Ingmar Bergman

Short Cuts: Cries and Whispers (2020)

Ingmar Bergman's "Cries and Whispers" retold in a single minute. ...

Persona (2019)

The Undefeated Femininity (2018)

"The Undefeated Femininity" - a film about Gun Grut Bergman. In September 1949 Ingmar Bergman left his wife and five children, and escaped to Paris with a new woman, Gun Grut. It was the beginning of a passionate love affair, an enduring jealousy drama and ...

Ingmar Bergman Through the Choreographer's Eye (2016)

Four of Sweden's most innovative choreographers travel to Ingmar Bergman's home on Fårö to explore and get inspired. The result is a unique contemporary dance film.The renowned Swedish choreographers Alexander Ekman, Pär Isberg, Pontus Lidberg and Joaki ...

A Spiritual Matter (2015)

"A Spiritual Matter" is the first-ever adaptation of an Ingmar Bergman script since his passing. In this movie, Viktoria is a 40-year-old woman who seems to have gone mad and develops a compelling and moving monologue of moments that marked her existence. ...

Palermo Shooting (2008)

After the wild lifestyle of a famous young German photographer almost gets him killed, he goes to Palermo, Sicily to take a break. Can the beautiful city and a beautiful local woman calm him down? ...

The Ghost Sonata (2007)

The Ghost Sonata relates the adventures of a young student, who idealizes the lives of the inhabitants of a stylish apartment building in Stockholm. He makes the acquaintance of the mysterious Jacob Hummel, who helps him to find his way into the apartment, ...

Bergman's Sonata (2005)

A married daughter who longs for her mother's love is visited by the latter, a successful concert pianist. ...

Saraband (2003)

Reuniting the characters of Johan and Marianne three decades after "Scenes from a Marriage," "Saraband" follows Marianne's visit to her reclusive ex-husband, where she finds him locked in a destructive conflict with his troubled son Henrik and Henrik's mus ...

The Image Makers (2000)

Set in 1920, The Image Makers depicts a private screening at Svensk Filmindustri, where silent-era director Victor Sjöström presents scenes from his adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's The Phantom Carriage. As the Nobel Prize–winning author watches alongsi ...

Faithless (2000)

Scripted by Ingmar Bergman, this very personal film is about a destructive affair which wrecks the marriage of an actress (Marianne) and musician (Markus). Wanting to continue the affair, Marianne moves in with her lover. But she is tormented by Markus' de ...

In the Presence of a Clown (1998)

In 1925, eccentric inventor and Franz Schubert devotee Carl Åkerblom is confined to a psychiatric ward in Uppsala after attempting to murder his fiancée. Obsessed with death, music, and the future of cinema, he joins forces with a fellow patient to creat ...

Private Confessions (1996)

Five conversations frame a flawed marriage in this film written by Ingmar Bergman about his parents. Guilt-ridden wife Anna (Pernilla August) divulges an extramarital affair to a priest, her uncle Jacob (Max von Sydow). He presses her to confess her sins t ...

Harald & Harald (1996)

This short television work stages two performers reading excerpts from the Swedish Government's Cultural Commission report (SOU 1995:84). Using largely unaltered bureaucratic language, the piece transforms the official text into a restrained satire of cult ...

The Last Gasp (1995)

Set in the offices of the Swedish film industry, this television drama stages a fictional encounter between Georg af Klercker, a marginalized silent-film director, and Charles Magnusson, the producer who once controlled his fate. Through their conversation ...

Unishe April (1994)

A female dancer becomes famous but loses her relationship with her daughter on the way. ...

The Bacchae (1993)

The young wine god Dionysus returns to his native town of Thebes after having established his cult in the east. In his entourage, he has a run of Bacchantes. Semele, his mother, was distrusted by her family when she claimed that Zeus was the father of her ...

The Best Intentions (1992)

In this film about Ingmar Bergman's parents, Henrik Bergman is studying for the priesthood and trying to make ends meet when he encounters the lovely, affluent Anna. Despite their social differences, Henrik and Anna fall in love, wed and move to the countr ...

Madame de Sade (1992)

This television production captures Ingmar Bergman's stage adaptation of Yukio Mishima's Madame de Sade, set in France from 1772 to the aftermath of the French Revolution. While the Marquis de Sade remains imprisoned, six women—including his wife Renéeâ ...

Sunday's Children (1992)

Little Pu spends a summer in Norrland with all his relatives. He and his brother get to hear the story about the watchmaker who hung himself, learns to shoot with a bow and follow his father on a bicycle trip. ...

