Directed by Ingmar Bergman

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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Directed by Ingmar Bergman
  • Shame

    Episode 1

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1968 • Sweden
    Starring Liv Ullmann, Max von Sydow

    Directed 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • The Touch

    Episode 4

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1971 • Sweden
    Starring Elliott Gould, Bibi Andersson, Max von Sydow

    With 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...

  • Cries and Whispers

    Episode 5

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1972 • Sweden
    Starring Harriet Andersson, Kari Sylwan, Ingrid Thulin

    This 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...

  • SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE: Episode 1

    Episode 6

    “Innocence and Panic”
    Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1973 • Sweden
    Starring Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson

    SCENES 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...

  • 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 Josephson

    SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE chronicles the many years of love and turmoil that bind Marianne (Liv Ullmann) and Johan (Erland Josephson) through matrimony, infidelity, divorce, ...

  • SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE: Episode 3

    Episode 8

    “Paula”
    Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1973 • Sweden
    Starring Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson

    SCENES 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...

  • SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE: Episode 4

    Episode 9

    “The Vale of Tears”
    Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1973 • Sweden
    Starring Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson

    SCENES 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...

  • SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE: Episode 5

    Episode 10

    “The Illiterates”
    Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1973 • Sweden
    Starring Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson

    SCENES 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. ...

  • 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 Josephson

    SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE chronicles the many years of love and turmoil that bind Marianne (Liv Ullmann) and Johan (Erland Josephson) through matrimo...

  • SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE: Theatrical Version

    Episode 12

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1973 • Sweden
    Starring Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson

    SCENES 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...

  • Autumn Sonata

    Episode 13

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1978 • Sweden, West Germany
    Starring Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann

    AUTUMN 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...

  • 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 ...

  • 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...

  • FANNY AND ALEXANDER: Episode 1

    Episode 16

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1983 • Sweden
    Starring Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Ewa Fröling

    Through 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 ...

  • FANNY AND ALEXANDER: Episode 2

    Episode 17

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1983 • Sweden
    Starring Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Ewa Fröling

    Through 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 ...

  • FANNY AND ALEXANDER: Episode 3

    Episode 18

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1983 • Sweden
    Starring Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Ewa Fröling

    Through 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 ...

  • FANNY AND ALEXANDER: Episode 4

    Episode 19

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1983 • Sweden
    Starring Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Ewa Fröling

    Through 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 ...

  • FANNY AND ALEXANDER: Theatrical Version

    Episode 20

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1982 • Sweden
    Starring Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Ewa Fröling

    Through 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 ...

  • 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...

  • After the Rehearsal

    Episode 22

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1984 • Sweden
    Starring Erland Josephson, Lena Olin, Ingrid Thulin

    With 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 ...