A Lesson in Love (Swedish). The most natural and robust of Writer-Director Ingmar Bergman's comedies is full of lucky directorial hits and preposterous misses, with marital fidelity the central subject up for dissection.
The Magician (Swedish). Also under the eye and hand of Ingmar Bergman, a magician of the 19th century comes alive to haunt audiences of the 20th.
The Poacher's Daughter. Being a rustic Irish comedy, the film is a pack of delightful lies: white lies, green lies, slick, sly, funny lies—every one as harmless as the tine of a hayfork. With Julie Harris and the players of the Abbey Theater.
Tiger Bay. A tautly drawn British suspense film about a fugitive killer and a little girl who has witnessed his crime.
The Cranes Are Flying (Russian). An engaging love story is lifted high by the wild, fast-moving techniques of Director Mikhail Kalatozov, who seems blissfully released from "socialist realism."
Ikiru (Japanese). An undistinguished man is dying of cancer. His search for goodness at the end of life becomes a distinguished and brutally ironic film.
Our Man in Havana. The movie version of Graham Greene's spoof-and-stiletto novel. Noel Coward, Alec Guinness.
Once More, With Feeling. In the cine-madaptation of the Broadway play, Yul Brynner's comedy is a little bald up, but the late Kay Kendall proves that she was a beautiful clown with a touch of genius.
TELEVISION
Wed., March 30
Music for a Spring Night (ABC, 7:30-8:30 p.m.).-The Metropolitan Opera's Coloratura Roberta Peters and Baritone Robert Merrill join Soprano Eleanor Steber and Tenor Richard Tucker in a program that includes a tribute to the late great baritone, Leonard Warren.
Armstrong Circle Theater (CBS, 10-11 p.m.) Trial by Fury tells how Miami Herald Reporter James Buchanan turned from newsman into news story—when the Castro regime jailed him, charging him with aiding the escape of U.S. Flyer Austin Young.
Thurs., March 31
Timex—Bertram Mills Circus (ABC, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). Europe's oldest Big Top seen on video tape, with U.S. Comedian Joe E. Brown as ringmaster to lend a home-town touch.
Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (NBC, 9-10 p.m.). The first of a series of classic mysteries adapted for TV. Mary Roberts Rinehart's The Bat stars Helen Hayes and Jason Robards Jr. Host: Joseph Welch.
The Many Sides of Mickey Rooney (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). Gloria De Haven and Joey Forman pitch in to help The Mick recall his career—from pint-sized kid star to pop-off adult.
Fri., April 1
Bell Telephone Hour (NBC, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). Concert Hall stars Pianist Jose Iturbi, Cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, Soprano
Lucine Amara, Tenor Nicolai Gedda, Basso Jerome Hines in a program of classical music. Color.
Person to Person (CBS, 10:30-11 p.m.). This time the program calls not on a person but on an institution: the Vatican. For half an hour Reporter Charles Collingwood looks at the Pope's private gardens, the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica, etc.
Sat., April 2
Journey to Understanding (NBC, 9:30-10 p.m.). Mr. K. in France.
Sun., April 3
The Great Challenge (CBS, 2-3 p.m.). Howard K. Smith is moderator in a discussion of "How Can You Get Things Done in a Democracy?"