New York City Opera: A Little Night Music (1990)

Inspired by Ingmar Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night, a tangled web of affairs is weaved around actress Desirée Armfeldt and the men who love her: lawyer Fredrik Egerman and Count Carl-Magnus Malcom. When Desirée's show travels through Fredrik's town, t ...

Gotska Sandön (1987)

A poetic documentary of its nature and of some rare people living on Gotska Sandön, an isolated island in the Baltic Sea, close to Ingmar Bergman's home residence Fårö. ...

Karin's Face (1986)

This short film assembles still photographs from Ingmar Bergman's personal family albums, concentrating on portraits of his mother, Karin, from childhood through adulthood. The images are arranged in chronological order and set to a piano score by Käbi La ...

The Blessed Ones (1986)

Middle-aged schoolteacher Viveka and her husband Sune enter a marriage marked by devotion and increasing strain. As Viveka's jealousy and religious anxiety intensify into paranoid delusions, Sune becomes progressively entangled in her condition, transformi ...

Dom Juan (1985)

Filmed for television, this production adapts Molière's Dom Juan (or The Feast with the Statue), following the final days of the libertine Dom Juan Tenorio as he seduces, deceives, and provokes those around him. His servant Sganarelle serves as a constant ...

The Making of Fanny and Alexander (1984)

Shot during the making of Fanny and Alexander, this feature-length documentary presents extended behind-the-scenes material from rehearsals and filming sessions, with Bergman at work staging scenes and directing performances. The film focuses on the practi ...

After the Rehearsal (1984)

Rational, exacting, and self-controlled theater director, Henrik Vogler, often stays after rehearsal to think and plan. On this day, Anna comes back, ostensibly looking for a bracelet. She is the lead in his new production of Strindberg's A Dream Play. She ...

The School of Wives (1983)

This television adaptation presents Molière's comedy The School of Wives, centering on Arnolphe, an older bachelor who plans to marry his young ward, Agnès, believing her innocence will ensure his control. His scheme is disrupted when Agnès falls in lov ...

Fanny and Alexander (1982)

As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a theater company. After their father dies unexpectedly, however, the siblings end up in a joyless home when their mother, Emilie, marries a stern b ...

Sally and Freedom (1981)

About choices in life and responsibilities. Sally has decided to have an abortion. It seriously affects her relationship with her partner Jonas, and their daughter Mia. ...

From the Life of the Marionettes (1980)

An account of the events before and after a murder committed by a disturbed businessman in a strained marriage, and what led him to perform such a shocking act. ...

Fårö Document 1979 (1979)

Returning to Fårö a decade after his earlier documentary, Ingmar Bergman records the daily lives of farmers, fishermen, and families living on the island. Structured around the four seasons, the film documents labor, communal routines, and reflections on ...

Min älskade (1979)

"My Love" - A drama rich in symbols about an unsuccessful Norwegian bookseller. With a bag filled with quirky literature he wanders through Stockholm, trying to find book buyers. ...

Autumn Sonata (1978)

After a seven-year absence, Charlotte Andergast travels to Sweden to reunite with her daughter Eva. The pair have a troubled relationship: Charlotte sacrificed the responsibilities of motherhood for a career as a classical pianist. Over an emotional night, ...

The Making of Autumn Sonata (1978)

A behind the scenes documentary of Ingmar Bergman's Autumn Sonata (1978), detailing every aspect of the production. ...

Rätt ut i luften (1978)

An actress is interviewed in front of a studio audience by a "TV personality". ...

The Serpent's Egg (1977)

In 1923 Berlin, following the suicide of his brother, an American acrobat struggles to survive while facing unemployment, depression, alcoholism, and the social decay of Germany during the Weimar Republic. ...

Summer Paradise (1977)

Conventions of civility among family members are severely strained by the very real breakup of the bonds between them. During a few days at a vacation home, Katha, a woman in late middle age, tries to cope with an influx of discontented, disconnected relat ...

The Dance of the Damned Women (1976)

This short dance film presents four women moving within a narrow, enclosed room to music by Claudio Monteverdi. Conceived as a dance play rather than a ballet, the performers embody recurring female roles passed down across generations, including figures i ...

Face to Face (1976)

A psychiatrist temporarily separated from her family begins to experience severe psychological distress while working at a mental hospital and returning to her childhood home. As her professional responsibilities and personal relationships intersect, she u ...

