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S E A R C H    D V D B e a v e r
(aka "A Lesson in Love")

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 Sweden 1954

 

One of Ingmar Bergman’s most satisfying marital comedies, A Lesson in Love stars the droll and sparkling duo of Eva Dahlbeck and Gunnar Björnstrand as a couple deep into their married years and seeking fresh pastures. Björnstrand’s gynecologist falls for one of his patients (Yvonne Lombard), while his wife flounces off to Copenhagen to renew her fling with a sculptor (Åke Grönberg). Deftly interspersing scenes of farce with interludes of tranquil reflection, A Lesson in Love serves as an aperitif before the full-blown comic brilliance of Smiles of a Summer Night the following year.

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Theatrical Release: October4th, 1954

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Review: Criterion (Ingmar Bergman's Cinema) - Region FREE - Blu-ray

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Distribution Criterion (Ingmar Bergman's Cinema) - Region FREE - Blu-ray
Runtime 1:36:38.292    
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Disc Size: 49,166,690,889 bytes

Feature Size: 25,065,086,976 bytes

Average Bitrate: 30.65 Mbps

Dual-layered Blu-ray MPEG-4 AVC Video

NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.
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LPCM Audio Swedish 1152 kbps 1.0 / 48 kHz / 1152 kbps / 24-bit
Subtitles English, None
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Studio: Criterion

 

Disc Size: 49,166,690,889 bytes

Feature Size: 25,065,086,976 bytes

Average Bitrate: 30.65 Mbps

Dual-layered Blu-ray MPEG-4 AVC Video

 

Edition Details:

• shares the Blu-ray Disc with Dreams

Bergman Introduction (04:28)


Blu-ray Release Date: November 20th, 2018

Custom Blu-ray Case

Chapters 18

 

 

Comments:

NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc.

The Criterion Blu-ray of A Lesson in Love is part of their Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema 100th Anniversary 30 Blu-ray Boxset (reviewed, as a work in-progress, HERE). A Lesson in Love shares this Blu-ray with Dreams. See comparative captures, a listing of technical details, extras etc., on this page. The 1080P is a obvious upgrade.

Criterion premieres "A Lesson In Love" to Blu-ray as part of their mammoth collection of Bergman's cinema. The film shares a disc with "Dreams" and has a high bitrate. This presentation comes from a 35mm interpositive, and looks almost as if it came from the original negative.

Certain scenes have a slight vertical scratch on the print and some scenes seem a little soft focused, but the former is barely noticeable, and the latter is surely due to the film's production and not the transfer. The detail level is very strong, as is the contrast with deep black levels. Yet another beautiful transfer in this Blu-ray set.

"A Lesson In Love" has uncompressed, original Swedish, mono audio with a score by Dag Wirén and optional English subtitles.

The sole extra on this Blu-ray is another Bergman introduction to the film from 2003 with Swedish journalist Marie Nyrerod. Bergman and Nyrerod discuss A Lesson in Love for 4.5-minutes.
 

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