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Saraband (2003)

TV Movie  -  R 107 min  -  Drama | Music
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Marianne, some thirty years after divorcing Johan, 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.

Director:

Ingmar Bergman

Writer:

Ingmar Bergman

Stars:

Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson and Börje Ahlstedt
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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. 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. 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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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Liv Ullmann ...
Erland Josephson ...
Börje Ahlstedt Börje Ahlstedt ...
Henrik
Julia Dufvenius ...
Karin
Gunnel Fred Gunnel Fred ...
Martha
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Marianne and Johan meet again after thirty years without contact, when Marianne suddenly feels a need to see her ex-husband again. She decides to visit Johan at his old summer house in the western province of Dalarna. And so, one beautiful autumn day, there she is, beside his reclining chair, waking him with a light kiss. Staying at a cottage on the property are Johan's son Henrik and Henrik's daughter Karin. Henrik is giving his daughter cello lessons and already sees her future as staked out. Relations between father and son are very strained, but both are protective of Karin. They are all still mourning Anna, Henrik's much-loved wife, who died two years ago, yet who, in many ways, remains present among them. Marianne soon realizes that things are not all as they should be, and she finds herself unwillingly drawn into a complicated and upsetting power struggle. Written by Sujit R. Varma  

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Visit | Cello Lesson | Marriage | Cello | Summer Home  | See more »

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Drama | Music

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for brief nudity, language and a violent image See all certifications »

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Sweden | Italy | Germany | Finland | Denmark | Austria

Language:

Swedish | English (some dialogue) | German (some dialogue)

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Also Known As:

Jelenetek egy házasságból 2. - Saraband See more »

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$34,304 (USA) (10 July 2005) (4 Screens)

Gross:

$645,634 (USA) (30 October 2005)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Danmarks Radio (DR), Network Movie Film-und Fernsehproduktion, Nordisk Film- & TV-Fond See more »
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Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1
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Trivia

Last film project directed by Ingmar Bergman. See more »

Goofs

Plot holes: There are some interesting discrepancies in relation to the time line of the characters. The ages given for the characters are 63 (Marianne), 86 (Johan) and 61 (Henrik). Marianne says that she has not seen Johan for 32 years and that they had been married for 16 years. This means that she married Johan when she was 15 and he was 38. Johan had a falling out with his son when Henrik was 18/19, which must have been after Johan's marriage to Marianne. See more »

Connections

Featured in The Bergman Trilogy (2004) See more »

Soundtracks

"String Quartet no. 1 in C Minor, Opus 51"
Composed by Johannes Brahms
Performed by The Alban Berg Quartet See more »