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Ingmar Bergman (1918–2007)


Ernst Ingmar Bergman was born 14 July 1918, son of a priest. The film and TV-series, The Best Intentions is biographical and shows the early marriage of his parents. The film 'Söndagsbarn' depicts a bicycle journey with his father. In the TV-mini Private Confessions is the trilogy closed. Here, as in 'Den Goda Viljan' Pernilla August play his mother... See full bio »

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Filmography

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2005 Bergmanova sonata (TV movie) (play)
 
2003 Saraband (TV movie)
 
2002 Persona (video short)
 
2000 Faithless
 
1997 In the Presence of a Clown (TV movie)
 
1996 Private Confessions (TV movie)
 
1996 Harald & Harald (TV movie)
 
1995 The Last Gasp (TV movie) (play / screenplay)
 
1992 Madame de Sade (TV movie)
 
1991 The Best Intentions (TV mini-series)
 
1990 A Little Night Music (TV movie) (screenplay "Sommarnattens leende")
 
1986 The Making of Fanny and Alexander (documentary)
 
1984 After the Rehearsal (TV movie)
 
1984 Karin's Face (documentary short)
 
1982 Fanny and Alexander (written by)
 
1978 Autumn Sonata (writer)
 
1977 A Little Night Music (suggested by: a film by "Sommarnattens leende")
 
1976 Face to Face
 
1975 The Magic Flute (TV movie) (screenplay)
 
1973 Scenes from a Marriage (TV mini-series)
Analfabeterna (1973) (uncredited)
Tåredalen (1973) (uncredited)
Paula (1973) (uncredited)
Konsten att sopa under mattan (1973) (uncredited)
 
1973 The Lie (TV movie)
 
1971 The Touch (screenplay - uncredited)
 
1970 Play for Today (TV series)
The Lie (1970) (writer)
 
1970 The Lie (TV movie)
 
1970 Sliki na drvo (TV movie) (play)
 
1969 The Passion of Anna (writer)
 
1969 The Rite (TV movie)
 
1968 Shame (writer)
 
1968 Hour of the Wolf (writer)
 
1967 Stimulantia (segment "Daniel")
 
1966 Persona (story and screenplay)
 
1964 All These Women (as Buntel Eriksson)
 
1963 The Silence (writer)
 
1963 Painting-On-Wood (TV movie)
 
1963 Winter Light (writer)
 
1962 Staden (TV movie) (play)
 
1961 The Pleasure Garden (screenplay / as Buntel Eriksson / story / as Buntel Eriksson)
 
1960 The Devil's Eye
 
1958 The Magician (writer)
 
1958 Brink of Life (uncredited)
 
1957 Wild Strawberries (written by)
 
1957 Night Light (uncredited)
 
1957 The Seventh Seal (play "Trämålning" / screenplay)
 
1956 Last Pair Out
 
1955 Dreams
 
1953 Sawdust and Tinsel (uncredited)
 
1953 Summer with Monika (uncredited)
 
1951 Divorced
 
1950 While the City Sleeps (synopsis)
 
1950 To Joy
 
1949 Prison (writer)
 
1948 Eva (screenplay / short story "Trumpetaren och Vår Herre")
 
1948 Port of Call (screenplay)
 
1948 Music in Darkness (screenplay)
 
1946 It Rains on Our Love (screenplay)
 
1946 Crisis
 
1944 Torment
 
Show ShowDirector (67 titles)
2008 On Set Home Movies (video documentary short)
 
2007 Spöksonaten (TV movie)
 
2003 Saraband (TV movie)
 
2000 The Image Makers (TV movie)
 
1997 In the Presence of a Clown (TV movie)
 
1996 Harald & Harald (TV movie)
 
1995 The Last Gasp (TV movie)
 
1993 Backanterna (TV movie)
 
1992 Madame de Sade (TV movie)
 
1986 The Blessed Ones (TV movie)
 
1986 The Making of Fanny and Alexander (documentary)
 
1985 Dom Juan (TV movie)
 
1984 After the Rehearsal (TV movie)
 
1984 Karin's Face (documentary short)
 
1983 Hustruskolan (TV movie)
 
1979 Fårö-dokument 1979 (TV documentary)
 
1978 Autumn Sonata
 
1976 Face to Face
 
1975 The Magic Flute (TV movie) (uncredited)
 
1974 The Misanthrope (TV movie)
 
1973 Scenes from a Marriage (TV mini-series)
Analfabeterna (1973) (uncredited)
Tåredalen (1973) (uncredited)
Paula (1973) (uncredited)
Konsten att sopa under mattan (1973) (uncredited)
 
1971 The Touch
 
1970 Fårö dokument (TV documentary)
 
1969 The Rite (TV movie)
 
1968 Shame
 
1967 Stimulantia (segment "Daniel")
 
1966 Persona
 
1965/I Don Juan (TV movie)
 
1964 All These Women
 
1963 The Silence
 
1963 A Dream Play (TV movie)
 
1963 Winter Light
 
1960 The Devil's Eye
 
1960 Storm Weather (TV movie)
 
1958 The Magician
 
1958 Rabies (TV movie)
 
1958 Brink of Life
 
1958 The Venetian (TV movie)
 
1957 Mr. Sleeman Is Coming (TV movie)
 
1957 Bakomfilm smultronstället (documentary short)
 
1955 Dreams
 
1950 To Joy
 
1949 Thirst
 
1949 Prison
 
1948 Port of Call
 
1946 Crisis
 
Show ShowActor (14 titles)
1997 In the Presence of a Clown (TV movie)
Mental patient (uncredited)
 
1975 The Magic Flute (TV movie)
Man in Audience (uncredited)
 
1973 Scenes from a Marriage (TV mini-series)
Pressfotografens röst
Oskuld och panik (1973) … Pressfotografens röst (voice) (uncredited)
 
1972 Cries & Whispers
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1969 The Passion of Anna
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1969 The Rite (TV movie)
Priest
 
1955 Dreams
Man with poodle (uncredited)
 
1954 A Lesson in Love
Narrator/Man with cap at railway station (uncredited)
 
1952 Secrets of Women
Man in the stairs at the gynecologist's (uncredited)
 
1950 To Joy
Expecting Father at the Maternity Ward (uncredited)
 
1949 Thirst
Train Passenger (uncredited)
 
1948 Music in Darkness
Man with newspaper on the train (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
 
1947 A Ship Bound for India
Man wearing a beret at the funfair (uncredited)
 
1944 Torment
Voice on the Radio (voice) (uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (11 titles)
1987 Gotska Sandön (documentary) (producer)
 
1981 Sally and Freedom (producer)
 
1980 From the Life of the Marionettes (TV movie) (producer)
 
1979 My Beloved (producer)
 
1978 Rätt ut i luften (TV movie) (producer)
 
1977 Paradistorg (producer)
 
1976 De fördömda kvinnornas dans (short) (producer)
 
1971 The Touch (producer - uncredited)
 
1966 Persona (producer)
 
1960 The Virgin Spring (producer - uncredited)
 
1957 Bakomfilm smultronstället (documentary short) (producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (3 titles)
1993 Backanterna (TV movie) (stage director)
 
1973 Scenes from a Marriage (TV mini-series) (speaker - 6 episodes)
Mitt i natten i ett mörkt hus någonstans i världen (1973) (speaker - uncredited)
Analfabeterna (1973) (speaker - uncredited)
Tåredalen (1973) (speaker - uncredited)
Paula (1973) (speaker - uncredited)
Konsten att sopa under mattan (1973) (speaker - uncredited)
 
1957 The Minister of Uddarbo (script consultant - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (3 titles)
1957 The Seventh Seal (lyrics: "HÅLLAS MELLAN RONA", "DET SITTER EN DUVA", "ÖDET ÄR EN RACKARE", "HÄSTEN SITTER I TRÄDET", "SKATS SÅNG")
 
1956 Last Pair Out (lyrics: "DET ÄR LÖRDAG I DAG")
 
1955 Smiles of a Summer Night (writer: "BORT MED SORG OCH BITTERHET")
 
Show ShowCinematographer (2 titles)
2009 Images from the Playground (documentary short)
 
1967 Stimulantia
 
Show ShowArt Director (1 title)
1954 A Lesson in Love (uncredited)
 
1944 Torment (assistant director)
 
Show ShowThanks (12 titles)
2012 The Debridement of Rome (short) (acknowledgment)
 
2011 The Pain of Creation (short) (special thanks for inspiration)
 
2009 Amor o Muerte (short) (in memoriam)
 
2008 Palermo Shooting (in memory of)
 
2008/II Milk (short) (dedicatee - as Ernst Ingmar Bergman)
 
