Thirst (Törst). Ingmar Bergman, 1949.
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Edition screened: Included in Criterion Blu-ray set Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema, released 2018, and also in Criterion’s Eclipse 1: Early Bergman DVD set released 2007. Swedish language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 84 minutes.
Summary: Unprovoked abuse to a snake.
Details: A seemingly harmless snake is picked up by the tail at 8:01 and dropped on a large active ant hill at 8:11. The snake is engulfed by ants and reacts in pain to the many bites it receives before managing to crawl off at 8:18.
Thirst and Port of Call share disc# 23 of 30 (part of ‘Centerpiece 3’) in the Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema set.