Question about Ingrid...
Was she bissexual? She seemed REALLY intimate with Marina in their scenes together.
shareI got that take also. She was definately gay.
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I assumed that too.
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nah, she was just a user of people. Didn't matter the gender. She got her goodies from the Nazi's or whomever would pay her for deeds unbecoming. She didn't love anyone. Didn't care whatever happened to Maria at the end. Remember? She was the classical Nazi sympathizer. Not one who did what they could to get along, but one who did it for fun and games. She was the type who would be the target of intense scorn after the liberation and publicly humiliated. Like have her head shaved, striped, and -- well other nasty things done to her in retribution. There's a 4 letter word for that type.
shareThe Nazis are mainly depicted as decadent. So especially in the context of 1945 hinting at lesbianism on Ingrid's part would play into that. Hartmann is the most "normal" of the leading Nazis but spends most of his time drunk.
"Chicken soup - with a *beep* straw."
She may be dating both Bergmann (himself sexually ambiguous) and the Italian senior policeman. At one point she thanks the Italian for gifts, including coffee and Bergmann jokes about the Italian "corrupting my staff". Real coffee was a luxury in Germany and much of Europe, with coffee substitutes often being made from ersatz stuff like acorns etc. The implication is that Ingrid was putting out for the gifts. Possibly to ensnare people like Marina she can also express a lesbian side.
"Chicken soup - with a *beep* straw."
Her nationality is also ambiguous. Ingrid is a German name, but she speaks Italian as well as German and seems to pass as Italian. Perhaps she is meant to be half-Italian, or an ethnic German from the Alto Adige in the extreme north of Italy.
"Chicken soup - with a *beep* straw."
What are you all talking about? Ingrid Bergman is not in this film. Rome open city.
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