A Ship to India
6.4
Returning home after seven years at sea, a sailor relives his youth aboard a salvage ship dominated by his abusive father, recalling love, betrayal, and the desire to escape. Told in flashback, the film explores family conflict, longing, and moral reckoning in an early milestone of Ingmar Bergman’s career.
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Cast
24 people
Holger Löwenadler
Captain Alexander Blom
Known for
Lacombe, Lucien
Maîtresse
Anna Lindahl
Alice Blom
Also in
Sunshine Follows Rain
Lång-Lasse i Delsbo
Birger Malmsten
Johannes Blom
Known for
The Silence
Summer Interlude
Gertrud Fridh
Sally
Known for
Hour of the Wolf
Wild Strawberries
Naemi Briese
Selma
Known for
Summer with Monika
Hjördis Petterson
Sofi
Known for
It Rains on Our Love
Lasse Krantz
Hans
Also in
Woman of Darkness
Bamse
Jan Molander
Bertil
Known for
Torment
Erik Hell
Pekka
Known for
The Passion of Anna
The Rite
Åke Fridell
Variety Hall Manager
Known for
The Seventh Seal
Summer with Monika
Ingrid Borthen
Girl on the Street (uncredited)
Also in
Boys from the Streets
You Who Are About to Enter
Peter Lindgren
A Foreign Crew Member (uncredited)
Known for
I Am Curious (Yellow)
The New Land
Ingmar Bergman Director · Martin Söderhjelm Author Erland von Koch Composer
First release September 22, 1947 · Produced in Sweden · Production Nordisk Tonefilm
Production
Sveriges Folkbiografer
Production
Nordisk Tonefilm
Production
Sweden
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Original title
Skepp till Indialand
Original language
Swedish
Spoken on screen
Swedish
Release dates
Sweden · September 22, 1947
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Finland
February 6, 1948 · Theatrical
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