The cinematography is seriously incredible. Top 25 all-time incredible. While the subject of class is not tackled in a wholly original way, it never feels stilted or unentertaining. One of the better non-Bergman efforts in Swedish cinema and definitely a decade ahead of it s time.

A truly virtuoso work. The photography is absolutely incredible - worthy of Orson Welles - and the entire film is a joy to watch for the visuals alone. But it's also a very entertaining and scathing look at class and gender relations that, while melodramatic, also manages to be fairly complex. I can't believe this film was made in 1951.

The camerawork in this movie (by Göran Strindberg, who also shot a few early Bergman) is phenomenal, very striking techniques. The visuals for almost every scene are dazzling in one way or another. The story and characters are a little more over-the-top than I would have preferred (most notably the ending), but overall I thought the film had some very interesting moments.