Torment (1944)
- 7.3
- 100 mins
- Drama
Storyline
Jan-Erik Widgren is a high-school senior. His Latin teacher, Caligula, is feared by everybody, both teachers and students. Widgren falls in love with Berta, who works in a tobacco store. She tells him that she is harassed by a mean, sadistic man, but does not tell him that it is Caligula himself.—Mattias Thuresson
Plot Keywords
father son relationship, expulsion, cat, brother brother relationship, adolescence, graduation, fear, friendship, school, torment, schoolboy, romantic rivalry, reference to friedrich nietzsche, mother son relationship, jealousy, husband wife relationship, homosexual subtext
Short Review
Part an antifascist allegory, in part a study in sexual hysteria.
Trailer
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