![Erland Josephson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271221_9339ac.jpg)
Erland Josephson
Sweden
Best movies:
Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
The Ox (1991)
![Max von Sydow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267824_9f437d.jpg)
Max von Sydow
Sweden
Best movies:
Shutter Island (2010)
Awakenings (1990)
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
Kristina Adolphson
Sweden
Best movies:
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
So Close to Life (1958)
Face to Face (1976)
Inga Gill
Sweden
Best movies:
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Cries and Whispers (1972)
So Close to Life (1958)
![Margaretha Krook](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/919/165919038_3d704d.jpg)
Margaretha Krook
Sweden
Best movies:
Persona (1966)
So Close to Life (1958)
The Best Intentions (1992)
![Lars Lind](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/645/166645648_39e33e.jpg)
Lars Lind
Sweden
Best movies:
The Seventh Seal (1957)
So Close to Life (1958)
Home (2013)
![Inga Landgré](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/978/160978788_952060.jpg)
Inga Landgré
Sweden
Best movies:
The Seventh Seal (1957)
So Close to Life (1958)
Hugo and Josefin (1967)
![Bengt Blomgren](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/554/163554961_e12ff3.png)
Bengt Blomgren
Sweden
Best movies:
So Close to Life (1958)
Tic Tac (1997)
Port of Call (1948)
![Gunnar Sjöberg](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/694/163694954_35bd12.jpg)
Gunnar Sjöberg
Sweden
Best movies:
The Great Adventure (1953) - narrator
Wild Strawberries (1957)
So Close to Life (1958)
Monica Ekberg
Sweden
Best movies:
So Close to Life (1958)
Gunnar Nielsen
Sweden
Best movies:
So Close to Life (1958)
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
Port of Call (1948)
Sissi Kaiser
Sweden
Best movies:
So Close to Life (1958)
The War Is Over (1966)
Mannequin in Red (1958)
Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz
Sweden
Best movies:
So Close to Life (1958)
Pippi Longstocking (1969)
Gun Jönsson
Sweden
Best movies:
So Close to Life (1958)
Lover and his Lass (1975)
I Am Curious (Blue) (1968)
Maud Elfsiö
Sweden
Best movies:
So Close to Life (1958)