Ingmar Bergman

Born in 1918, died in 2007. One of the great absent masters of European cinema was a Swedish film director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. He directed 62 films, most of which he also wrote, and directed over one hundred and seventy plays. Among the more universally well-known actors he often worked with were Liv Ullmann, Bibi Andersson and Max von Sydow. Major themes of his films were often bleak, dealing with death, illness, betrayal and insanity. Bergman was active for more than six decades.

Selected filmography:

1957 Smultronstället / The Wild Strawberries

1966 Persona

1972 Viskningar och rop / Cries and Whispers

1978 Höstsonaten / Autumn Sonata

1982 Fanny och Alexander / Fanny and Aleksander

2003 Sarabanda / Sarabande