A Woman’s Face (1938) DVD Ingrid Bergman, Tore Svennberg, Anders Henrikson, Georg Rydeberg, Gunnar Sjöberg, Hilda Borgström, Karin Kavli and Erik Berglund

A Woman’s Face (1938) DVD B&W Shown in original aspect ratio Approx. 100 min. Playable in North America (the US, Canada, Mexico, etc.) In Swedish with optional English subtitles. Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Tore Svennberg, Anders Henrikson, Georg Rydeberg, Gunnar Sjöberg, Hilda Borgström, Karin Kavli and Erik Berglund. Written by Gösta Stevens, Stina Bergman and Ragnhild Prim, based on “Il était une fois...” 1932 play by Francis de Croisset. Directed by Gustaf Molander. As a child, Anna Holm (Ingrid Bergman) burned her face. This destroyed her looks and she grew up into a mean, bitter woman. She and her "friends" are blackmailers. One of her victims pays her by getting plastic surgeon Dr. Wegert (Anders Henrikson) to try to make her beautiful again. Anna becomes a new person, leaves her blackmailing cohorts, and becomes the governess of a young boy (Göran Bernhard) who will inherit a fortune. The boy has an evil uncle who wants to see the boy dead so that he will inherit the fortune. He hires Anna's former colleagues as assassins. She tries to leave her old life behind, but soon her old friends catch up with her.