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Women's Face, A

A severe burn in childhood has left Anna Holm with a horrible scar on her face and turned her into misanthropic blackmailer who hates all mankind.

In the course of collecting a blackmail payments she meets Dr. Wegert, a plastic surgeon who offers to try to improve her appearance. She is transformed into a beautiful woman.

Anna becomes governess to a small boy. The initial reason for this is to kill him so that his uncle will inhering the huge estate to boy is to heir to, but Anna’s physical metamorphosis has brought about a radical change in her character too. When the boy´s uncle, Torsten Barring, races across the ice in a sled, seemingly trying to cause the boy an accidental death, Anna rushes to liberate the boy on another sled, revealing the murderous plan to Harald - a man who has fallen in love with her and wants to marry her. There is an accident, Torsten is killed and the boy saved. But Anna’s affair with Harald is ended. Anna then goes off to China with Dr. Wegert to deliver Red Cross ambulances.









Production Facts

  • Original Title: En kvinnas Ansikte
  • Country of Origin: Sweden
  • Production Year: 1938
  • First Release: 1938
  • Language: Swedish
  • Format: 1:1.37
  • Duration: 104 minutes
  • Director: Gustaf Molander
  • Production: AB Svensk Filmindustri
  • Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Tore Svennberg, Georg Rydberg, Göran Bernhard, Anders Henriksson
  • Script: Gösta Stevens, Stina Bergman, Ragnhild Prim
  • Art Director: Arne kerman
  • Sound design: Eric Bengtson

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