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...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Laterna Magica
2025
Writer
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
2025
Original Film Writer
Ingmar Bergman's classic film adapted for the stage.

Året var 1975
2024
as Self (archive footage)
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
2022
as Self (archive footage)
A journey through Swedish queer film history.

Short Cuts: Cries and Whispers
2020
Original Film Writer
Ingmar Bergman's "Cries and Whispers" retold in a single minute.

Persona
2019
Original Film Writer

Feature 136
2018
as Himself (archival footage)
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
2018
"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
2018
Writer
"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)

Bergman: A Year in a Life
2018
as Self (archive footage)
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
2018
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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
2018
as Himself
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.
2018
as Self
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
2018
as Self (archive footage)
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
2017
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
2016
Writer
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
2015
Writer
"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
2015
as Self (archive footage)
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
2012
as Self (archive footage)
The 42 year long relationship between legendary actress Liv Ullmann and master filmmaker Ingmar Bergman.

Palme
2012
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
2011
as Self (archive footage)
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
2010
as Self
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
2009
as Self
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
2009
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
2009
as Self (Archive Footage)
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
2008
In Memory Of
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
2007
Director
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
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
2007
as Self (archive footage)
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
2006
as Self (archive footage)
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
2006
as Self - Filmmaker
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
2005
Writer
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
2004
as Self
A conversation between Bergman and film critic Nils Petter Sundgren recorded for Swedish television in 1984.

The Search for Sanity
2004
as Self
A short documentary about Hour of the Wolf.
Passion of Anna: Disintegration of Passion
2004
as Self (archive footage)
A documentary about En Passion

Directed by Bergman (The Making of Saraband)
2003
as Self
A documentary about the production of Ingmar Bergman's TV film "Saraband."

Saraband
2003
Director, Writer
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
2002
A short film containing some of the highlights of the Cannes Film Festival's storied history.
Ingmar Bergman: Intermezzo
2002
as Himself
Ingmar Bergman speaks with Gunnar Bergdahl.

Woody Allen on Ingmar Bergman
2002
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
2001
'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
2001
as Himself
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
2000
Director
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
2000
Writer
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
2000
as Self (archive footage)
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
2000
as Self
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
2000
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
1998
as Mental patient
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
1998
Writer, Director
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
1998
as Self
TV Documentary about Ingmar Bergman from 1998.

I sällskap med en clown
1997
as Self
One hour making-of of Bergman's In The Presence of A Clown.
Bergmans röst
1997
as Himself
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
1996
Writer
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
1996
as Self (archive footage)
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
Harald and Harald read out loud from Culture Commission's final report (SOU 1995:84).

The Last Gasp
1995
as Narrator (voice)
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
1995
Director, Screenplay
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
1994
Original Concept
A female dancer becomes famous but loses her relationship with her daughter on the way.

The Bacchae
1993
Director
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
1992
Writer
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
1992

Sunday's Children
1992
Writer
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
1992
Writer, Director
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
1990
Original Story
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
1989
as Self
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
1988
as Self
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
1987
Producer, Editor
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'
1986
A short documentary about "Scenes from a Marriage" (1973).

Karin's Face
1986
as Self
A film based on the pictures from Ingmar Bergman's personal photo album, especially the pictures of his mother Karin.

Karin's Face
1986
Director
A film based on the pictures from Ingmar Bergman's personal photo album, especially the pictures of his mother Karin.

The Blessed Ones
1986
Director
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
1985
Director

The Making of Fanny and Alexander
1984
as Self
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
1984
Director
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
1984
Writer, Director
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
1983
Director
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
1982
Director, Writer
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
1981
Producer
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
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
1981
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
1980
Director, Writer, Producer
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
1979
as Ingmar Bergman
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
1979
Script, Director
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
1979
Producer
"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
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
1979
as Self
Interviews with Kjell who is a cancer patient, children who smoke and various celebrities on their views and experiences on smoking.

Autumn Sonata
1978
Screenplay, Director
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
1978
Producer
An actress is interviewed in front of a studio audience by a "TV personality".

Ingmar Bergman at 60
1978
as Interviewee
Documentary about the Swedish film director, produced for the UK television program "The South Bank."

The Serpent's Egg
1977
Writer, Director
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
1977

Summer Paradise
1977
Producer
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
1976
Director, Producer, Writer
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
1976
Director, Writer
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
"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
1975
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
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
1975
Screenplay, Director
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
A documentary behind the scenes of Ingmar Bergman's The Magic Flute.

The Best Musical in the World: Ingmar Bergman on 'The Magic Flute'
1974
as Self
An interview with film director Ingmar Bergman, conducted by journalist Sigvard Hammar, originally broadcast on Swedish television.

Scenes from a Marriage
1974
as Voice of the Press Photographer (uncredited)
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
1974
Writer, Director
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
1974
Director
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
A short documentary about the work of Swedish cinematographer and Ingmar Bergman collaborator, Sven Nykvist,, emphasizing his style of lighting and se...

The Lie
1973
Writer
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
1972
as Narrator (voice)
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
1972
Director, Screenplay, Producer
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
1972
as Self
Portrait of Ingmar Bergman, made while he was working on The Touch, about his professional and private life in the early 1970s.

The Touch
1971
Director, Writer, Producer
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
1970
Writer
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
1970
Writer
A Swedish couple are trapped in their marriage and way of life. Locked up in their bourgeois inferno.

Fårö Document
1970
as Reporter (uncredited)
Bergman interviews the locals of Fårö in this fascinating documentary. An expression of personal and political solidarity with the fellow inhabitants ...

Fårö Document
1970
Director
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
1969
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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
1969
Writer, Director
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
1969
as Priest
A judge in an unnamed country interviews three actors, together and singly, provoking them while investigating a pornographic performance for which th...

The Rite
1969
Director, Writer
A judge in an unnamed country interviews three actors, together and singly, provoking them while investigating a pornographic performance for which th...

Shame
1968
Director, Screenplay
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
1968
as Self
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
1968
Director, Writer
While vacationing on a remote German island with his pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.

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

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

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

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

Persona
1966
Screenplay, Producer, Director
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
1964
as Self
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
1964
Screenplay, Director
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
1963
Director, Screenplay
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
1963
Director
"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
1963
Writer
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
1963
Director, Writer
A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God.

Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie
1963
as Self
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
1962
Writer
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
1961
Writer
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
1961
Screenplay, Director
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
1960
Director, Screenplay
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
1960
Director, Producer
Devout Christians Töre and Märeta send their only daughter, the virginal Karin, and their foster daughter, the unrepentant Ingeri, to deliver candles ...

The Storm
1960
Director
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
1958
Writer, Director
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
1958
Director
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
1958
Director, Writer
Three women in a maternity ward reveal their lives and intimate thoughts to each other.

The Venetian
1958
Director
A young beautiful man from Milan arrives at the carnival in Venice. He meets two flirtatious women.

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
1957
Scenario Writer
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
1957
Screenplay, Director
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
1957
Director
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
1957
Screenplay, Director, Author
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
1956
Screenplay
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
1955
Screenplay, Director
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
1955
as Man with a poodle at the hotel
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
1955
Writer, Director
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
1954
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
1954
Writer, Director, Art Direction
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
1953
Writer, Director
The complicated relationships between a circus ringmaster, his estranged wife and his lover.

Summer with Monika
1953
Director, Writer
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
1952
as Man in the Stairs at the Gynecologist's (uncredited)
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
1952
Director, Writer
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
1951
Screenplay
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
1951
Director, Writer
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
1950
Director
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
1950
Screenplay
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
1950
as Expecting Father at the Maternity Ward (uncredited)
After learning that his wife has been killed in an accident, a violinist looks back on their relationship.

To Joy
1950
Director, Writer
After learning that his wife has been killed in an accident, a violinist looks back on their relationship.

Thirst
1949
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
1949
Director
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
1949
Director, Writer
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
1948
Screenplay, Novel
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
1948
Director, Screenplay
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
1948
as A Train Passenger Reading a Newspaper (uncredited)
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
1948
Director
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
1947
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
1947
Director, Screenplay
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
1947
Writer
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
1946
Screenplay, Director
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
1946
Director, Writer
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
1944
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
1944
Writer, Assistant Director
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
A short documentary about Skammen