Miss Bergman plays an aristocratic liberated woman, who rides horses like a man, shoots ducks with a shotgun, is about to receive a PhD in something related to government history, and has plans for a career in government, possibly election. Eva has no interest in marriage or men. Now comes Vladimir, a free spirit with no roots, five years in the foreign legion, and currently working in a traveling carnival. Through an unlikely chain of events, they become engaged. In Sweden in the 1930's, engagements were expected to last for a year so the couple could get to know each other well. Free-spirited Vladimir takes a broad view of this custom leading to the climactic scene. Miss Bergman's performance here is great, and this scene all by itself is worth the price of admission.
Review of Only One Night
