Director Stig Björkman drew from these six minutes of 8 mm footage, shot by Ingrid Bergman in the 1930s and given to the filmmaker by Bergman’s daughter Pia Lindström, for INGRID BERGMAN: IN HER OWN WORDS
Directed by Stig Björkman • 2015 • Sweden
Whether headlining films in Sweden, Italy, or Hollywood, Ingrid Bergman always pierced the screen with a singular soulfulness. With this new documentary, made on the occasion of the one hundredth anniversary of Bergman's birth, director Stig Björkman all...
This introduction to A LESSON IN LOVE was created in 2003 as part of a series of introductions that Marie Nyreröd recorded with Ingmar Bergman to many of his films. Shot in Bergman’s screening room on Fårö Island, these pieces were designed to precede the films when shown on Swedish television.
In this short interview, conducted by reporter Marie Nyreröd for SVT Svensk Television in the summer of 2003, director Ingmar Bergman talks about his great affection for SUMMER WITH MONIKA, its production, and his relationship at the time with actress Harriet Andersson.
Ingmar Bergman discusses THE MAGICIAN in this 1967 interview conducted for Swedish television.
In this short introduction, recorded in his theater on Fårö Island, director Ingmar Bergman reflects on the surprise success of SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT. This piece was produced by reporter Marie Nyreröd for SVT Svensk Television in the summer of 2003.
In this excerpt from a summer 2003 interview conducted by Marie Nyreröd for SVT Svensk Television, director Ingmar Bergman talks about AUTUMN SONATA.
The following introduction was recorded by director Ingmar Bergman in 2003.
This 1998 documentary, produced for Swedish television, features a conversation between director Ingmar Bergman and writer and filmmaker Jörn Donner.
This introduction to WILD STRAWBERRIES was created in 2003 as part of a series of introductions that Marie Nyreröd recorded with Ingmar Bergman to many of his films. Shot in Bergman’s screening room on Fårö Island, these pieces were designed to precede the films when shown on Swedish television.
This introduction to THE SEVENTH SEAL was created in 2003 as part of a series of introductions that Marie Nyreröd recorded with Ingmar Bergman to many of his films. Shot in Bergman’s screening room on Fårö Island, these pieces were designed to precede the films when shown on Swedish television.
Director Ingmar Bergman was invited to speak at the American Film Institute, in Los Angeles, on October 31, 1975, as part of the Harold Lloyd Master Seminars. Presented here is edited version of that seminar.
This fifty-minute documentary from 1996 looks at the life of actor Ingrid Bergman, from the heights of her Hollywood success to the relationship with director Roberto Rossellini that almost ruined her career. Produced and narrated by Pia Lindström, Bergman's daughter from her first marriage, it i...
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–YELLOW, 1967), and a crew from Swedish Television begin to capture what would become a comprehensive five-part documentary on the making of WINTER LIGHT.
Directed by Stig Björkman • 2015 • Sweden
Whether headlining films in Sweden, Italy, or Hollywood, Ingrid Bergman always pierced the screen with a singular soulfulness. With this new documentary, made on the occasion of the one hundredth anniversary of Bergman's birth, director Stig Björkman all...
Before she conquered Hollywood, Ingrid Bergman starred in a number of films in her native Sweden that showcased her daring range and passionate depth as an actor. Then in 1949, at the height of her stardom, she decamped for Italy to star in neorealist titan Roberto Rossellini’s STROMBOLI. It was ...
When Ingmar Bergman cast Liv Ullmann in PERSONA, he initiated a remarkable creative partnership that would last well beyond the passionate, years-long affair that also blossomed between them.
In the following excerpt from an interview originally recorded for Swedish television in 1966, PERSONA’s director and lead actors discuss the evolution of the film and their individual interpretations of it.
The following excerpted audio interview with longtime Ingmar Bergman cinematographer Sven Nykvist is illustrated with clips from several of the films they made together. It was originally recorded on February 7, 1981, during a Harold Lloyd Master Seminar at the American Film Institute in Los Ange...