The Magic Flute (1975)

The Queen of the Night enlists a handsome prince named Tamino to rescue her beautiful kidnapped daughter, Princess Pamina, in this screen adaptation of the beloved Mozart opera. Aided by the lovelorn bird hunter Papageno and a magical flute that holds the ...

Scenes from a Marriage (1974)

Johan and Marianne are married and seem to have it all. Their happiness, however, is a façade for a troubled relationship, which becomes even rockier when Johan admits that he's having an affair. Before long, the spouses separate and move towards finalizi ...

The Misanthrope (1974)

This television film records Ingmar Bergman's Copenhagen stage production of Molière's The Misanthrope, presented as a guest performance at the Royal Danish Theatre. The play centers on Alceste, a man who rejects social hypocrisy and flattery, whose rigid ...

The Lie (1973)

From an Ingmar Bergman script. Previously produced for Swedish Television as "Reservatet" and for the BBC as "The Lie" (both 1970). In this Emmy award winning American version for CBS's reboot of Playhouse 90, an American couple is trapped in their marriag ...

Cries and Whispers (1972)

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs. ...

The Touch (1971)

A Swedish housewife begins an adulterous affair with an American archaeologist, unaware of his emotional scars as a Holocaust survivor; consequently, their relationship will be painfully difficult. ...

The Lie (1970)

Ingmar Bergman play looking at the cool and brittle relationship between a successful architect (Frank Finlay) and his academic wife (Gemma Jones). Commissioned by the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation on behalf of European members participating in 'The Lar ...

The Lie (1970)

A Swedish couple are trapped in their marriage and way of life. Locked up in their bourgeois inferno. ...

Fårö Document (1970)

Shot on the island of Fårö, this documentary presents interviews with local inhabitants as they discuss work, family life, and the conditions of living in a sparsely populated rural community. Bergman documents generational differences and practical conc ...

The Passion of Anna (1969)

A recently divorced man and an emotionally devastated widow begin a love affair. ...

The Rite (1969)

Called to court on obscenity charges, a theatre troupe are forced to expose their neuroses and inner psychological torments. ...

Shame (1968)

In the midst of a civil war, a pair of former violinists in a tempestuous marriage oversee a farm on a rural island. In spite of their best efforts to escape their homeland, the war impinges on every aspect of their lives. ...

Hour of the Wolf (1968)

While vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires. ...

Stimulantia (1967)

Eight vignettes on a variety of topics, including a baby growing up, Charlie Chaplin, Birgit Nilsson, the racing track at Le Mans, erotic cleanliness, French literature, and a black woman in a cupboard in the neighborhood of Farsta near Stockholm. ...

Daniel (1967)

This short film consists of 16mm home-movie footage recorded by Ingmar Bergman during the first two years of his son Daniel's life, beginning shortly before his birth and continuing through early childhood. The material was edited by Bergman as an independ ...

Persona (1966)

A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer. ...

All These Women (1964)

Pretentious critic Cornelius is writing a biography on a famous cellist and to do some research he stays in the cellist's house for a few days. He doesn't manage to get an interview with the man, but by talking to all the women who live with him, he comes ...

The Silence (1963)

Traveling through an unnamed European country on the brink of war, sickly, intellectual Ester, her sister Anna and Anna's young son, Johan, check into a near-empty hotel. A basic inability to communicate among the three seems only to worsen during their st ...

A Dream Play (1963)

A television adaptation of August Strindberg's A Dream Play, the film follows Agnes, the daughter of the god Indra, as she descends to Earth to witness the conditions of human existence. Through a succession of loosely connected scenes, she encounters indi ...

Wood Painting (1963)

A knight returning home with his squire Jons after a ten-year crusade to the Holy Land finds a country paralyzed by the Black Death, a newly burned witch, a blacksmith and his runaway wife, an actress, a Virgin Mary with her child and the knight's faithful ...

Winter Light (1963)

A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God. ...

The City (1962)

A man has buried himself in women, in religious ecstasy , in vanity and in his belief in so-called artistic activity. His tension and frustration has only increased. And now he gives it all up. Awaits the bailiff. His personal bankruptcy is signed. ...

The Pleasure Garden (1961)

A small picturesque town at the turn of the century. The conservative views of the townspeople are shaken when they find out that the school teacher Franzén published his own poetry anonymously many years ago. At the same time he acknowledges his love aff ...

Through a Glass Darkly (1961)

Karin hopes to recover from her recent stay at a mental hospital by spending the summer at her family's cottage on a tiny island. Her husband, Martin, cares for her but is frustrated by her physical withdrawal. Her younger brother, Minus, is confused by Ka ...

