remembering bergman: a retrospective

remembering bergman: a retrospective



Showcasing The Genius of Ingmar Bergman:
7 Masterpieces, 1 screening per day across 6 Cities
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Date
Film
Time
12th Sep Wild Strawberries 9-10:30 PM
13th Sep Summer Interlude 9-10:30 PM
14th Sep Through A Glass Darkly 9-10:30 PM
15th Sep Winter Light 9-10:30 PM
16th Sep The Silence 9-10:30 PM
17th Sep Summer With Monika 9-10:30 PM
18th Sep The Devil's Eye 9-10:30 PM

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Wild Strawberries (1957)


Original Title: Smultronstället
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Runtime: 91 minutes
Year: 1957
Country: Sweden
Language: Swedish / Latin
Subtitle: English
Colour: Black and White.
Speciality: Intense psychological drama analysing the effect of guilt, religion and death on a person. Along with 'Seventh Seal' established Bergman as a grand master of quality cinema
Palador DVD Code: PFE0019b1
Available As: Part of ‘World Cinema Box Set ’

Synopsis

Shaken by a foreboding dream, an elderly professor decides to drive rather than fly to southern Sweden. Accompanied by his daughter-in-law, his voyage becomes a journey in and out of the past as the boundary between reality and dream blurs …

Credits


Directed by - Ingmar Bergman
Writing credits - Ingmar Bergman
CAST (in credits order)
Character Actor's name
Dr. Isak Borg Victor Sjöström
Sara Bibi Andersson
Marianne Borg Ingrid Thulin
Dr. Evald Borg Gunnar Björnstrand
Agda Jullan Kindahl
Anders Folke Sundquist
Viktor Björn Bjelfvenstam
Mrs. Borg, Isak's Mother Naima Wifstrand
Mrs. Alman Gunnel Broström
Karin Borg, Isak's wife Gertrud Fridh
Aunt Olga Sif Ruud
Sten Alman / The Examiner Gunnar Sjöberg
Henrik Åkerman Max von Sydow
Karin's lover Åke Fridell
Uncle Aron Yngve Nordwall


Comments

Victor Sjostrom's magnificent performance carries an emotional authority that gives Bergman's great movie a warmth and an accessibility that it might not otherwise have had. Peter Bradshaw Guardian [UK]
Presumably, the audience is stunned that it can understand the filmic metaphors... and thus, they must be genius Christopher Null Filmcritic.com

Trivia

Ingmar Bergman wrote the script while he was in hospital.

Final screen appearance of Victor Sjöström.
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SUMMER INTERLUDE


Original Title: Sommarlek
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Runtime: 96 mins
Year: 1951
Country: Sweden
Language: Swedish
Subtitle: English
Colour: Black and White
Speciality: First love never dies, but something dies with first love. A haunting tribute to first love and how its tragedy can effect ones entire life.
Palador DVD Code: PFE0021b1
Available As: Part of ‘World Cinema Box Set ’

Synopsis

Marie, a student at the Opera Ballet School, falls in love with Henrik on a boat trip. But their idyllic summer vacation comes to a sudden end when Henrik dies from injuries suffered in a diving accident. Marie drifts into an affair with her old uncle, Erland. Ten years later, Marie, bordering on the edge of her career as a professional dancer, ponders on the mistakes she has made in life as a result of Henrik's traumatic death.

Credits

Maj-Britt Nilsson .
Birger Malmsten
Alf Kjellin
Annalisa Ericson

Comments

"The sense of fate that descends over the drama is very much Bergman's own Dave Kehr, CHICAGO READER

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