The Baby Carriage

The Baby Carriage

Directed by Bo Widerberg • 1963 • Sweden
Starring Inger Taube, Tommy Berggren, Lars Passgård

Infused with a jazzy, nouvelle vague–inspired energy, Bo Widerberg’s feature debut has the freshness of youth. Building on his film criticism’s call for a socially relevant Swedish cinema, the writer turned director offers a vivid portrait of a young factory worker (Inger Taube) finding her way toward independence as she weathers unexpected pregnancy, learns hard lessons from relationships with two very different men, and leaves behind the only home she has ever known. Abetted by fellow filmmaker Jan Troell’s coolly beautiful monochrome cinematography, Widerberg takes a bold first step in his mission to create a cinema that is both engaged and engaging.

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The Baby Carriage
  • The Baby Carriage

    Directed by Bo Widerberg • 1963 • Sweden
    Starring Inger Taube, Tommy Berggren, Lars Passgård

    Infused with a jazzy, nouvelle vague–inspired energy, Bo Widerberg’s feature debut has the freshness of youth. Building on his film criticism’s call for a socially relevant Swedish cinema, the writer tur...

Extras

  • Ruben Östlund on Bo Widerberg

    In this interview, conducted in 2023, filmmaker Ruben Östlund discusses his creative collaboration with one of director Bo Widerberg’s contemporaries, producer Kalle Boman, and the influence of Widerberg on Swedish cinema.

  • Bo Widerberg on THE BABY CARRIAGE

    In this 1963 interview for the Swedish television program “Aktuellt,” director Bo Widerberg discusses the national film industry and his debut feature, THE BABY CARRIAGE.

  • THE BOY AND THE KITE Introduction by Jan Troell

  • The Boy and the Kite

    Directed by Bo Widerberg • 1962 • Sweden

    Made in 1962 in Malmö, Sweden, THE BOY AND THE KITE (Pojken och draken) is Bo Widerberg’s first short film. Based on Widerberg’s script, it was codirected and shot by filmmaker Jan Troell on a 16 mm Paillard camera.