The Devil's Eye (1960)

Don Juan is sent from Hell to Earth with a mission: to seduce a virgin in order to spoil her pure wedding. The mission becomes frantic when Don Juan falls in love for the first time in centuries. ...

The Virgin Spring (1960)

Devout Christians Töre and Märeta send their only daughter, the virginal Karin, and their foster daughter, the unrepentant Ingeri, to deliver candles to a distant church. On their way through the woods, the girls encounter a group of savage goat herders ...

The Storm (1960)

An elderly gentleman lives alone in a well-appointed residential building, spending his days in habitual routines with neighbors and family. When his former wife—who left years earlier with their child—moves into the apartment above him, long-suppresse ...

The Magician (1958)

A traveling magician and his troupe arrive in a Swedish town in the 1840s, where their act is scrutinized by local authorities and a skeptical medical official. Their stay leads to a series of confrontations that test the boundaries between performance, be ...

Rabies (1958)

Structured as six interconnected episodes, Rabies depicts cruelty as a contagious force: each character, wounded or humiliated, passes that violence on to another. Filmed for Swedish television, Ingmar Bergman's adaptation of Olle Hedberg's morality play p ...

Brink of Life (1958)

This intimate chamber drama, set in a maternity ward, follows the emotional crises of three women as they grapple with motherhood. ...

The Venetian (1958)

A playful television adaptation of a Renaissance sex comedy in which two Venetian women compete for the attentions of a charming outsider during carnival. Deliberately theatrical and stylized, the film reflects Bergman's interest in farce and performance. ...

The Minister of Uddarbo (1957)

A devoted but controversial priest comes to a Swedish village. He encounters conflicts with the locals. The priest has some problems within his family as well. One is related to an orphan girl. ...

Night Light (1957)

Sixteen year old Maria arrives in Stockholm. She is going to stay with her aunt. Already at the Central station events occur that change her route. ...

Wild Strawberries (1957)

Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of w ...

Mr. Sleeman Is Coming (1957)

A young woman faces an arranged marriage imposed by her aunts as the hour of her suitor's arrival approaches. Adapted for television from Hjalmar Bergman's one-act play, the film uses intimate staging and close observation to explore coercion and quiet des ...

The Seventh Seal (1957)

When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a jou ...

Last Pair Out (1956)

About the life of the student, Bo Dahlin. Bo's parents are divorced. Both have been unfaithful. Bo is engaged to Kerstin, but only has eyes for Anita. Anita is filled with self-disgust. ...

Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)

Early in the 20th century, middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his young wife, Anne, have still not consummated their marriage, while Fredrik's son finds himself increasingly attracted to his new stepmother. To make matters worse, Fredrik's old flame De ...

Dreams (1955)

Two women—a fashion executive and her young model—experience parallel romantic disappointments during a trip to Gothenburg, exposing generational differences in desire, illusion, and emotional endurance. A transitional work in Ingmar Bergman's mid-1950 ...

A Lesson in Love (1954)

After fifteen years of marriage and mutual infidelity, a couple on the brink of divorce unexpectedly confront their unresolved love during a journey to Copenhagen. Blending farce with emotional reflection, the film is Ingmar Bergman's first sustained ventu ...

Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)

A number of complicated relationships develop between a circus ringmaster, his estranged wife and his lover. ...

Summer with Monika (1953)

One summer day, two teens begin a reckless affair and abandon their families to be with one another. ...

Waiting Women (1952)

The four wives of four brothers share stories of their marriages as they wait for their husbands in a small, secluded cottage. ...

Divorced (1951)

Gertrud is being abandoned by her husband after 20 years of marriage. Offended and unhappy she leaves her home and rents a room. The landlady's son is drawn to her and tries to help her out of the loneliness. ...

Summer Interlude (1951)

During a brief summer vacation, a lonely woman recalls her first love thirteen years earlier. ...

This Can't Happen Here (1950)

A story of two married refugees from the dictatorship; their quiet life in a new free country is impossible due to the husband's dark secret. ...

While the City Sleeps (1950)

Jompa is unemployed - and not keen on getting a job. He still lives with his parents who are tired of his attitude about employment and regular hours. Jompa and his friends spend their time at nightclubs, cafés and doing petty crimes. While playing poker, ...

To Joy (1950)

A young orchestra violinist's fear of mediocrity and drive for artistic success strain his marriage to a fellow musician. Told largely in flashback and shaped by Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, the film examines ambition, love, and loss in early Ingmar Bergman ...

