Torment story
Torment (Swedish: Hets) is a 1944 Swedish film, directed by Alf Sjöberg from a screenplay by Ingmar Bergman. The film, a tale of sex, passion and murder, was originally released as Frenzy in the United Kingdom, although later releases have used the US title. The film won the Grand Prix at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival.
5 total · 2 choice · 2 major · 1 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| sadism | choice | The Latin teacher was nicknamed "Caligula" because of his sadism. Caligula also tormented a young girl named Bertha to death. |
| what it is like in high school | choice | We saw an idea of what Swedish high school was like in the 1940s. |
| love triangle | major | Jan-Erik, Bertha, and Caligula |
| mentor and protégé | major | Jan-Erik with various teachers, not excluding Caligula, and the principal |
| sexual norms in society | minor | Jan-Erik might have been suspended from school merely for carrying on with a woman. |