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Ingmar Bergman

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Ingmar Bergman

Born July 14, 1918 in Uppsala, Uppsala län, SwedenDied July 30, 200767 films

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."

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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 the island of Fårö. He also had a theatrical career that ran in parallel with his film career. It included periods as Leading Director of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm and of the Residenztheater in Munich. He directed more than 170 plays. He forged a creative partnership with his cinematographers Gunnar Fischer and Sven Nykvist. Among his company of actors were Harriet Andersson, Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Gunnar Björnstrand, Erland Josephson, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnel Lindblom and Max von Sydow.

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The Seventh Seal posterFirst watchThe Seventh Seal19578.1When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Persona poster8.1Persona1966Wild Strawberries poster8.1Wild Strawberries1957Fanny and Alexander poster7.8Fanny and Alexander1982Cries and Whispers poster7.9Cries and Whispers1972Autumn Sonata poster8.0Autumn Sonata1978The Virgin Spring poster7.8The Virgin Spring1960Winter Light poster7.9Winter Light1963Through a Glass Darkly poster7.8Through a Glass Darkly1961

Filmography

67 films as director
  1. 2007The Ghost SonataDirector
  2. 2003SarabandDirector
  3. 2000The Image MakersDirector
  4. 1998In the Presence of a ClownDirector
  5. 1996Harald & HaraldDirector
  6. 1995The Last GaspDirector
  7. 1993The BacchaeDirector
  8. 1992Madame de SadeDirector
  9. 1986Karin's FaceDirector
  10. 1986The Blessed OnesDirector
  11. 1985Dom JuanDirector
  12. 1984The Making of Fanny and AlexanderDirector
  13. 1984After the RehearsalDirector
  14. 1983The School of WivesDirector
  15. 1982Fanny and AlexanderDirector
  16. 1980From the Life of the MarionettesDirector
  17. 1979Fårö Document 1979Director
  18. 1978The Making of Autumn SonataDirector
  19. 1978Autumn SonataDirector
  20. 1977The Serpent's EggDirector
  21. 1976The Dance of the Damned WomenDirector
  22. 1976Face to FaceDirector
  23. 1975The Magic FluteDirector
  24. 1974Scenes from a MarriageDirector
  25. 1974The MisanthropeDirector
  26. 1972Cries and WhispersDirector
  27. 1971The TouchDirector
  28. 1970Fårö DocumentDirector
  29. 1969The Passion of AnnaDirector
  30. 1969The RiteDirector
  31. 1968ShameDirector
  32. 1968Hour of the WolfDirector
  33. 1967StimulantiaDirector
  34. 1967DanielDirector
  35. 1966PersonaDirector
  36. 1964All These WomenDirector
  37. 1963The SilenceDirector
  38. 1963A Dream PlayDirector
  39. 1963Winter LightDirector
  40. 1961Through a Glass DarklyDirector
  41. 1960The Devil's EyeDirector
  42. 1960The Virgin SpringDirector
  43. 1960The StormDirector
  44. 1958The MagicianDirector
  45. 1958RabiesDirector
  46. 1958Brink of LifeDirector
  47. 1958The VenetianDirector
  48. 1957Behind the Scenes of Wild StrawberriesDirector
  49. 1957Wild StrawberriesDirector
  50. 1957Mr. Sleeman Is ComingDirector
  51. 1957The Seventh SealDirector
  52. 1955Smiles of a Summer NightDirector
  53. 1955DreamsDirector
  54. 1954A Lesson in LoveDirector
  55. 1953Sawdust and TinselDirector
  56. 1953Summer with MonikaDirector
  57. 1952Waiting WomenDirector
  58. 1951Summer InterludeDirector
  59. 1950This Can't Happen HereDirector
  60. 1950To JoyDirector
  61. 1949ThirstDirector
  62. 1949PrisonDirector
  63. 1948Port of CallDirector
  64. 1948Music in DarknessDirector
  65. 1947A Ship to IndiaDirector
  66. 1946It Rains on Our LoveDirector
  67. 1946CrisisDirector