Sawdust and Tinsel

Directed by Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Ake Gronberg, Harriet Andersson, Hasse Ekman, Anders Ek
1953

Ingmar Bergman presents the battle of the sexes as a ramshackle, grotesque carnival in Sawdust and Tinsel, one of the late master's most vivid early works. The story of the charged relationship between a turn-of-the-century traveling circus owner (Ake Grönberg) and his performer girlfriend (Harriet Andersson), the film features dreamlike detours and twisted psychosexual power plays that presage the director's Smiles of a Summer Night and The Seventh Seal, works that would soon change the landscape of art cinema forever.

The film is also known as "Sunset of a Clown", "The Naked Night", and "Gycklarnas Afton"