Ingmar Bergman

Ingmar Bergman

1918-07-14 Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden 178 Credits

Biography

Ernst Ingmar Bergman (July 14, 1918 – July 30, 2007) was a Swedish filmmaker. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time, his films are known as "profoundly personal meditations into the myriad struggles facing the psyche and the soul." Bergman directed more than 60 films and documentaries for cinematic release and for television screenings, most of which he also wrote. Most of his films were set in Sweden, and many films from 1961 onward were filmed on th...

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Laterna Magica

Laterna Magica

2025

Writer

Writing

A film by Séverine Barde, adapted from Dorian Rossel's play, based on Ingmar Bergman's fictional autobiography. A powerful self-portrait, at the cross...

Fanny och Alexander på Galeasen

Fanny och Alexander på Galeasen

2025

Original Film Writer

Writing

Ingmar Bergman's classic film adapted for the stage.

Året var 1975

Året var 1975

2024

as Self (archive footage)

5.0
Acting

This is the year when the Vietnam War ends and terrorists take over the West German embassy in Stockholm. On TV, Staffan Westerberg's "Vilse i Pannkak...

Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer

Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer

2022

as Self (archive footage)

6.7
Acting

A journey through Swedish queer film history.

Short Cuts: Cries and Whispers

Short Cuts: Cries and Whispers

2020

Original Film Writer

7.7
Writing

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

Persona

Persona

2019

Original Film Writer

4.0
Writing
Feature 136

Feature 136

2018

as Himself (archival footage)

8.0
Acting

Ingmar Bergman's film Winter Light from 1963 is one of the most mythical and discussed films in Swedish history. In this documentary, director Kristia...

The Undefeated Femininity

The Undefeated Femininity

2018

Acting

"The Undefeated Femininity" - a film about Gun Grut Bergman. In September 1949 Ingmar Bergman left his wife and five children, and escaped to Paris wi...

The Undefeated Femininity

The Undefeated Femininity

2018

Writer

Writing

"The Undefeated Femininity" - a film about Gun Grut Bergman. In September 1949 Ingmar Bergman left his wife and five children, and escaped to Paris wi...

Ingmar Bergman - Herr der Dämonen

2018

as Self (archive)

Acting
Bergman: A Year in a Life

Bergman: A Year in a Life

2018

as Self (archive footage)

7.4
Acting

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 ...

Searching for Ingmar Bergman

Searching for Ingmar Bergman

2018

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

A meaningful account of the personal and professional life of the great Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) that explores his film legacy, wi...

The Memory of Ingmar Bergman

The Memory of Ingmar Bergman

2018

as Himself

Acting

In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Ingmar Bergman the Finnish writer and director Jörn Donner shares his memories of his friend and colla...

Bergmans början: Ilska. Kärlek. Magknip.

Bergmans början: Ilska. Kärlek. Magknip.

2018

as Self

7.0
Acting

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

Persona: The Film That Saved Ingmar Bergman

2018

as Self (archive footage)

8.0
Acting

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 h...

Bergman Unpublished

Bergman Unpublished

2017

Acting

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 Through the Choreographer's Eye

Ingmar Bergman Through the Choreographer's Eye

2016

Writer

Writing

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 contempora...

A Spiritual Matter

A Spiritual Matter

2015

Writer

4.6
Writing

"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 se...

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

2015

as Self (archive footage)

7.2
Acting

A personal and captivating account of the extraordinary life and work of Ingrid Bergman (1915-82), a young Swedish woman who became one of the most ce...

Liv & Ingmar

Liv & Ingmar

2012

as Self (archive footage)

6.8
Acting

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

Palme

Palme

2012

7.6
Acting

Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was openly shot to death on a February evening 1986 on the streets of Stockholm. In one night, the country of Sweden...

Viaggio in Bergmania

Viaggio in Bergmania

2011

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

This is a cinematic pilgrimage by two young Turkish directors to their biggest source of inspiration, Ingmar Bergman. Their desire to approach even fu...

… But Film Is My Mistress

… But Film Is My Mistress

2010

as Self

6.2
Acting

Guided by Liv Ullmann and with commentaries from a number of prominent filmmakers for whom Bergman is and remains an important influence - such as Woo...

