[Some considered Bergman""s Oscar win, her first of three career wins, as a consolation prize for her loss the previous year forFor Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)and as a reward for her starring role in the Best PictureCasablanca (1942).Its popularity also led to it being illegally copied, released under others"" names, and pirated (including one stolen by Edison""s film technicians and distributed hroughout the US).The setting of the film is England in the near future [later in the film, the police wear an emblem of Elizabeth II on their lapels].Sebastian guessed that possibly only a hundredth of 1 percent of heir number would escape to the sea.The spinning corn cob server goes wild, he soup is tipped and dumped down his front and hurled in his face, metal bolts are shoved into his mouth instead of food, a dessert shortcake is forced into his face, and the mouth wipe repeatedly pummels him in the mouth.