Bergman: A Year in a Life (2018)

Original title

Bergman - ett år, ett liv

Directed by

Jane Magnusson

Genre

documentary film

Country

Sweden

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

L

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 39 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines Ingmar Bergman's life and work by focusing on the year 1957. It uses interviews and film clips to show how he made several movies and plays during that time.

informativereflectivedetailedinsightfulmethodicalbiographicalarchivalnostalgicintimate

What happens

Bergman: A Year in a Life, Swedish: Bergman - ett år, ett liv, is a 2018 Swedish-Norwegian documentary film directed by Jane Magnusson. Journeying through 1957, the year Ingmar Bergman released two of his most acclaimed features (The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries), made a TV film (Mr. Sleeman Is Coming) and directed four plays for theatre (The Misanthrope, Counterfeiters, The Prisoner, Peer Gynt), Magnusson has amassed a wealth of archive and contemporary interviews, along with a selection of clips from his vast body of work. The film premiered at the 71st Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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