A janitor's coal run becomes a descent into bureaucratic hell—sign here, suffer later.
Schoolmaster Hoffmann on his way far down in the basement to the Janitors office to get coal for his chilly classroom, hears no warning signals. Gorm, the janitor, manipulates the gullible Hoffmann into signing a contract with a dark context.
Acting
Granath's janitor oozes predatory patience; Norström's collapse is devastating.
Direction
Gyllenskiöld turns a basement into psychological purgatory.
Director
Henrik Gyllenskiöld
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title nods to Strindberg's 'A Dream Play' and Sweden's legacy of absurdist social criticism.
Björn Granath was a Bergman regular; this basement might be his most confined performance.
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