Directed by Ingmar Bergman
46 Episodes
One of the most revelatory voices to emerge from the postwar explosion of international art-house cinema, Swedish auteur Ingmar Bergman was a master storyteller who startled the world with his stark intensity and naked pursuit of the most profound metaphysical and spiritual questions. The struggles of faith and morality, the nature of dreams, and the agonies and ecstasies of human relationships—Bergman explored these subjects in films ranging from comedies whose lightness and complexity belie their brooding hearts to groundbreaking formal experiments and excruciatingly intimate explorations of family life.
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Shame
Episode 1
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1968 • Sweden
Starring Liv Ullmann, Max von SydowDirected by Ingmar Bergman, SHAME (SKAMMEN) is at once an examination of the violent legacy of World War II and a scathing response to the escalation of the conflict in Vietnam. Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann star as m...
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1:40:39Episode 2
The Passion of Anna
Episode 2
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1969 • Sweden
When Andreas (Max von Sydow) meets Anna (Liv Ullmann) he is a man struggling with the collapse of both his marriage and his emotional state. Subsequently, Anna is grieving the recent loss of her husband and son, and the two enter into a relationship. As...
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The Rite
Episode 3
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1969 • Sweden
Ingmar Bergman conceived this experimental work as a response to his controversial tenure at the Royal Dramatic Theatre. Focusing on four characters—a trio of actors charged with obscenity (Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Anders Ek), and the judge a...
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The Touch
Episode 4
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1971 • Sweden
Starring Elliott Gould, Bibi Andersson, Max von SydowWith his first English-language film, a critical and box-office disaster, Ingmar Bergman delivered a compelling portrait of conflicting desires. In THE TOUCH, a chance encounter between seemingly con...
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1:32:00Episode 5
Cries and Whispers
Episode 5
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1972 • Sweden
Starring Harriet Andersson, Kari Sylwan, Ingrid ThulinThis existential wail of a drama concerns two sisters, Karin (Ingrid Thulin) and Maria (Liv Ullmann), keeping vigil for a third, Agnes (Harriet Andersson), who is dying of cancer and can find solace...
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52:13Episode 6
SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE: Episode 1
Episode 6
“Innocence and Panic”
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1973 • Sweden
Starring Liv Ullmann, Erland JosephsonSCENES FROM A MARRIAGE chronicles the many years of love and turmoil that bind Marianne (Liv Ullmann) and Johan (Erland Josephson) through matrimony, infidelity, divorce, and subsequent partne...
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41:42Episode 7
SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE: Episode 2
Episode 7
“The Art of Sweeping Things Under the Rug”
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1973 • Sweden
Starring Liv Ullmann, Erland JosephsonSCENES FROM A MARRIAGE chronicles the many years of love and turmoil that bind Marianne (Liv Ullmann) and Johan (Erland Josephson) through matrimony, infidelity, divorce, ...
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52:03Episode 8
SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE: Episode 3
Episode 8
“Paula”
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1973 • Sweden
Starring Liv Ullmann, Erland JosephsonSCENES FROM A MARRIAGE chronicles the many years of love and turmoil that bind Marianne (Liv Ullmann) and Johan (Erland Josephson) through matrimony, infidelity, divorce, and subsequent partners. Shot in in...
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52:06Episode 9
SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE: Episode 4
Episode 9
“The Vale of Tears”
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1973 • Sweden
Starring Liv Ullmann, Erland JosephsonSCENES FROM A MARRIAGE chronicles the many years of love and turmoil that bind Marianne (Liv Ullmann) and Johan (Erland Josephson) through matrimony, infidelity, divorce, and subsequent partners...
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52:09Episode 10
SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE: Episode 5
Episode 10
“The Illiterates”
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1973 • Sweden
Starring Liv Ullmann, Erland JosephsonSCENES FROM A MARRIAGE chronicles the many years of love and turmoil that bind Marianne (Liv Ullmann) and Johan (Erland Josephson) through matrimony, infidelity, divorce, and subsequent partners. ...
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51:25Episode 11
SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE: Episode 6
Episode 11
“In the Middle of the Night in a Dark House Somewhere in the World”
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1973 • Sweden
Starring Liv Ullmann, Erland JosephsonSCENES FROM A MARRIAGE chronicles the many years of love and turmoil that bind Marianne (Liv Ullmann) and Johan (Erland Josephson) through matrimo...
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SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE: Theatrical Version
Episode 12
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1973 • Sweden
Starring Liv Ullmann, Erland JosephsonSCENES FROM A MARRIAGE chronicles the many years of love and turmoil that bind Marianne (Liv Ullmann) and Johan (Erland Josephson) through matrimony, infidelity, divorce, and subsequent partners. Shot in intense, i...
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1:33:21Episode 13
Autumn Sonata
Episode 13
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1978 • Sweden, West Germany
Starring Ingrid Bergman, Liv UllmannAUTUMN SONATA was the only collaboration between cinema’s two great Bergmans: Ingmar and Ingrid, the monumental star of CASABLANCA. The grande dame, playing an icy concert pianist, is matched beat for b...
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1:44:22Episode 14
Fårö Document 1979
Episode 14
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1979 • Sweden
Midway through his time in Germany, Bergman returned to Fårö for his second documentary exploration of the remote Swedish island he loved and the socioeconomic realities experienced by those who lived there. Longer, more optimistic, and less ascetic ...
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1:44:33Episode 15
From the Life of the Marionettes
Episode 15
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1980 • Sweden
Ingmar Bergman's From The Life of the Marionettes was a semi-sequel to Scenes From A Marriage, made seven years before, with a different pair of actors (Robert Atzorn, Christine Buchegger) replacing the original's Jan Malmjso and Bibi Andersson. Bergman...
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1:32:57Episode 16
FANNY AND ALEXANDER: Episode 1
Episode 16
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1983 • Sweden
Starring Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Ewa FrölingThrough the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling bourgeois clan in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Sweden. Ingmar Bergman intended FANNY ...
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1:15:26Episode 17
FANNY AND ALEXANDER: Episode 2
Episode 17
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1983 • Sweden
Starring Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Ewa FrölingThrough the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling bourgeois clan in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Sweden. Ingmar Bergman intended FANNY ...
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57:14Episode 18
FANNY AND ALEXANDER: Episode 3
Episode 18
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1983 • Sweden
Starring Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Ewa FrölingThrough the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling bourgeois clan in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Sweden. Ingmar Bergman intended FANNY ...
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1:26:58Episode 19
FANNY AND ALEXANDER: Episode 4
Episode 19
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1983 • Sweden
Starring Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Ewa FrölingThrough the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling bourgeois clan in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Sweden. Ingmar Bergman intended FANNY ...
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3:09:16Episode 20
FANNY AND ALEXANDER: Theatrical Version
Episode 20
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1982 • Sweden
Starring Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Ewa FrölingThrough the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling bourgeois clan in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Sweden. Ingmar Bergman intended FANNY ...
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1:49:44Episode 21
The Making of FANNY AND ALEXANDER
Episode 21
THE MAKING OF FANNY AND ALEXANDER is a fascinating look at the creation of a masterpiece. Directed by Ingmar Bergman himself, this feature-length documentary chronicles the methods of one of cinema’s true luminaries as he labors to realize his crowning production. Featuring Bergman at work with m...
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1:13:37Episode 22
After the Rehearsal
Episode 22
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1984 • Sweden
Starring Erland Josephson, Lena Olin, Ingrid ThulinWith this spare chamber piece, set in an empty theater, Ingmar Bergman returned to his perennial theme of the permeability of life and art. Lingering after a rehearsal for August Strindberg’s “A Dream ...