The Devil's Eye

Part Dante, part Milton, all Bergman. One can see Bergman's background in the theatre in this film about the Devil's desire to corrupt an upstanding country parson by sending Don Juan (now one of the damned) to seduce his engaged daughter. The film plays out as a comedy, though manages have the same feeling as his The Seventh Seal. Of course Don Juan doesn't succeed in his seduction, at least partly because he falls in love with the young maiden, and partly because she turns out to be more clever than he imagined. More humorous and less angst filled than his later films, though not as profound either. It's basically a photographed stage play, albeit with the direction of a master. The sets for Hell are particularly memorable.