The Devil's Eye (1960)

just watch it!

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

The acting in this movie is really good.

Not peak Bergman, but well worth watching. His only comedy, excepting parts of Fanny and Alexander.

This is a comedy in a more Shakespearean way than what an American would see as comedy. This drama/play begins in Hell where Satan is upset because he has a sty in his eye. It seems that if one were to get a virgin to allow herself to be despoiled before marriage, the eye would be cured. So the Devil sends the great lover, Don Juan, to perform just the task. He has been in Hell for over 300 years and embraces the challenge. He takes with him his Sancho Panza like character, and they invite themselves into the home of a vicar who has the lovely daughter and a hypochondriac wife who is hiding from the world. While Don Juan goes after the daughter, Pablo, the other guy goes after the wife. He has also been getting ready for as long as his master. They are accompanied by a demon who is sort of their chaperon since Pablo has been told not to mess around. What is interesting is that Don Juan is able to start making inroads immediately into the young woman who is ready to marry in a few days. What happens is a kind of commentary on faithfulness, adventure, religion, and any number of subjects. What is also interesting is how this invasion shows the cracks in the foundation and invites the characters to figure out how to deal with them. There are also a few slams made against the idea of heaven and hell and God and Satan. This is a really interesting film and probably good because Bergman can't turn off his talent.

this film gets off to a very slow start and some aspects of the production are pretty cheesy... the period costumes and some of the sets and the manner of conveying that we are in "hell" when we are there, are not exactly stunning.... also Bibi's husband to be is said to be 25 and he looks about 40.but do stick with it because it does become really really funny and there are a lot of great lines I have to have at least 10 lines in my comment so I'll praise Bibi's acting... also the other woman, who plays her mother... and I"ll say the film is also very sweet.Bergman fans will not be disappointed in the lightness cause there is plenty of heaviness too in the scenes between the maiden and DJAfter thinking about this film awhile it hit me a lot harder what's seems to be being said. In a sense some people seem to have grace such that even sin can't touch them, even sinning can't touch them, because of how they do it, somehow skirting the devil, while they don't by any means have to become angels themselves. wow!

In order to get cured from a sty in his eye, the devil (Stiq Järrel) sends Don Juan (Jarl Kulle), his servant Pablo (Sture Lagerwall) and his worst devil to earth to seduce Britt-Marie (Bibi Andersson), the virgin daughter of a vicar (Nils Poppe) and makes she loses her chastity. This unusual Ingmar Bergman's movie is a slow and very theatrical comedy spoken in English, divided in three acts and with use of many chords in harpsichord. Bibi Andersson is very beautiful as the twenty-two years old woman who caused the sty in the devil's eye. The story is ironic and funny, with great direction and performance of the cast, an Ingmar Bergman's trademark. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): 'O Olho do Diabo' ('The Devil's Eye')Obs: On 06 March 2005, I received the following remark from an IMDb User: "Please note that the original language for the movie "Djävulens öga" is Swedish and not English as you say in your comment. I realise that you saw a dubbed version, but the casual reader will think that it's in English when they read your comment. "