Rolf Forsberg's PARABLE

The distinctive unforgettable works of filmmaker Rolf Forsberg, whose spiritually-based film parables and allegorical shorts have influenced generations, have long been out of circulation. His first film, PARABLE (1964), was the controversial main attraction in the Protestant & Orthodox Pavilion of the 1964 New York World's Fair.

In this SCENE (only) from the restored widescreen PARABLE, the enigmatic clown clad all in white (Christ figure) has set out to redeem the circus (the World). Having taken on the burdens of three circus roustabouts, they follow him into the tent of the fallen Magnus (the Evil One). Magnus was once master of the great "Circus Magnus" but now travels the back roads as "Magnus and His Living Marionettes."

"PARABLE: Four Films by Rolf Forsberg" is available now on DVD and VOD. Included is the complete, restored PARABLE, plus three other Forsberg classics: THE ANTKEEPER, ONE FRIDAY and ARK. More info about Rolf, the films and ordering info is at lostandrare.com/order.htm.

"The concept of a benevolent, all-powerful being that knows all, sees all, and controls all has long provided comfort to a significant cross-section of the masses struggling to make sense of a world that seems out-of-control. To the rest of the human race, the mere notion of such a reality, where unseen hands cruelly pull the strings that determine our collective destiny, embodies the stuff of bad dreams. Over a distinguished, pioneering career producing, writing and directing religious shorts, filmmaker Rolf Forsberg touched both constituencies, tunneling into the psyches of the faithful and non-believers with his outré cinemascapes of heaven, hell, and the fog in-between." - Mark Quigley, UCLA Film & Television Archive