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Hets
SWEDEN · 1944

Hets

Ingmar Bergman
psychological abuse forbidden romance alcoholism teacher-student dynamics jealousy and revenge
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Synopsis

Jan-Erik Widgren meets the lonely Bertha Olsson, a woman struggling with alcoholism. Though Bertha is already linked to Caligula, Jan-Erik's heartless teacher, she begins a relationship with the boy anyway. When Caligula learns that Jan-Erik is having an affair with Bertha, he begins to torture his student psychologically. He reserves his cruelest behavior for Bertha, however, which results in a tragic turn of events.

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