A Woman's Face (1938 film)

A Woman's Face
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGustaf Molander
Screenplay byGösta Stevens
Stina Bergman
Ragnhild Prim
Based onIl était une fois...
by Francis de Croisset
StarringIngrid Bergman
CinematographyÅke Dahlqvist
Edited byOscar Rosander
Music byEric Bengtson
Jules Sylvain
Distributed bySvensk Filmindustri
Release dates
  • August 1938 (1938-08) (Venice Film Festival)
  • 31 October 1938 (1938-10-31) (Sweden)
  • 8 September 1939 (1939-09-08) (U.S.)
Running time
101 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

A Woman's Face (Swedish: En kvinnas ansikte) is a 1938 Swedish drama film directed by Gustaf Molander, based on the play Il était une fois... by Francis de Croisset. The cast includes Ingrid Bergman in the lead as a woman criminal with a disfigured face.

The film was awarded a Special Recommendation at the 1938 Venice Film Festival for its "overall artistic contribution."[1] It was remade in 1941 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer with the same title, starring Joan Crawford.

  1. ^ En kvinnas ansikte - Utmärkelser (in Swedish). Swedish Film Institute. Retrieved on 2009-04-29.