Images from the Playground

Images from the Playground

2009

as Self

6.5
Acting

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 frå...

Bergman 101

Bergman 101

2009

Acting

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...

Bergmans Hushållerska

Bergmans Hushållerska

2009

as Self (Archive Footage)

10.0
Acting

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 harass...

Palermo Shooting

Palermo Shooting

2008

In Memory Of

6.2

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 c...

The Ghost Sonata

The Ghost Sonata

2007

Director

5.8
Directing

The Ghost Sonata relates the adventures of a young student, who idealizes the lives of the inhabitants of a stylish apartment building in Stockholm. H...

Döden, motljuset och groggen

2007

Acting

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...

Året var 1957

Året var 1957

2007

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

1957 - this is when the space age begins. The Soviets send up Sputnik 1 and 2. The whole world searches the sky for moving stars and the radio amateur...

Filmmakers in Action

Filmmakers in Action

2006

as Self (archive footage)

6.8
Acting

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...

Bergman Island

Bergman Island

2006

as Self - Filmmaker

7.5
Acting

The desolate and mysterious island of Fårö, Sweden, Baltic Sea, 2004. Swedish master filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) looks back on his personal a...

Bergman's Sonata

Bergman's Sonata

2005

Writer

Writing

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

Ingmar Bergman Bids Farewell to Film

Ingmar Bergman Bids Farewell to Film

2004

as Self

6.0
Acting

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

The Search for Sanity

The Search for Sanity

2004

as Self

10.0
Acting

A short documentary about Hour of the Wolf.

Passion of Anna: Disintegration of Passion

2004

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

A documentary about En Passion

Directed by Bergman (The Making of Saraband)

Directed by Bergman (The Making of Saraband)

2003

as Self

7.3
Acting

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

Saraband

Saraband

2003

Director, Writer

7.3
Directing Writing

In this sequel to Scenes from a Marriage (1973), we revisit the characters of Johan and Marianne, then a married couple. After their divorce, Johan an...

Heart of the Festival

Heart of the Festival

2002

4.0
Acting

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

Ingmar Bergman: Intermezzo

2002

as Himself

6.2
Acting

Ingmar Bergman speaks with Gunnar Bergdahl.

Woody Allen on Ingmar Bergman

Woody Allen on Ingmar Bergman

2002

Acting

American director Woody Allen talks to English film critic Mark Kermode about the films of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman. Allen has always been a ch...

Filmstaden

Filmstaden

2001

Acting

'Filmstaden', a film studio in Stockholm where directors Victor Sjöström, Mauritz Stiller, Ingmar Bergman among others worked - as well as many promin...

An Image Maker

An Image Maker

2001

as Himself

Acting

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

The Image Makers

The Image Makers

2000

Director

6.5
Directing

Per Olov Enquist's play about Selma Lagerlöf and Victor Sjöström after the shooting of The Phantom Carriage. Director Victor Sjöström has been shootin...

Faithless

Faithless

2000

Writer

6.7
Writing

Scripted by Ingmar Bergman, this very personal film is about a destructive affair which wrecks the marriage of an actress (Marianne) and musician (Mar...

Federico Fellini's Autobiography

Federico Fellini's Autobiography

2000

as Self (archive footage)

6.3
Acting

Federico Fellini was one of the most individual and thought provoking directors who based most of his films upon his own reflections, dreams, life eve...

Light Keeps Me Company

Light Keeps Me Company

2000

as Self

7.8
Acting

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 ...

Ingmar Bergman: Reflections on Life, Death, and Love

Ingmar Bergman: Reflections on Life, Death, and Love

2000

7.5
Acting

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 no...

In the Presence of a Clown

In the Presence of a Clown

1998

as Mental patient

7.0
Acting

Inventor Carl Åkerblom is a rosy-cheeked 54 year-old admirer of Franz Schubert - and a patient in the psychiatric ward of Akademiska Hospital in Uppsa...

In the Presence of a Clown

In the Presence of a Clown

1998

Writer, Director

7.0
Writing Directing

Inventor Carl Åkerblom is a rosy-cheeked 54 year-old admirer of Franz Schubert - and a patient in the psychiatric ward of Akademiska Hospital in Uppsa...

Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work

Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work

1998

as Self

7.2
Acting

TV Documentary about Ingmar Bergman from 1998.

I sällskap med en clown

I sällskap med en clown

1997

as Self

Acting

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

Bergmans röst

1997

as Himself

Acting

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 f...

Private Confessions

Private Confessions

1996

Writer

6.2
Writing

Five conversations frame a flawed marriage in this film written by Ingmar Bergman about his parents. Guilt-ridden wife Anna (Pernilla August) divulges...

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

1996

as Self (archive footage)

6.7
Acting

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 p...

Harald & Harald

1996

Director, Writer

5.2
Directing Writing

Harald and Harald read out loud from Culture Commission's final report (SOU 1995:84).

The Last Gasp

The Last Gasp

1995

as Narrator (voice)

7.4
Acting

A fictional meeting at the headquarter of the Swedish Film Industry between the former director Georg af Klercker and the business man behind SF (Sven...

The Last Gasp

The Last Gasp

1995

Director, Screenplay

7.4
Directing Writing

A fictional meeting at the headquarter of the Swedish Film Industry between the former director Georg af Klercker and the business man behind SF (Sven...

Unishe April

Unishe April

1994

Original Concept

7.9

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

The Bacchae

The Bacchae

1993

Director

5.7
Directing

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 Bacc...

The Best Intentions

The Best Intentions

1992

Writer

7.1
Writing

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,...

Inför Markisinnan de Sade

Inför Markisinnan de Sade

1992

7.0
Acting
Sunday's Children

Sunday's Children

1992

Writer

6.2
Writing

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 t...

Madame de Sade

Madame de Sade

1992

Writer, Director

7.4
Writing Directing

A theatre production of Yukio Mishima's play, filmed for Swedish television. It begins in France in 1772. Six Women, one of them Madame de Sade, discu...

New York City Opera: A Little Night Music

New York City Opera: A Little Night Music

1990

Original Story

9.2
Writing

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: la...

Ingmar Bergman in Iceland

Ingmar Bergman in Iceland

1989

as Self

Acting

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...

Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern

Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern

1988

as Self

Acting

The first of two documentaries about Ingmar Bergman produced to mark his 70th birthday. Includes behind the scenes "home movies" from Bergman's person...

Gotska Sandön

Gotska Sandön

1987

Producer, Editor

Producing

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 h...

Introducing 'Scenes from a Marriage'

Introducing 'Scenes from a Marriage'

1986

6.0
Acting

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

Karin's Face

Karin's Face

1986

as Self

6.1
Acting

A film based on the pictures from Ingmar Bergman's personal photo album, especially the pictures of his mother Karin.

Karin's Face

Karin's Face

1986

Director

6.1
Directing

A film based on the pictures from Ingmar Bergman's personal photo album, especially the pictures of his mother Karin.

The Blessed Ones

The Blessed Ones

1986

Director

6.6
Directing

Sune, a dropped out theology student who also is the son of a priest, meets Viveka in a church. The two connect via a theological discussion and event...

Dom Juan

Dom Juan

1985

Director

Directing
The Making of Fanny and Alexander

The Making of Fanny and Alexander

1984

as Self

6.8
Acting

The Making of Fanny and Alexander is a fascinating look at the creation of a masterpiece. Directed by Ingmar Bergman himself, this feature-length docu...

The Making of Fanny and Alexander

The Making of Fanny and Alexander

1984

Director

6.8
Directing

The Making of Fanny and Alexander is a fascinating look at the creation of a masterpiece. Directed by Ingmar Bergman himself, this feature-length docu...

After the Rehearsal

After the Rehearsal

1984

Writer, Director

6.9
Writing Directing

Rational, exacting, and self-controlled theater director, Henrik Vogler, often stays after rehearsal to think and plan. On this day, Anna comes back, ...

The School of Wives

The School of Wives

1983

Director

6.2
Directing

The elderly Arnolphe has decided to marry a young woman, Agnes, whom he has fallen in love with. She is too young and innocent to realize what plans h...

Fanny and Alexander

Fanny and Alexander

1982

Director, Writer

7.8
Directing Writing

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...

