Ingmar Bergman
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Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director born in Uppsala, widely regarded as cinema's foremost chronicler of existential doubt, faith, and the inner life. The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries established his reputation for stark, symbolically charged imagery, while Persona, Cries and Whispers, and Autumn Sonata pushed psychological drama into intense, often unbearably intimate territory. Working repeatedly with actors such as Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow and cinematographer Sven Nykvist, he developed a spare visual language built on the close-up and the chamber-piece setting. Fanny and Alexander, his late, more expansive family epic, capped a career that shaped generations of art-house filmmaking and remains a reference point for directors exploring faith, mortality, and mental anguish on screen.
Ingmar Bergman
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6 Series
Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director born in Uppsala, widely regarded as cinema's foremost chronicler of existential doubt, faith, and the inner life. The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries established his reputation for stark, symbolically charged imagery, while Persona, Cries and Whispers, and Autumn Sonata pushed psychological drama into intense, often unbearably intimate territory. Working repeatedly with actors such as Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow and cinematographer Sven Nykvist, he developed a spare visual language built on the close-up and the chamber-piece setting. Fanny and Alexander, his late, more expansive family epic, capped a career that shaped generations of art-house filmmaking and remains a reference point for directors exploring faith, mortality, and mental anguish on screen.
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The Seventh Seal
1957
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Persona
1966
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Wild Strawberries
1957
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Autumn Sonata
1978
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The Magician
1958
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Fanny and Alexander
1982
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Hour of the Wolf
1968
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Cries and Whispers
1972
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The Virgin Spring
1960
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Shame
1968
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Smiles of a Summer Night
1955
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Winter Light
1963
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Scenes from a Marriage
1974
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Summer with Monika
1953
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The Devil's Eye
1960
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After the Rehearsal
1984
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Waiting Women
1952
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The Magic Flute
1975
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Through a Glass Darkly
1961
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The Passion of Anna
1969
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The Silence
1963
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The Serpent's Egg
1977
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Prison
1949
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Sawdust and Tinsel
1953
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Brink of Life
1958
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Thirst
1949
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Face to Face
1976
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From the Life of the Marionettes
1980
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All These Women
1964
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Summer Interlude
1951
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Music in Darkness
1948
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The Touch
1971
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A Ship to India
1947
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Dreams
1955
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To Joy
1950
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A Lesson in Love
1954
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Port of Call
1948
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Stimulantia
1967
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It Rains on Our Love
1946
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Crisis
1946
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This Can't Happen Here
1950
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The Magic Flute
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A Spiritual Matter
Writer
2015
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Faithless
Writer
2000
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Private Confessions
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1996
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The Best Intentions
Writer
1992
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Sunday's Children
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1992
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The Best Intentions
Writer · 4 episodes
1991–
TV
Fanny and Alexander
Creator
1984–
TV
After the Rehearsal
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1984
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Fanny and Alexander
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1982
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Ingmar Bergman still alive?
Ingmar Bergman passed away on July 30, 2007 at age 89.
What are the most famous roles of Ingmar Bergman?
Ingmar Bergman is best known for directing The Seventh Seal, Persona, Wild Strawberries.
How many movies has Ingmar Bergman directed?
Over a 63-year career (since 1944), Ingmar Bergman has directed or written 53 films and worked on 6 TV shows.
What was Ingmar Bergman's first movie?
The career of Ingmar Bergman began with Torment (1944).
What is Ingmar Bergman's most recent movie or series?
Ingmar Bergman's most recent release is Laterna Magica, which premiered on May 18, 2025.
What TV shows has Ingmar Bergman created or directed?
On television, Ingmar Bergman has appeared in Fanny and Alexander, Scenes from a Marriage, Play for Today, The Best Intentions.
Ingmar Bergman
1918-07-14 · Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden
Ernst Ingmar Bergman (July 14, 1918 – July 30, 2007) was a Swedish filmmaker. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time, his films are known as "profoundly personal meditations into the myriad struggles facing the psyche and the soul."
Bergman directed more than 60 films and documentaries for cinematic release and for television screenings, most of which he also wrote. Most of his films were set in Sweden, and many films from 1961 onward were filmed on the island of Fårö. He also had a theatrical career that ran in parallel with his film career. It included periods as Leading Director of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm and of the Residenztheater in Munich. He directed more than 170 plays. He forged a creative partnership with his cinematographers Gunnar Fischer and Sven Nykvist. Among his company of actors were Harriet Andersson, Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Gunnar Björnstrand, Erland Josephson, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnel Lindblom and Max von Sydow.Ingmar Bergman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.