Thirst (1949)

A fractured portrait of desire and isolation, following a failing marriage and parallel stories of emotional entrapment as memories surface during a train journey through postwar Europe. Told through flashbacks and multiple narrative threads, the film sign ...

Prison (1949)

A filmmaker sets out to create the greatest film in history, but finds out that human abilities have limits. ...

Eva (1948)

Marine Bo Fredriksson is travelling home on a leave. He reminisce about an accident he caused as a 12-year old which killed a young girl, an event that has made him feel revulsion for death. Back home he meets Eva, a girl he fancies and they move together ...

Port of Call (1948)

A suicidal factory girl, just out of reformatory school and anxious to escape her overbearing mother, falls in love with a sailor who can't forgive her past. ...

Music in Darkness (1948)

In postwar Sweden, a gifted young pianist's life is transformed after a tragic accident leaves him blind. Struggling with bitterness, isolation, and the loss of his former world, he finds unexpected support and companionship from a compassionate young woma ...

A Ship to India (1947)

Returning home after seven years at sea, a sailor relives his youth aboard a salvage ship dominated by his abusive father, recalling love, betrayal, and the desire to escape. Told in flashback, the film explores family conflict, longing, and moral reckonin ...

Woman Without a Face (1947)

Martin is married to Frida and together they have a son. One day after a quarrel with his wife, he goes to buy flowers to ask for forgiveness. In the flower shop he meets the beautiful Rut and falls instantly in love. They both start a passionate love affa ...

It Rains on Our Love (1946)

A young couple, penniless, break into a summer cottage; the owner offers to rent to them but he has ulterior motives. By living together, the lovers must face their pasts and contend with the meddling neighbors and authorities. ...

Crisis (1946)

A small-town piano teacher is shocked by the arrival of her foster daughter's biological mother, whose young lover soon follows and causes further disruption. ...

Torment (1944)

Jan-Erik Widgren meets the lonely Bertha Olsson, a woman struggling with alcoholism. Though Bertha is already linked to Caligula, Jan-Erik's heartless teacher, she begins a relationship with the boy anyway. When Caligula learns that Jan-Erik is having an a ...

Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer (2022)

A journey through Swedish queer film history. ...

Feature 136 (2018)

Ingmar Bergman's film Winter Light from 1963 is one of the most mythical and discussed films in Swedish history. In this documentary, director Kristian Petri uses unique archival footage to tell about the making of the film and, together with two actors br ...

The Undefeated Femininity (2018)

"The Undefeated Femininity" - a film about Gun Grut Bergman. In September 1949 Ingmar Bergman left his wife and five children, and escaped to Paris with a new woman, Gun Grut. It was the beginning of a passionate love affair, an enduring jealousy drama and ...

Ingmar Bergman - Herr der Dämonen (2018)

Searching for Ingmar Bergman (2018)

A meaningful account of the personal and professional life of the great Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) that explores his film legacy, with interviews with his closest collaborators and a new generation of filmmakers. ...

Bergman: A Year in a Life (2018)

The year 1957 was one of the most prolific for the Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman: he shot two films, released two of his most celebrated films and produced four plays and a TV movie while juggling with a complicated private life. ...

The Memory of Ingmar Bergman (2018)

In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Ingmar Bergman the Finnish writer and director Jörn Donner shares his memories of his friend and collaborator. The movie is based on two as yet unpublished TV interviews with Bergman which Donner filmed in ...

Bergmans början: Ilska. Kärlek. Magknip. (2018)

Documentary relating Ingmar Bergman's life, from his high school graduation up until he became an established filmmaker in the latter half of the 40's. ...

Persona: The Film That Saved Ingmar Bergman (2018)

In 1965 Ingmar Bergman filmed "Persona", the cult film that brought together all of the Swedish filmmaker's obsessions and became a turning point in his career. ...

Bergman Unpublished (2017)

In 2017, journalist and filmmaker Marie Nyreröd created this series of topical short films using outtakes from footage she had recorded with director Ingmar Bergman for her 2006 feature documentary BERGMAN ISLAND. ...

Sven-Bertil (2016)

Interpreter, actor and entertainer. Sven-Bertil Taubes' career spans almost a lifetime. As the son of two legendary artists, he had a lot to live up to. This is the story of Sven-Bertil Taubes' life, told in his own words. It will be a journey through nine ...

Trespassing Bergman (2013)

In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of Fårö, located in the Baltic Sea, and left Stockholm to live there. When he died, the house was preserved. A group of very special film buffs, came from all ...

