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From the Life of the Marionettes

1980 · 104 min · Director: Ingmar Bergman ★ IMDb 7.2 · 5,309 ratings

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An account of the events before and after a murder committed by a disturbed businessman in a strained marriage, and what led him to perform such a shocking act.

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From the Life of the Marionettes (1980) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 30%, Disturbing 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Disturbing, Anxiety. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Disturbing and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 7.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sadness
  • Disturbing
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Sadness
Disturbing
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity eases around 23 %, then dips around 33 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessDisturbingTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity63 %17 %48 %57 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Disturbing70 %24 %61 %61 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Disturbing75 %26 %73 %63 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Disturbing73 %30 %66 %56 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Tension59 %34 %40 %43 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Empathy47 %33 %18 %28 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Sadness47 %39 %16 %25 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Sadness49 %45 %18 %26 %
42.5 %≈ 44′Sadness54 %50 %18 %25 %
47.5 %≈ 49′Sadness67 %63 %29 %25 %
52.5 %≈ 55′Sadness73 %64 %39 %29 %
57.5 %≈ 60′Curiosity68 %46 %44 %39 %
62.5 %≈ 65′Disturbing69 %38 %54 %55 %
67.5 %≈ 70′Tension71 %45 %54 %64 %
72.5 %≈ 75′Sadness70 %56 %42 %54 %
77.5 %≈ 81′Sadness75 %70 %36 %46 %
82.5 %≈ 86′Sadness77 %63 %35 %54 %
87.5 %≈ 91′Tension73 %36 %43 %65 %
92.5 %≈ 96′Tension73 %38 %55 %59 %
97.5 %≈ 101′Sadness73 %55 %60 %38 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

RA
Robert Atzorn

RA
Robert Atzorn

Peter Egerman

CB
Christine Buchegger

MB
Martin Benrath

MB
Martin Benrath

Mogensjensen

RR
Rita Russek

LM
Lola Müthel

WS
Walter Schmidinger

WS
Walter Schmidinger

Tim Mandelbaum

KH
Karl Heinz Pelser

GD
Gaby Dohm

TB
Toni Berger

EF
Erwin Faber

HH
Heino Hallhuber

Details

Directed by
Ingmar Bergman
Written by
Ingmar Bergman
Type
Movies
Released
1980
Runtime
104 min
Country
Germany, Austria
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.2 · 5,309 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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