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In accordance with the Irish proverb that "A woman's chastity is a stye in the Devil's eye", Satan believes a pain he feels in his eye is a stye and it is being caused by a virgin on Earth. In particular, the pain is connected to Britt-Marie, the daughter of a vicar. Britt-Marie is still a virgin at 20, and she is engaged to a man named Jonas.
Don Juan is sent from Hell to seduce a virgin and spoil her wedding, but falls in love for the first time in centuries. The film is based on a Danish play and features a devil, a vicar, and a demon in a black cat costume.
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- Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Ingmar Bergman
- 1960-10-17
The devil has a stye in his eye, caused by the purity of a vicar's daughter. To get rid of it, he sends Don Juan up from hell to seduce the 20 year old Britt-Marie and to rob her of her virginity and her belief in love. She however can resist him and things get even turned around when Don Juan falls in love with her.
- Ingmar Bergman
- 14
The sophisticated fantasy The Devil's Eye-the last Ingmar Bergman film to be shot by the great Gunnar Fischer-is an engaging satire of petit bourgeois morals...
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Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1960 • Sweden. Ingmar Bergman's 1960 fantasy-comedy follows a reincarnated Don Juan on his assignment from the Devil, to seduce a country parson's young daughter, tarnishing her purity and shattering her faith in love. But his evil aims are muddled as the charming girl causes him to question his own beliefs.
The sophisticated fantasy The Devil's Eye-the last Ingmar Bergman film to be shot by the great Gunnar Fischer-is an engaging satire of petit bourgeois morals. The devil (Stig Järrel) suffers from an inflamed eye, which he informs Don Juan (Jarl Kulle) can be cured only if a young woman's chastity is breached. So the legendary lover ascends from hell and sets about seducing an innocent pastor ...