Touching on many of the themes that would define the rest of his legendary career-isolation, performance, the inescapability of the past- the tenth film by Ingmar Bergman (THE SEVENTH SEAL) was a... more
Gunnar Bjornstrand, Max von Sydow. Ingmar Bergman's fascinating story of a medieval knight who enters into a chess game with Death. Directed by Ingmar Bergman. In Swedish with English subtitles.... more
Blanca Engstrom, Shanti Roney. A couple who leave their home to offer aid in Africa leave their 9-year old daughter in the incapable hands of an alcoholic aunt. The youngster soon realizes how... more
Considered by many to be one of the greatest directors of all time from any country, the Swedish-born Ingmar Bergman made his mark on American moviegoers early and often. Here are five of his first... more
Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann. In this critically-acclaimed 2-film epic, a poor farming family from Sweden pulls up its roots and sets out on a quest to America that tests their determination and faith.... more
The controversial softcore films from Sweden that heralded a new era in screen sexuality are available again in a double feature. First, inquisitive sociology buff Lena Nyman interviews people on the... more
A rarely-seen look at a pre-Hollywood Ingrid Bergman in six Swedish films she made before she was 25. From screwball comedy to dramatic thriller to the romantic drama that brought her to America,... more
Winner of the Academy Award for best foreign-language film, Ingmar Bergman's The Virgin Spring is a harrowing tale of faith, revenge, and savagery in medieval Sweden. With austere simplicity, the... more
Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson. Director Ingmar Bergman and lead actress Liv Ullmann each earned Oscar nominations for this mesmerizing story about psychiatrist on the edge of a nervous breakdown. In... more
Anton Glanzelius, Anki Liden. An irrepressibly mischievous boy is shipped off to live with relatives in a rural Swedish village. Includes the bonus short "Shall We Go to My Place or Your Place or... more
Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson. Ingmar Bergman won numerous awards for this impassioned and bitterly honest portrayal of a marriage and its disintegration. Directed by Ingmar Bergman. In Swedish with... more
Harriet Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Ingrid Thulin, Kari Sylwan. This film dramatizes four women's search for spiritual peace in a world that seems to offer only disorder and despair. Directed by Ingmar... more
Inspired by the earthy eroticism of his muse Harriet Andersson (THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY), in the first of her many roles for him, Ingmar Bergman (WILD STRAWBERRIES) had a major international... more
Anita Björk, Ulf Palme. A young, wealthy lass living in late 19th-century Sweden breaks off her engagement and finds herself attracted to one of her father's servants, with whom she eventually spends... more
The Magician (Ansiktet), directed by Ingmar Bergman (The Seventh Seal, Fanny and Alexander), is an engaging, brilliantly conceived tale of deceit from one of cinema's premier illusionists. Max von... more
Swedish master Jan Troell (The Emigrants, the New Land) returns triumphantly with Everlasting Moments, a vivid, heartrending story of a woman liberated through art at the beginning of the twentieth... more
Liv Ullmann, Max von Sydow, Sigge Furst, Gunnar Bjorstrand. A married couple, both concert violinists, try to distance themselves from the raging civil war in the city by living on a remote island... more
A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly,... more
Max Von Sydow, Pelle Hvenegaard, Erik Paaske. The Oscar® for Best Foreign Film went to this touching story of a young boy who dreams of breaking out of his back-breaking servant status on an 1800s... more
Rolf Lassgård, Filip Berg, Ida Engvoll, Bahar Pars. Fredrik Backman's bestseller comes to the screen about Ove, a retiree well known to all his neighbors for being for angry, isolated and with... more
This mesmerizing debut by the great Swedish director Jan Troell (The Emigrants, The New Land) is an epic bildungsroman and a multilayered representation of early twentieth-century Sweden. Based on a... more
The highs and lows of marital fidelity─and infidelity─are seen through the eyes of four women, three of them married to a trio of brothers, as they discuss their lives while waiting for their... more
Based on the autobiographical novel by Roland Schutt, THE SLINGSHOT is an endearing coming-of-age drama. Set in 1920s Stockholm, a 12-year-old boy endures the hardships of an unhappy family life by... more