Sally and Freedom

Sally and Freedom

1981

Producer

5.5
Producing

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

Intervju med Ingmar Bergman

1981

Acting

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

Victor Sjöström - A Portrait

Victor Sjöström - A Portrait

1981

5.2
Acting

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

From the Life of the Marionettes

From the Life of the Marionettes

1980

Director, Writer, Producer

7.3
Directing Writing Producing

Peter and Katarina are at a marital crossroads, but, when he brutally kills a burlesque dancer, their domestic squabbles are rendered trivial by compa...

Fårö Document 1979

Fårö Document 1979

1979

as Ingmar Bergman

6.6
Acting

In 1969, with Sven Nykvist as cinematographer, Ingmar Bergman made The Fårö Document, a film that ended with a rather pessimist view of the island’s f...

Fårö Document 1979

Fårö Document 1979

1979

Script, Director

6.6
Directing

In 1969, with Sven Nykvist as cinematographer, Ingmar Bergman made The Fårö Document, a film that ended with a rather pessimist view of the island’s f...

Min älskade

Min älskade

1979

Producer

Producing

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

A Look at Liv

1979

as Self

Acting

Using original footage and interviews, family photos, and excepts from many of the actress's screen and stage performances, the film explores sources ...

Det hender ikke meg

Det hender ikke meg

1979

as Self

Acting

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

Autumn Sonata

Autumn Sonata

1978

Screenplay, Director

8.0
Writing Directing

After a seven-year absence, Charlotte Andergast travels to Sweden to reunite with her daughter Eva. The pair have a troubled relationship: Charlotte s...

Rätt ut i luften

Rätt ut i luften

1978

Producer

Producing

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

Ingmar Bergman at 60

Ingmar Bergman at 60

1978

as Interviewee

Acting

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

The Serpent's Egg

The Serpent's Egg

1977

Writer, Director

6.3
Writing Directing

Berlin, 1923. Following the suicide of his brother, American circus acrobat Abel Rosenberg attempts to survive while facing unemployment, depression, ...

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

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

1977

Acting
Summer Paradise

Summer Paradise

1977

Producer

5.3
Producing

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...

The Dance of the Damned Women

The Dance of the Damned Women

1976

Director, Producer, Writer

7.1
Directing Producing Writing

The film shows four women moving in a crowded, closed room to the music of Monteverdi. They represent women living by passing on a role that is passed...

Face to Face

Face to Face

1976

Director, Writer

7.3
Directing Writing

Dr. Jenny Isaksson is a psychiatrist whose temporary position at a mental hospital offers only modest responsibilities. With her husband out of the co...

Three Scenes with Ingmar Bergman

1976

Acting

"Three Scenes with Ingmar Bergman" is quite an interesting documentary which is basically a sequence of interviews with Ingmar Bergman where Bergman h...

The Magic Flute

The Magic Flute

1975

as Man in Audience (uncredited)

7.3
Acting

The Queen of the Night enlists a handsome prince named Tamino to rescue her beautiful kidnapped daughter, Princess Pamina, in this screen adaptation o...

The Magic Flute

The Magic Flute

1975

Screenplay, Director

7.3
Writing Directing

The Queen of the Night enlists a handsome prince named Tamino to rescue her beautiful kidnapped daughter, Princess Pamina, in this screen adaptation o...

Silence! Cameras! The Magic Flute!

1975

as Self

6.0
Acting

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

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

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

1974

as Self

Acting

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

Scenes from a Marriage

Scenes from a Marriage

1974

as Voice of the Press Photographer (uncredited)

8.1
Acting

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 ...

Scenes from a Marriage

Scenes from a Marriage

1974

Writer, Director

8.1
Writing Directing

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 ...

The Misanthrope

The Misanthrope

1974

Director

6.0
Directing

Bergman took one of his favourite plays to Copenhagen for a guest performance, which was even broadcast on Danish TV. In his Copenhagen The Misanthrop...

Foto: Sven Nykvist

1973

as Self

Acting

A short documentary about the work of Swedish cinematographer and Ingmar Bergman collaborator, Sven Nykvist,, emphasizing his style of lighting and se...

The Lie

The Lie

1973

Writer

6.0
Writing

An Ingmar Bergman script. Produced for Swedish Television as "Reservatet" (1970) and for BBC as "The Lie" (1971). An American couple is trapped in the...

