Wild Strawberries
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1957 • Sweden
Starring Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin
Traveling to accept an honorary degree, Professor Isak Borg—masterfully played by the veteran filmmaker and actor Victor Sjöström—is forced to face his past, come to terms with his faults, and make peace with the inevitability of his approaching death. Through flashbacks and fantasies, dreams and nightmares, WILD STRAWBERRIES dramatizes one man’s remarkable voyage of self-discovery. This richly humane masterpiece, full of iconic imagery, is one of Ingmar Bergman’s most widely acclaimed and influential films.
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Wild Strawberries
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1957 • Sweden
Starring Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid ThulinTraveling to accept an honorary degree, Professor Isak Borg—masterfully played by the veteran filmmaker and actor Victor Sjöström—is forced to face his past, come to terms with his faults, and make...
Extras
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WILD STRAWBERRIES Commentary
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Ingmar Bergman on WILD STRAWBERRIES
This introduction to WILD STRAWBERRIES was created in 2003 as part of a series of introductions that Marie Nyreröd recorded with Ingmar Bergman to many of his films. Shot in Bergman’s screening room on Fårö Island, these pieces were designed to precede the films when shown on Swedish television.
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John Turturro on WILD STRAWBERRIES
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Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work
This 1998 documentary, produced for Swedish television, features a conversation between director Ingmar Bergman and writer and filmmaker Jörn Donner.
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Behind the Scenes of WILD STRAWBERRIES
The following 16 minutes of silent footage was filmed by director Ingmar Bergman on the set of WILD STRAWBERRIES. It features voice-over by Jan Wengström, curator of archival film collections at the Swedish Film Institute.
