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Directed by | Gustaf Molander |
Written by | Screenplay: Gösta Stevens Play: Francis de Croisset |
Starring | Ingrid Bergman |
Music by | Eric Bengtson |
Cinematography | Åke Dahlqvist |
Editing by | Oscar Rosander |
Release date(s) | Venice Film Festival: August 1938 Sweden: 31 October 1938 United States: 8 September 1939 |
Running time | 101 min . |
Country | Sweden |
Language | Swedish |
A Woman's Face (Swedish: En kvinnas ansikte) is a 1938 Swedish drama film directed by Gustaf Molander, based on the play Il etait une fois by Francis de Croisset. The cast includes Ingrid Bergman in the lead as a criminal woman with a disfigured face.
The film was awarded with a Special Recommendation at the 1938 Venice Film Festival, for its "overall artistic contribution."[1] It was remade in 1941 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer with the same title.