Cries and Whispers

Cries and Whispers

1972

as Narrator (voice)

7.9
Acting

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.

Cries and Whispers

Cries and Whispers

1972

Director, Screenplay, Producer

7.9
Directing Writing Producing

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

Ingmar Bergman

1972

as Self

6.2
Acting

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

The Touch

The Touch

1971

Director, Writer, Producer

6.1
Directing Writing Producing

A Swedish housewife begins an adulterous affair with a foreign archaeologist. But he is an emotionally scarred man, a Jewish survivor from a concentra...

The Lie

The Lie

1970

Writer

6.0
Writing

Ingmar Bergman play looking at the cool and brittle relationship between a successful architect (Frank Finlay) and his academic wife (Gemma Jones). Co...

The Lie

The Lie

1970

Writer

Writing

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

Fårö Document

Fårö Document

1970

as Reporter (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

Bergman interviews the locals of Fårö in this fascinating documentary. An expression of personal and political solidarity with the fellow inhabitants ...

Fårö Document

Fårö Document

1970

Director

7.0
Directing

Bergman interviews the locals of Fårö in this fascinating documentary. An expression of personal and political solidarity with the fellow inhabitants ...

The Passion of Anna

The Passion of Anna

1969

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

7.5
Acting

Andreas, a man struggling with the recent demise of his marriage and his own emotional isolation, befriends a married couple also in the midst of psyc...

The Passion of Anna

The Passion of Anna

1969

Writer, Director

7.5
Writing Directing

Andreas, a man struggling with the recent demise of his marriage and his own emotional isolation, befriends a married couple also in the midst of psyc...

The Rite

The Rite

1969

as Priest

6.9
Acting

A judge in an unnamed country interviews three actors, together and singly, provoking them while investigating a pornographic performance for which th...

The Rite

The Rite

1969

Director, Writer

6.9
Directing Writing

A judge in an unnamed country interviews three actors, together and singly, provoking them while investigating a pornographic performance for which th...

Shame

Shame

1968

Director, Screenplay

7.5
Directing Writing

In the midst of a civil war, former violinists Jan and Eva Rosenberg, who have a tempestuous marriage, run a farm on a rural island. In spite of their...

An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman

An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman

1968

as Self

Acting

Produced in 1968 for New York's WNET public television station and filmed by Gunnar Fischer, host Lewis Freedman visits director Ingmar Bergman during...

Hour of the Wolf

Hour of the Wolf

1968

Director, Writer

7.4
Directing Writing

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

Stimulantia

Stimulantia

1967

as Self

6.1
Acting

Stimulantia is a 1967 Swedish anthology film comprising eight episodes by eight different directors including Ingmar Bergman, Jörn Donner, Gustaf Mola...

Daniel

Daniel

1967

as Self

8.0
Acting

Short film with footage Bergman shot of his infant son and later included in the Swedish omnibus film "Stimulantia" (1967).

Stimulantia

Stimulantia

1967

Director of Photography, Director, Writer

6.1
Directing Writing

Stimulantia is a 1967 Swedish anthology film comprising eight episodes by eight different directors including Ingmar Bergman, Jörn Donner, Gustaf Mola...

Daniel

Daniel

1967

Director

8.0
Directing

Short film with footage Bergman shot of his infant son and later included in the Swedish omnibus film "Stimulantia" (1967).

Persona

Persona

1966

Screenplay, Producer, Director

8.2
Writing Producing Directing

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 ...

Dance Around the Guldbaggen

Dance Around the Guldbaggen

1964

as Self

Acting

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 t...

All These Women

All These Women

1964

Screenplay, Director

6.1
Writing Directing

Pretentious critic Cornelius is writing a biography on a famous cellist and to do some research he stays in the critic's house for a few days. He does...

The Silence

The Silence

1963

Director, Screenplay

7.5
Directing Writing

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 Dream Play

A Dream Play

1963

Director

7.5
Directing

"A dream play" - This made-for-television film constituted Bergman’s first production of Strindberg’s A Dream Play – a play he would revisit three tim...

Wood Painting

Wood Painting

1963

Writer

6.0
Writing

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 wi...