2007 777 (short) (dedicatee)
 
2003 Tehzeeb (this one's for you; the inspiration)
 
1994 Dansaren (documentary) (thanks)
 
1989 Dieter & Andreas (short) (grateful acknowledgment)
 
1984 Ingrid (documentary) (thanks)
 
1973 Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (acknowledgment: "Wild Strawberries" sequence courtesy - as Mr. Ingmar Bergman)
 
Show ShowSelf (26 titles)
2000-2009 Gomorron (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Om hans liv / pictures from his life
Episode dated 30 May 2009 (2009) … Himself - Om hans liv
Ingmar Bergman har lämnat oss (2007) … Himself/pictures from his life
 
2004 Ingmar Bergman: Intermezzo (documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Bergman Island (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Away from Home (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 I Bergmans regi (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Ljuset håller mig sällskap (documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
1998 Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 The Voice of Bergman (documentary)
 
1997 Liv Ullmann scener fra et liv (documentary)
 
1994 Bergman: On Stage (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1989 Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern (TV documentary)
 
1988 The European Film Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1986 Inför 'Scener ur ett äktenskap' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1986 The Making of Fanny and Alexander (documentary)
Himself
 
1981 Victor Seastrom (documentary)
Himself
 
1979 A Look at Liv (documentary)
Himself
 
1978 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Himself
Ingmar Bergman at 60 (1978) … Himself
 
1978 The Bergman File (documentary)
 
1977 Ingmar Bergman inszeniert (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1977 Apropos Film (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode dated 22 February 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1975 Three Scenes with Ingmar Bergman (documentary)
 
1970-1971 Film Night (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 18 September 1971 (1971) … Himself
Elliot Gould (1970) … Himself
 
1971 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 2 August 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1970 The 42nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Commenting on New Freedom and Trends in Film: Pre-Recorded
 
1970 Fårö dokument (TV documentary)
Reporter
 
1963 Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie (TV documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (19 titles)
2013 SK13 (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Liv & Ingmar (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Palme (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Viaggio in Bergmania (documentary)
(voice)
 
2011 Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
 
2009 Hollywood on the Tiber (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 The 80th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
2008 The Orange British Academy Film Awards (TV documentary)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
2008 On Set Home Movies (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 How Soon Is Now? (TV mini-series)
 
2007 Allsång på Skansen (TV series)
 
2006 Un écran nommé désir (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Filmmakers in Action (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Hour of the Wolf: The Search for Sanity (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Passion of Anna: Disintegration of Passion (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 Fellini Narrates: A Discovered Self-Portrait (documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1984 Karin's Face (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 

Related Videos

The Seventh Seal -- Disillusioned and exhausted after a decade of battling in the Crusades, a knight encounters Death on a desolate beach and challenges him to a fateful game of chess. The Best Intentions -- When Scandinavian directors Ingmar Bergman and Bille August joined forces for The Best Intentions, the outcome was a brooding exploration of love set against the volatile Swedish landscape. Taking in breath taking views of both the city and countryside the Best of Intentions dissects the relationship between Bergman’s parents during a time of great change for Sweden; both politically and within society. Saraband -- Marianne (Ullman), some thirty years after divorcing Johan (Josephson), decides to visit her ex-husband at his summer home. She arrives in the middle of a family drama between Johan's son from another marriage and his granddaughter.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage: Directed Kaj Munk's play "Niels Ebbesen" for Dramatikerstudion, Stockholm, Sweden, autumn 1943. See more »

Publicity Listings:

8 Biographical Movies  | 30 Print Biographies  | 4 Interviews  | 37 Articles  | 3 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Official Sites:

Official Site (Swedish) | See more »

Alternate Names:

Ernst Ingmar Bergman | Mr. Ingmar Bergman | Buntel Eriksson

Height:

5' 10½" (1.79 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

Among today's directors I'm of course impressed by Steven Spielberg and Scorsese [Martin Scorsese], and Coppola [Francis Ford Coppola], even if he seems to have ceased making films, and Steven Soderbergh - they all have something to say, they're passionate, they have an idealistic attitude to the filmmaking process... See more »

Trivia:

He retired from filmmaking in 1984, and then in 2003, at the age of 85, he retired from directing plays. See more »

Trademark:

Two characters having an intense and emotional - sometimes heated - conversation while barley looking at each other. See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer