A traveling magician and his assistants are persecuted by authorities in Sweden of the 19th century Their capture, however, didnt bring victory to those in power
A nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personae are melding together
A collection of radio and television interviews with director Federico Fellini, recorded from February 1952, up to 1967, as he worked on the never completed film The Journey of Mastorna
A devoted wife is visited by her mother, a successful concert pianist who had little time for her when she was young
The story of the prince Tamino and his zestful sidekick Papageno, who are sent on a mission to save a beautiful princess from the clutches of evil
Two young Swedish children in the 1900s experience the many comedies and tragedies of their lively and affectionate theatrical family, the Ekdahls
A needy couple in a bad marriage travel back to Stockholm after a trip to Italy Meanwhile, a widow resists seductions from two different persons her psychiatrist and a lesbian friend
Three women in a maternity ward reveal their lives and intimate thoughts to each other, where they face the choice of keeping their babies or offering them for adoption
In 14th century Sweden, an innocent yet pampered teenage girl and her familys pregnant and jealous servant set out from their farm to deliver candles to church, but only one returns from events that transpire in th
A chronicle of the making of Ingmar Bergmans Oscar winning film
Recently released from a mental hospital, Karin rejoins her emotionally disconnected family in their island home, only to slip from reality as she begins to believe she is being visited by God
A lonely woman recalls her first love thirteen years prior during a brief summer vacation
A pair of teenagers meet one summer day, start a reckless affair and abandon their families to be with one another
A blind musician falls in love with a kindhearted girl
Berlin, 1923 Following the suicide of his brother, American circus acrobat Abel Rosenberg attempts to survive while facing unemployment, depression, alcoholism and the social decay of Germany during the Weimar Repu
Two violinists playing in the same orchestra fall in love and get married, but they cant get along
Bergman interviews the locals of Fro in this fascinating documentary An expression of personal and political solidarity with the fellow inhabitants of his adopted home, the island of Fro
A small town piano teacher is shocked by the arrival of her foster daughters real mother, whose young lover soon follows and causes further disruption
A recently divorced man meets an emotionally devastated widow and they begin a love affair
Don Juan is sent from Hell to Earth with a mission to seduce a virgin in order to spoil her pure wedding The mission becomes crazy when Don Juan falls in love for the first time in centuries
A knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague
Two estranged sisters, Ester and Anna, and Annas 10 year old son travel to the Central European country on the verge of war Ester becomes seriously ill and the three of them move into a hotel in a small town called
A theatre troupe is called to court because of obscene performance material and an interrogation ensues, which causes them to expose their neuroses and inner psychological torments
After living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence
Journeying through 1957, the year Bergman released two of his most acclaimed features The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries, made a TV film and directed four plays for theatre, Magnusson has amassed a wealth of ar
After a 15 year marriage, the spouses are going to divorce, but suddenly find out that their feelings have not vanished yet
In the midst of a civil war, former violinists Jan and Eva Rosenberg, who have a tempestuous marriage, run a farm on a rural island In spite of their best efforts to escape their homeland, the war impinges on every
When a woman dying of cancer in early twentieth century Sweden is visited by her two sisters, long repressed feelings between the siblings rise to the surface
Two different women a young photo model and her boss dream about a happy life with beloved men Their dreams are as different as they are
A married couple of psychiatrists has their relationship tested when one suffers a mental breakdown
A Swedish housewife begins an adulterous affair with a foreign archaeologist But he is an emotionally scarred man, a Holocaust survivor consequently, their relationship will be painfully difficult
A suicidal factory girl out of reformatory school, anxious to escape her overbearing mother, falls in love with a sailor who cant forgive her past
The complicated relationships between a circus ringmaster, his estranged wife and his lover
The four wives of four brothers share stories of their marriages as they each wait for their husbands in a small, secluded cottage
While vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires
A sailor returns to his hometown after 7 years and remembers the dark and the light moments of his past