Bergman Island
Brief Synopsis
A look at the life of the famous director, including behind-the-scenes material from Bergman's private archive.
Cast & Crew
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Marie Nyrerod
Director
Ingmar Bergman
Himself
Marie Nyrerod
Herself
Erland Josephson
Himself
Kurt Bergmark
Editor
Arne Carlsson
Director Of Photography
Film Details
Also Known As
Bergman Island: Ingmar Bergman on Farö Island, Cinema and Life, Bergman Trilogy, The, Ingmar Bergman - 3 dokumentärer om film, teater, Fårö och livet av Marie Nyreröd
Genre
Documentary
Biography
Foreign
Interview
Release Date
2006
Distribution Company
Sveriges Television (Svt); Svt Sales Release
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 25m
Synopsis
Ingmar Bergman is one of the world's most important and influential filmmakers. With such titles as "Smiles of a Summer's Night," "The Seventh Seal," "Wild Strawberries" and "Fanny and Alexander," he has won respect and admiration. He is eighty-eight years old, having spent more than sixty of those years directing. Now, for the first time, he shows us his world on the desolate and mysterious Baltic island of Fårö. Viewers get to step through the blue gate that bears the notice--in Swedish, of course--"Private Area. Beware of Dog". No dog has lived there, though, since Liv Ullmann's dachshund left the place over thirty years ago. But that text says that here lives a man who wants to be left alone. A man whose only company is the sea and his own demons. Four of his films have received Oscars. One of them is "Through a Glass Darkly," although, to Bergman, that film is important for a completely different reason. He was looking for a barren, stony island, and someone suggested Fårö. Bergman shot five more films on Fårö, but more important, he found a place to rest and a home. In his home at the seashore, he talks about the childhood that shaped him. He speaks of how he used his own life in the cinema, and how the art of film was often a comfort to him. He tells, too, of love and death--and lists his worst demons!
Director
Marie Nyrerod
Director
Film Details
Also Known As
Bergman Island: Ingmar Bergman on Farö Island, Cinema and Life, Bergman Trilogy, The, Ingmar Bergman - 3 dokumentärer om film, teater, Fårö och livet av Marie Nyreröd
Genre
Documentary
Biography
Foreign
Interview
Release Date
2006
Distribution Company
Sveriges Television (Svt); Svt Sales Release
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 25m
Articles
Bergman Island
A look at the life of the famous director, inluding behind-the-scenes material from bergman's private archive.
Bergman Island
A look at the life of the famous director, inluding behind-the-scenes material from bergman's private archive.
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Winter December 6, 2006
Shown with 16-minute short "My Dad is 100 Years Old" at New York City's Film Forum beginning December 6, 2006.
Released in United States Winter December 6, 2006
