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Director:
Ingmar Bergman
Writer:
Ingmar Bergman
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Release Date:
5 April 1976 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Drama | Fantasy See more »
Tagline:
A woman's most intimate encounter with the one person she didn't know. Herself.
Plot:
A sensitive exploration of the tragic irony of the psychiatrist suffering with mental illness. Dr. Jenny... See more » | Add synopsis »
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 2 nominations See more »
NewsDesk:
(16 articles)
Ingmar Bergman/Liv Ullmann Documentary: Liv & Ingmar
 (From Alt Film Guide. 20 April 2012, 12:45 PM, PDT)
Blu-ray, DVD Release: Summer with Monika
 (From Disc Dish. 14 March 2012, 1:46 PM, PDT)
Erland Josephson: Ingmar Bergman Actor Dies
 (From Alt Film Guide. 29 February 2012, 3:22 AM, PST)
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Cast

  (in credits order)

Liv Ullmann ... Dr. Jenny Isaksson

Erland Josephson ... Dr. Tomas Jacobi
Aino Taube ... The Grandmother
Gunnar Björnstrand ... The Grandfather
Kristina Adolphson ... Nurse Veronica
Marianne Aminoff ... Jenny's mother
Gösta Ekman ... Mikael Strömberg
Helene Friberg ... Anna
Ulf Johansson ... Helmuth Wankel
Sven Lindberg ... Jenny's husband
Jan-Eric Lindquist (as Jan-Erik Lindqvist)
Birger Malmsten ... Rapist
Sif Ruud ... Elisabeth Wankel
Göran Stangertz ... Rapist
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Lena Olin ... Shop assistant
Rebecca Pawlo ... Shop assistant
Gösta Prüzelius ... Jenny's father
Tore Segelcke ... The woman
Kari Sylwan ... Maria
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Directed by
Ingmar Bergman 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Ingmar Bergman 

Produced by
Lars-Owe Carlberg .... producer
 
Cinematography by
Sven Nykvist 
 
Film Editing by
Siv Lundgren 
 
Production Design by
Anne Hagegård 
Peter Kropenin 
 
Makeup Department
Cecilia Drott .... makeup artist
 
Sound Department
Owe Svensson .... sound mixer
Owe Svensson .... sound
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Arne Carlsson .... still photographer
Bengt Franzen .... assistant camera
Lars Karlsson .... assistant camera
 
Music Department
Käbi Laretei .... musician: piano
 
Other crew
Kerstin Eriksdotter .... script supervisor
David E. Van Houten .... release publicist
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Ansikte mot ansikte" - Sweden (original title)
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Runtime:
114 min | Argentina:120 min | UK:136 min | Sweden:181 min (TV version)
Country:
Sweden | Italy
Language:
Swedish
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Argentina:16 | USA:R | UK:X
Filming Locations:
Filmhusateljéerna, Filmhuset, Svenska Filminstitutet, Gärdet, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Company:
Cinematograph ABSee more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
Originally a four-episode TV series: 1. Uppbrottet (Separation); 2. Gränsen (The Border); 3. Skymningslandet (Twilight Land); 4. Återkomsten (The Return). A total of 181 minutes cut down to 136 minutes.See more »
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Annie Hall (1977)See more »

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11 out of 11 people found the following review useful.
And you thought you knew who you were, 9 September 2007
Author: stalker vogler from Xanadu

The Greeks were the first to understand it: the best dramatic performances are given by women because they have a way of letting out every emotion with the most compelling force. Bergman also understood this and I think his best movies are those that star women in tense dramatic situations: Persona, Cries and Whispers, Passion of Annam Through a Glass Darkly and Face to Face. The long and fruitful collaboration between Bergman and Liv Ulman is one of the greatest director-actor in movie history comparable with Fellini-Massina, Scorsese-De Niro and Welles-himself. Unlike other collaborations Bergman used Ulman in a variety of roles, always changing something substantial, never letting the viewer down. I knew Bergman can reach high intensity but I never guessed that he can go so far as he goes here. The story of a psychiatrist that thinks she has everything sorted out in her life but finds out that she has it worse than her patients really left me speechless. Bergman explored madness before in Hour of the Wolf; in that movie as in this one the viewer is confronted with the decision of what is real and what is in the imagination of the character making the cinematic journey thrilling and surprising

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