Winter Light

Winter Light

1963

Director, Writer

7.9
Directing Writing

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

Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie

Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie

1963

as Self

7.3
Acting

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–Yell...

The City

The City

1962

Writer

Writing

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 ...

The Pleasure Garden

The Pleasure Garden

1961

Writer

7.0
Writing

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 F...

Through a Glass Darkly

Through a Glass Darkly

1961

Screenplay, Director

7.8
Writing Directing

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,...

The Devil's Eye

The Devil's Eye

1960

Director, Screenplay

7.2
Directing Writing

The devil has a stye in his eye, caused by the purity of a vicar's daughter. To get rid of it, he sends Don Juan up from hell to seduce the 20 year ol...

The Virgin Spring

The Virgin Spring

1960

Director, Producer

7.8
Directing Producing

Devout Christians Töre and Märeta send their only daughter, the virginal Karin, and their foster daughter, the unrepentant Ingeri, to deliver candles ...

The Storm

The Storm

1960

Director

5.8
Directing

An elderly gentleman lives alone with his maid Louise. He spends his days chatting with the confectioner who lives and works downstairs, playing ches...

The Magician

The Magician

1958

Writer, Director

7.3
Writing Directing

Dr. Vogler's, a nineteenth-century traveling mesmerist and peddler of potions, magic is put to the test in Stockholm by the cruel, eminently rational ...

Rabies

Rabies

1958

Director

6.3
Directing

A relay race of "scenes from human life". Depicts the human characters inferior traits are spreading like a disease: the person who gets rejected / hu...

Brink of Life

Brink of Life

1958

Director, Writer

7.5
Directing Writing

Three women in a maternity ward reveal their lives and intimate thoughts to each other.

The Venetian

The Venetian

1958

Director

4.2
Directing

A young beautiful man from Milan arrives at the carnival in Venice. He meets two flirtatious women.

The Minister of Uddarbo

The Minister of Uddarbo

1957

Additional Writing

A devoted but controversial priest comes to a Swedish village. He encounters conflicts with the locals. The priest has some problems within his family...

Night Light

Night Light

1957

Scenario Writer

4.0
Writing

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

Wild Strawberries

1957

Screenplay, Director

8.1
Writing Directing

Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receiv...

Mr. Sleeman Is Coming

Mr. Sleeman Is Coming

1957

Director

5.6
Directing

Herr Sleeman kommer is a 1917 one-act play by the Swedish author Hjalmar Bergman. The main character is an orphaned young woman who is about to be mar...

The Seventh Seal

The Seventh Seal

1957

Screenplay, Director, Author

8.2
Writing Directing

When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Dea...

Last Pair Out

Last Pair Out

1956

Screenplay

5.6
Writing

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....

Smiles of a Summer Night

Smiles of a Summer Night

1955

Screenplay, Director

7.4
Writing Directing

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...

Dreams

Dreams

1955

as Man with a poodle at the hotel

7.1
Acting

Susanne is a woman in her mid-30s and the owner of a modeling agency in Stockholm. She accompanies her prize model, Doris, on a trip to Gothenburg so ...

Dreams

Dreams

1955

Writer, Director

7.1
Writing Directing

Susanne is a woman in her mid-30s and the owner of a modeling agency in Stockholm. She accompanies her prize model, Doris, on a trip to Gothenburg so ...

A Lesson in Love

A Lesson in Love

1954

6.8
Acting

After 15 years of marriage, David and Marianne have grown apart. David has had an affair with a patient of his and Marianne has got herself involved w...

A Lesson in Love

A Lesson in Love

1954

Writer, Director, Art Direction

6.8
Writing Directing

After 15 years of marriage, David and Marianne have grown apart. David has had an affair with a patient of his and Marianne has got herself involved w...

Sawdust and Tinsel

Sawdust and Tinsel

1953

Writer, Director

7.3
Writing Directing

The complicated relationships between a circus ringmaster, his estranged wife and his lover.

Summer with Monika

Summer with Monika

1953

Director, Writer

7.3
Directing Writing

Monika from Stockholm falls in love with Harry, a young man on holiday. When she becomes pregnant they are forced into a marriage, which begins to fal...

