Did you see the 1941 courtroom drama A Woman's Face starring Joan Crawford? If you did, you might not have known it was a remake of a Swedish flick starring Ingrid Bergman three years prior. In this subtitled oldie, Ingrid stars as a woman with a disfigured face who leads a gang of thieves and blackmailers. Since the world is cruel to her, she thinks it's fair that she be cruel to it. But when she unsuccessfully burgles a plastic surgeon's home, he takes pity on her and decides to fix her face.
A fresh start on the outside leads to a fresh start on the inside. Slowly, Ingrid learns kindness and love. For an early role of the young actress, she does a very good job. The biggest criticism of the movie is that it feels very, very old. It doesn't feel like it was made in 1938; it feels like it was made in 1928. If you like silent movies or early talkies, you could try it out to see Ingrid talking in her native language. It's structured differently than the Joan Crawford movie, and if it weren't for the obvious disfigurement, you might not recognize it as the same film.
A fresh start on the outside leads to a fresh start on the inside. Slowly, Ingrid learns kindness and love. For an early role of the young actress, she does a very good job. The biggest criticism of the movie is that it feels very, very old. It doesn't feel like it was made in 1938; it feels like it was made in 1928. If you like silent movies or early talkies, you could try it out to see Ingrid talking in her native language. It's structured differently than the Joan Crawford movie, and if it weren't for the obvious disfigurement, you might not recognize it as the same film.