SWEDEN · 1968

Doctor Glas

Mai Zetterling
forbidden love moral corruption infidelity power imbalance existential conflict
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Doctor Glas finds himself attracted to a young woman, married to a corrupt clergyman. She's miserable in her marriage, so he agrees to help in anyway he can. But he is quickly torn between passion and morality.

Year1968
CountrySweden
DirectorMai Zetterling
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