Film

The Touch

1971 · 1h 55m · Drama · Romance

IMDb

6.3

Rotten Tomatoes

64%

A Swedish housewife begins an adulterous affair with an American archaeologist, unaware of his emotional scars as a Holocaust survivor; consequently, their relationship will be painfully difficult.

Elliott Gould

David Kovac

Bibi Andersson

Karin Vergerus

Max von Sydow

Andreas Vergerus

Sheila Reid

Sara Kovac

Margaretha Byström

Secretary to Andreas Vergerus

Elsa Ebbesen-Thornblad

Hospital Matron

Barbro Hiort af Ornäs

Karin's Mother

Åke Lindström

Dr. Holm

Aino Taube

Mimmo Wåhlander

Nurse

Dennis Gotobed

Karin Gry

Staffan Hallerstam

Maria Nolgård

Erik Nyhlén

Bengt Ottekil

• Ingmar BergmanDirector · Writer · Producer
• Lars-Owe CarlbergProducer
• Sven NykvistDirector of Photography
• Siv LundgrenEditor

Ingmar Bergman's The Touch I BFI TrailerThe Touch (1971)_clip

Release date

July 14, 1971

Status

Released

Original language

Swedish

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

K-16

Budget

$6,900,000

Revenue

$6,530,000

Genres

Drama, Romance

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