Liv & Ingmar (2012)

The 42 year long relationship between legendary actress Liv Ullmann and master filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. ...

Viaggio in Bergmania (2011)

This is a cinematic pilgrimage by two young Turkish directors to their biggest source of inspiration, Ingmar Bergman. Their desire to approach even further to Bergman and to his work leads them to make this journey from their hometown Istanbul to Sweden, t ...

… But Film Is My Mistress (2010)

Guided by Liv Ullmann and with commentaries from a number of prominent filmmakers for whom Bergman is and remains an important influence - such as Woody Allen, Olivier Assayas, Bernardo Bertolucci, Arnaud Desplechin, John Sayles, Martin Scorsese and Lars v ...

Images from the Playground (2009)

In the early fifties Ingmar Bergman got himself a cine-camera, a 9.5 mm Bell & Howell, which he often used both privately and in his work. "Bilder från lekstugan" ("Images from the Playground") embark on these films, giving a diverse representation of one ...

Hollywood sul Tevere (2009)

Biggest Hollywood stars in Italy from 1950 to 1970 through Cinecittà Luce's archives. ...

Bergmans Hushållerska (2009)

Anita Haglöf was Ingmar Bergman's housekeeper for eight years, in his home at Karlaplan in Stockholm and at Fårö. She constantly accused him of harassment in her diary, but didn't quit the job. ...

Bergman 101 (2009)

In this 2009 video piece, film scholar Peter Cowie walks us through Ingmar Bergman's career by way of film stills, behind-the-scenes photos, and clips from many of the director's films and television productions. ...

Döden, motljuset och groggen (2007)

Ingmar Bergman tells Olle Häger about "The Seventh Seal" and "Wild Strawberries". 1957 was one of Ingmar Bergman's great years. Then both "The Seventh Seal" and "Wild Strawberries" had their theatrical premieres. In an interview, which was conducted at Fà ...

Filmmakers in Action (2006)

What is the state of cinema and what being a filmmaker means? What are the measures taken to protect authors' copyright? What is their legal status in different countries? (Sequel to "Filmmakers vs. Tycoons. ...

Bergman Island (2006)

The desolate and mysterious island of Fårö, Sweden, Baltic Sea, 2004. Swedish master filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) looks back on his personal and artistic life; a journey through more than sixty years devoted to film, plays and television programs ...

Ingmar Bergman Bids Farewell to Film (2004)

A conversation between Bergman and film critic Nils Petter Sundgren recorded for Swedish television in 1984. ...

Shame: The Search for Humanity (2004)

A short documentary about Skammen ...

The Search for Sanity (2004)

A short documentary about Hour of the Wolf. ...

Passion of Anna: Disintegration of Passion (2004)

A documentary about En Passion ...

Directed by Bergman (The Making of Saraband) (2003)

A documentary about the production of Ingmar Bergman's TV film "Saraband. ...

Heart of the Festival (2002)

A short film containing some of the highlights of the Cannes Film Festival's storied history. ...

Ingmar Bergman: Intermezzo (2002)

Ingmar Bergman speaks with Gunnar Bergdahl. ...

An Image Maker (2001)

Making of-documentary about Ingmar Bergman's The Image Makers, featuring behind the scenes footage and an interview with its writer, Per Olov Enquist. ...

Filmstaden (2001)

'Filmstaden', a film studio in Stockholm where directors Victor Sjöström, Mauritz Stiller, Ingmar Bergman among others worked - as well as many prominent actors - was built 1919-1920. This documentary tells its rich history featuring many of the people i ...

Federico Fellini's Autobiography (2000)

Federico Fellini was one of the most individual and thought provoking directors who based most of his films upon his own reflections, dreams, life events and fantasies, who did not convey any special message for humanity but regarded cinema simply as enter ...

Light Keeps Me Company (2000)

Carl-Gustaf Nykvist's documentary about his father, Sven Nykvist. The film is based on Sven's memoirs with Sven himself as narrator. A journey to the place of birth, Moheda, constitutes the hub of the film and during the journey friends and memories emerge ...

Ingmar Bergman: Reflections on Life, Death, and Love (2000)

Malou Von Sivers is the hostess of a popular Swedish talk show in which she quizzes famous people about their public and private lives. Through the noted Swedish actor Erland Josephson, Malou extended an invitation to the legendary -- and notoriously reclu ...

In the Presence of a Clown (1998)

In 1925, eccentric inventor and Franz Schubert devotee Carl Åkerblom is confined to a psychiatric ward in Uppsala after attempting to murder his fiancée. Obsessed with death, music, and the future of cinema, he joins forces with a fellow patient to creat ...

Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work (1998)

TV Documentary about Ingmar Bergman from 1998. ...

I sällskap med en clown (1997)

One hour making-of of Bergman's In The Presence of A Clown. ...

Bergmans röst (1997)

In this 87 minute long conversation with Ingmar Bergman, he talks about his relation to the art of film. He expresses his passion for filmmaking and filmmakers. The film doesn't include any extracts from Bergman's films. ...

Ingrid Bergman Remembered (1996)

Her name conjures up beauty, grace, talent and style. One of the greatest actresses of her time, she is best remembered for a natural and vulnerable persona which was so genuine and alluring. Her cinematic contributions produced such classics as "Casablanc ...

The Last Gasp (1995)

Set in the offices of the Swedish film industry, this television drama stages a fictional encounter between Georg af Klercker, a marginalized silent-film director, and Charles Magnusson, the producer who once controlled his fate. Through their conversation ...

Inför Markisinnan de Sade (1992)

Ingmar Bergman in Iceland (1989)

Based on an interview with Ingmar Bergman and footage taken during the director's visit to the Reykjavík Art Festival in 1986, this film focuses on Mr. Bergman's methods and philosophy on film direction. ...

Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern (1988)

The first of two documentaries about Ingmar Bergman produced to mark his 70th birthday. Includes behind the scenes "home movies" from Bergman's personal archive, interviews with Bergman recorded over his 40 years in the film industry and passages from his ...

Introducing 'Scenes from a Marriage' (1986)

A short documentary about "Scenes from a Marriage" (1973). ...

Karin's Face (1986)

This short film assembles still photographs from Ingmar Bergman's personal family albums, concentrating on portraits of his mother, Karin, from childhood through adulthood. The images are arranged in chronological order and set to a piano score by Käbi La ...

The Making of Fanny and Alexander (1984)

Shot during the making of Fanny and Alexander, this feature-length documentary presents extended behind-the-scenes material from rehearsals and filming sessions, with Bergman at work staging scenes and directing performances. The film focuses on the practi ...

Victor Sjöström - A Portrait (1981)

Documentary of the Swedish actor/director Victor Sjöström and his work - from Terje Vigen (1917) to Smultronstället (1957) Director Ingmar Bergman is interviewed about his memories of and experiences of Sjöström. ...

Intervju med Ingmar Bergman (1981)

Interview with Ingmar Bergman by the Swedish Film Institute's then CEO Jörn Donner about the filming of Fanny and Alexander. ...

Fårö Document 1979 (1979)

Returning to Fårö a decade after his earlier documentary, Ingmar Bergman records the daily lives of farmers, fishermen, and families living on the island. Structured around the four seasons, the film documents labor, communal routines, and reflections on ...

A Look at Liv (1979)

Using original footage and interviews, family photos, and excepts from many of the actress's screen and stage performances, the film explores sources of Liv Ullman's creativity, the influence of her Norwegian heritage, her relationship with Ingmar Bergman, ...

Det hender ikke meg (1979)

Interviews with Kjell who is a cancer patient, children who smoke and various celebrities on their views and experiences on smoking. ...

The Making of Autumn Sonata (1978)

A behind the scenes documentary of Ingmar Bergman's Autumn Sonata (1978), detailing every aspect of the production. ...

Ingmar Bergman at 60 (1978)

Documentary about the Swedish film director, produced for the UK television program "The South Bank. ...

Ingmar Bergman inszeniert: „Ein Traumspiel“ von August Strindberg. Beobachtungen bei der Arbeit am Bayerischen Staatsschauspiel (1977)

Three Scenes with Ingmar Bergman (1976)

"Three Scenes with Ingmar Bergman" is quite an interesting documentary which is basically a sequence of interviews with Ingmar Bergman where Bergman himself talks about his life and work, beginning with his birth and childhood, relationship with his parent ...

The Magic Flute (1975)

The Queen of the Night enlists a handsome prince named Tamino to rescue her beautiful kidnapped daughter, Princess Pamina, in this screen adaptation of the beloved Mozart opera. Aided by the lovelorn bird hunter Papageno and a magical flute that holds the ...

Silence! Cameras! The Magic Flute! (1975)

A documentary behind the scenes of Ingmar Bergman's The Magic Flute. ...

The Best Musical in the World: Ingmar Bergman on 'The Magic Flute' (1974)

An interview with film director Ingmar Bergman, conducted by journalist Sigvard Hammar, originally broadcast on Swedish television. ...

