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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780780020979
Format: Black & White, Original recording reissued, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 0780020979
Label: Homevision
Manufacturer: Homevision
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Homevision
Release Date: June 16, 2000
Running Time: 87 minutes
Sales Rank: 26229
Studio: Homevision
Theatrical Release Date: 1960
Editorial Review:
Description:
One of Ingmar Bergman's (Smiles of a Summer Night, Secrets of Women) rare comedies, The Devil's Eye is the fanciful tale of Don Juan's return to Earth from Hell. Artfully blending theatrical and cinematic devices, Bergman sets the stage for mischief. We learn from the opening epigraph that ' a virgin is a sty in the Devil's eye,' then descend into the nether world where Satan is suffering due to one Swedish parson's daughter. The Devil sends Don Juan to seduce the chaste Britt-Marie (Bibi Andersson, Wild Strawberries) on the eve of her wedding and thus repair his eye. The renowned lover's servant Pablo joins in the game by chasing the parson's wife. Bergman explores some of his favorite 'serious' themes--religion, love, and art--through a series of witty word battles that end in victory for the two virtuous women.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - INGMAR BERGMAN, OPUS 22
*** 1960. THE DEVIL'S EYE, based on a play written by Oluf Bang, was written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The Devil is affected with a sty in the eye because an 18 years old girl doesn't want to have sex before her wedding. Don Juan is sent to earth in order to seduce the young girl. This comedy is a minor effort of the Swedish master but could please the completist who sleeps in you. After the Death in The Seventh Seal - Criterion Collection, the Devil is the second religious figure appearing ... Read More
Rating: - Nice comedy
It's comical and serious at the same time. Especially the scenes in hell. The whole thing is a satire, at times a stinging satire. Feminists must hate stuff like the instructions how to handle Scandinavian women, Bibi Andersson's creating her family nest and her relationship with her fiancé, Pablo and the parson's wife. Not the best of Bergman but good in its own right.
Rating:  - The game of the opportunities!
This delightful, witty and mordacious comedy still remains among the most important tributes ever paid by any filmmaker to theater in the great tradition of Beaumarchais, Zorilla or the great adaptations a la Mozart' s Cossi fan tutte or Don Giovanni.
All begins when the astonishing woman's chastity gives the Devil a sty in his eye and his sweet and discrete revenge will be to send from Hell to Earth the legendary Don Juan. As you may expect, the smart dialogues, the insidious ... Read More
Rating: - Bergman in a playful mood
The devil is in agony with a sty in his eye - all caused by the fact that a 20-year-old virgin (played by Bibi Andersson) still walks the earth. To rectify this "problem" who better to seduce her than Don Juan? So on this "mission of mercy" come the Don (Jorle Kulle) and his lecherous sidekick Pablo (Sture Lagerwall) - and the fun begins. Pablo falls for Andersson's mother and wastes no time seducing her, and Don Juan gets down to "work" quickly too. But complications, of course, arise, and before ... Read More
Rating: - absolutely beautifull.
I don't quite agree with other reviews about this movie, namely its comical aspect. In my opinion this is an extremely serious movie about very important matters that was existantially substantial to our "beloved" bergman. It may have a comical glaze over it, but he's just being mischievous about his pain and suffering.
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