Under a Mask

In Behind Walls 1950 Gunnar Hyllienmark described a young man imprisoned by his studies He returns once more to the same theme in Under a Mask 1951 which focuses on the neurotic unbalanced and compulsive state of a student surrounded by piles of books and cigarettes His fear of failing his yearning for liberation has induced an anxietyridden state of conflict here depicted in something reminiscent of a dream collage filmform