Scenes from a Marriage (1974)

Johan and Marianne are married and seem to have it all. Their happiness, however, is a façade for a troubled relationship, which becomes even rockier when Johan admits that he's having an affair. Before long, the spouses separate and move towards finalizi ...

Foto: Sven Nykvist (1973)

A short documentary about the work of Swedish cinematographer and Ingmar Bergman collaborator, Sven Nykvist, emphasizing his style of lighting and sense of humanity through interviews and film clips from key Bergman and Nykvist productions. ...

Cries and Whispers (1972)

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs. ...

Ingmar Bergman (1972)

Portrait of Ingmar Bergman, made while he was working on The Touch, about his professional and private life in the early 1970s. ...

Fårö Document (1970)

Shot on the island of Fårö, this documentary presents interviews with local inhabitants as they discuss work, family life, and the conditions of living in a sparsely populated rural community. Bergman documents generational differences and practical conc ...

The Passion of Anna (1969)

A recently divorced man and an emotionally devastated widow begin a love affair. ...

The Rite (1969)

Called to court on obscenity charges, a theatre troupe are forced to expose their neuroses and inner psychological torments. ...

An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman (1968)

Produced in 1968 for New York's WNET public television station and filmed by Gunnar Fischer, host Lewis Freedman visits director Ingmar Bergman during the production of SHAME. They discuss some of Bergman's major works leading up to SHAME as well as the ju ...

Stimulantia (1967)

Eight vignettes on a variety of topics, including a baby growing up, Charlie Chaplin, Birgit Nilsson, the racing track at Le Mans, erotic cleanliness, French literature, and a black woman in a cupboard in the neighborhood of Farsta near Stockholm. ...

Daniel (1967)

This short film consists of 16mm home-movie footage recorded by Ingmar Bergman during the first two years of his son Daniel's life, beginning shortly before his birth and continuing through early childhood. The material was edited by Bergman as an independ ...

Bibi Andersson, Ingmar Bergman, and Liv Ullmann on PERSONA (1966)

In the following excerpt from an interview originally recorded for Swedish television in 1966, PERSONA's director and lead actors discuss the evolution of the film and their individual interpretations of it. ...

Dance Around the Guldbaggen (1964)

Filmed during the first ever Guldbaggen (golden scarab) awards, it was edited and developed that night and shown for the first time to the guests at the after party. ...

Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie (1963)

The year is 1961 and Ingmar Bergman is making a movie. While planted on the scene as apprentice to Bergman, Vilgot Sjöman (director, I Am Curious–Yellow, 1967), suggests to Swedish Television that they take the opportunity to record with the acclaimed d ...

Dreams (1955)

Two women—a fashion executive and her young model—experience parallel romantic disappointments during a trip to Gothenburg, exposing generational differences in desire, illusion, and emotional endurance. A transitional work in Ingmar Bergman's mid-1950 ...

A Lesson in Love (1954)

After fifteen years of marriage and mutual infidelity, a couple on the brink of divorce unexpectedly confront their unresolved love during a journey to Copenhagen. Blending farce with emotional reflection, the film is Ingmar Bergman's first sustained ventu ...

Waiting Women (1952)

The four wives of four brothers share stories of their marriages as they wait for their husbands in a small, secluded cottage. ...

To Joy (1950)

A young orchestra violinist's fear of mediocrity and drive for artistic success strain his marriage to a fellow musician. Told largely in flashback and shaped by Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, the film examines ambition, love, and loss in early Ingmar Bergman ...

Thirst (1949)

A fractured portrait of desire and isolation, following a failing marriage and parallel stories of emotional entrapment as memories surface during a train journey through postwar Europe. Told through flashbacks and multiple narrative threads, the film sign ...

Music in Darkness (1948)

In postwar Sweden, a gifted young pianist's life is transformed after a tragic accident leaves him blind. Struggling with bitterness, isolation, and the loss of his former world, he finds unexpected support and companionship from a compassionate young woma ...

A Ship to India (1947)

Returning home after seven years at sea, a sailor relives his youth aboard a salvage ship dominated by his abusive father, recalling love, betrayal, and the desire to escape. Told in flashback, the film explores family conflict, longing, and moral reckonin ...

Torment (1944)

Jan-Erik Widgren meets the lonely Bertha Olsson, a woman struggling with alcoholism. Though Bertha is already linked to Caligula, Jan-Erik's heartless teacher, she begins a relationship with the boy anyway. When Caligula learns that Jan-Erik is having an a ...