Waiting Women

Waiting Women

1952

as Man in the Stairs at the Gynecologist's (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

Rakel, Marta, Karin and Annette are married to four brothers. While waiting in a summer cottage for their husbands to come home, they tell each other ...

Waiting Women

Waiting Women

1952

Director, Writer

6.5
Directing Writing

Rakel, Marta, Karin and Annette are married to four brothers. While waiting in a summer cottage for their husbands to come home, they tell each other ...

Divorced

Divorced

1951

Screenplay

5.0
Writing

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...

Summer Interlude

Summer Interlude

1951

Director, Writer

7.4
Directing Writing

A jaded prima ballerina reminisces about her first love affair after she is unexpectedly sent her lover's old diary.

This Can't Happen Here

This Can't Happen Here

1950

Director

5.1
Directing

Atka Natas is a secret agent from the oppressive regime of Liquidatzia. He visits his estranged wife Vera, a chemist who is involved with a group of e...

While the City Sleeps

While the City Sleeps

1950

Screenplay

6.2
Writing

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....

To Joy

To Joy

1950

as Expecting Father at the Maternity Ward (uncredited)

6.9
Acting

After learning that his wife has been killed in an accident, a violinist looks back on their relationship.

To Joy

To Joy

1950

Director, Writer

6.9
Directing Writing

After learning that his wife has been killed in an accident, a violinist looks back on their relationship.

Thirst

Thirst

1949

6.4
Acting

A needy couple in a bad marriage travel back to Stockholm after a trip to Italy. Meanwhile, a widow resists seductions from two different persons - he...

Thirst

Thirst

1949

Director

6.4
Directing

A needy couple in a bad marriage travel back to Stockholm after a trip to Italy. Meanwhile, a widow resists seductions from two different persons - he...

Prison

Prison

1949

Director, Writer

7.2
Directing Writing

A movie director is approached by his old math teacher with a great movie idea: the Devil declares that the Earth is hell. The director rejects the id...

Eva

Eva

1948

Screenplay, Novel

6.0
Writing

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 tha...

Port of Call

Port of Call

1948

Director, Screenplay

6.7
Directing Writing

Berit is a young woman with problems. She is suicidal and depressed. Since it has been impossible for her to live with her mother, she has spent many ...

Music in Darkness

Music in Darkness

1948

as A Train Passenger Reading a Newspaper (uncredited)

6.2
Acting

Because of an accident at a military drill the recruit Bengt loses his eyesight and becomes blind. He gets to live with relatives in the countryside a...

Music in Darkness

Music in Darkness

1948

Director

6.2
Directing

Because of an accident at a military drill the recruit Bengt loses his eyesight and becomes blind. He gets to live with relatives in the countryside a...

A Ship to India

A Ship to India

1947

6.5
Acting

Sailor Johannes Blom returns to his home port, after seven years at sea, to find that Sally, the girl he has been thinking of while away, is completel...

A Ship to India

A Ship to India

1947

Director, Screenplay

6.5
Directing Writing

Sailor Johannes Blom returns to his home port, after seven years at sea, to find that Sally, the girl he has been thinking of while away, is completel...

Woman Without a Face

Woman Without a Face

1947

Writer

5.7
Writing

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 ...

It Rains on Our Love

It Rains on Our Love

1946

Screenplay, Director

6.9
Writing Directing

Maggi meets David after having missed her train, and they spend the night together. Penniless, the young lovers break into a summer cottage. The owner...

Crisis

Crisis

1946

Director, Writer

6.4
Directing Writing

A poor Swedish piano teacher and her foster daughter’s lives are upended when the child’s biological mother arrives in their small town to reclaim her...

Torment

Torment

1944

7.1
Acting

Jan-Erik Widgren meets the lonely Bertha Olsson, a woman struggling with alcoholism. Though Bertha is already linked to Caligula, Jan-Erik's heartless...

Torment

Torment

1944

Writer, Assistant Director

7.1
Writing Directing

Jan-Erik Widgren meets the lonely Bertha Olsson, a woman struggling with alcoholism. Though Bertha is already linked to Caligula, Jan-Erik's heartless...

Shame: The Search for Humanity

N/A

Acting

A short documentary about Skammen