Mr. Sleeman Is Coming (1957 TV Movie) User Reviews (2)

Happiness Has Its Own Tears...

[Xstal · 7/10 · 5 February 2023]

Anne-Marie just can't hide her joy, she's been offered as an old man's wife, his youthful, playful toy, offloaded by two aunties, she'll soon have death inside her panties, the antithesis of her dreamt of playboy.

The culture and customs of a bygone time make you happy that you didn't live then, unless you're a weird old goat, in which case I'm pleased you're around today and can't torture fair maidens so easily.

Bibi Andersson is always a joy to watch and, even though this tale set in 1917 is getting on a bit, it still comes across and connects, which is perhaps why you feel for all the young things of yesteryear that had to endure the passions of a pensioner.

bitter

[Kirpianuscus · 8 May 2018]

Maybe, not for story must see it. because the themes are familiar and the atmosphere is well known. but for actors. and for the mix of Tchekov and Ibsen. for the too clear definition of life. bitter, remembering the old stories abouts selfish aunts and poor girls, marriage as business and the love who is enough for save. but the lead virtue are the actors. Bibi Andersson as the young Anne Marie, Max von Sydow as the hunter. and the aunts as living portraits from the literature of XIX century in Dickens style. a bitter story. touching and not only. because it is beautiful explore of appearences and innocence and words with same texture and duty. and it is enough.