IMPORTANT :
The size of the file is NOT an absolute indicator of the quality of the video !
As for this file, it should look better than the source (DVD collection Criterion "Early Bergman"). It retains its detail while removing most of the spots, some of the scratches and most of the excessive noise that had made its way from the old film to the DVD.
As imperfections are removed, so is a lot of (undesirable) data, which explains -along with good x264 encoding- how you can obtain such good quality at such a low bitrate.
Many Bergman movies should follow, chronlogically tough not each one needs a new encode.
"Bergman's neorealist, Gothenburg-set drama is the story of Berit–an emotionally vulnerable young woman recently out of a reformatory and with an abusive mother–who is seen first attempting suicide by diving off the docks, then protesting furiously when she is rescued. A chance of happiness seems to present itself when she meets a dock worker at a dance, but first she must reconcile him to her troubled past and vicious-tongued mother. Bergman makes excellent use of his gritty, sea-front locations and doesn't shirk from showing the drudgery and misery his protagonists endure in their day-to-day lives."
– Geoffrey Macnab, Sight and Sound
Subtitles :
Danish
English
French
Norwegian
Portuguese
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish
Format : Matroska
Duration : 1h 37mn
Video
Format : AVC
Format profile :
[email protected]Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 3:2
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Audio
Format : AAC
Channel(s) : 1 channel
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz