Two boys, a toy gun, and a cityscape filled with promise and dread. On the one hand, The War Game is a typical piece of 1950s–60s allegorical short form cinema, a time capsule almost. With hindsight though, one sees Zetterling’s personality and vision in every frame: the way she smoothly moves from realism to abstraction, Free Cinema to Expressionism; the extraordinary quality of the acting; the sensuality in even the grimmest moments. Pure genius!
– Olaf Möller
Also in this combined programme
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Vielleicht bin ich wirklich eine Zauberin – Filmregisseurin Mai Zetterling und ihre Filme
Raganelli here films Ingmar Bergman star Mai Zetterling at work and at home, tending to her garden.
Film details
- Country of production
- United Kingdom
- Year
- 1963
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2025
- Length
- 15'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
