The main character is an orphaned young woman who is about to be married off to an unappealing but rich old man Read More »
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The Venetian (1958) Ingmar Bergman, Folke Sundquist, Eva Stiberg, Maud Hansson
A young beautiful man from Milan arrives at the carnival in Venice. He meets two flirtatious women. Read More »
Here Is Your Life (1966) Jan Troell, Eddie Axberg, Gudrun Brost, Ulla Akselson
Based on a semi-autobiographical novel by Nobel Prize-winning novelist Eyvind Johnson Read More »
Scenes from a Marriage (1974) Ingmar Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Bibi Andersson
Scenes From a Marriage, is by far, Bergman’s greatest creation. Following 2 characters, Marianne and Johan, the film, in typical Bergman exquisite style Read More »
Music in Darkness (1948) Ingmar Bergman, Mai Zetterling, Birger Malmsten, Olof Winnerstrand
Because of an accident at a military drill the recruit Bengt loses his eyesight and becomes blind. Read More »
Night Games (1966) Mai Zetterling, Ingrid Thulin, Keve Hjelm, Jörgen Lindström
The story about a man who’s trying to get rid of his memories from his past. Read More »
The Great Adventure (1953) Arne Sucksdorff, Anders Nohrborg, Kjell Sucksdorff
A vixen mother invades a chicken coop to provide food for her cubs. She continues to raid the coop until she is shot by a farmer. Read More »
Karin Mansdotter (1954) Alf Sjöberg, Ulla Jacobsson, Jarl Kulle, Ulf Palme
The movie starts with a silent section of slapsticks in BLUE and white and with piano music, giving an outline of Karin’s rise and fall. Read More »
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (1988) Michal Leszczylowski, Brian Cox, Erland Josephson, Andrei Tarkovsky
During the shooting of Andrei Tarkovsky’s last film Offret, cameraman Arne Carlsson taped around 50 hours of behind the scenes footage. Read More »
Song Of The Scarlet Flower (1919) Mauritz Stiller, Lars Hanson, Greta Almroth, Lillebil Ibsen
Olof is the restless son of a wealthy farmer. He meets Annikki and brings her to the evening dance. Read More »