THE DEVIL'S WANTON
Fängelse

A director and an alcoholic writer begin work on a film based on the tragic life of a prostitute they once knew. Bergman juxtaposes images from the woman's life with the lives of the actors and workers on the film as he explores life, existence, loneliness and death. Called by Bergman one of his most personal films.

Script and direction by Ingmar Bergman. Photo by Göran Strindberg. Music; ErlandVon Koch. With Doris Svedlund, Birger Malmsten, Eva Henning, Hasse Ekman, Stig Olin, Irma Christenson, Anders Henriksson.

Sweden 1949. 81 minutes. Subtitled.
ISBN 1-55881-161-3
$19.95

THE BRINK OF LIFE

Bergman 's camera records 24 hours in a maternity ward. Three women face the joy, pain and tragedy of childbirth. One woman miscarries and is forced to reevaluate her marriage while another becomes bitter and irreconcilable after her miscarriage. The plight of the two women inspires the third mother to rethink her decision to have an abortion. An Intense drama widely acclaimed for its superb performances.

Directed by Ingmar Bergman. With Eva Dahlbeck, Ingrid Thulin, Bibi Andersson, Max Von Sydow & Erland Josephson.

Winner, Cannes Film Festival.

Sweden. 1957. 83m Subtitled.
ISBN 1-55881-166-4
$19.95

NIGHT IS MY FUTURE
Music In The Dark / Musik I Mörker / Music in Darkness

A young man, blinded by a tragic military accident, is driven to the depths of despair. After painful soul searching, he determines to live as normal a life as possible and falls in love with his nurse. The film opens with a fantastic sequence of avant garde montage; surreal landscapes, huge eyes, pools of fish and hands. Offering a hint of the powerful imagery yet to come from Bergman.

Directed by Ingmar Bergman. Script; Dagmar Edqvist. Photo; Göran Strindberg. Music; Erland Von Koch. Cast; Birger Malmsten, Mai Zetterling, Bengt Eklund, Naima Wifstrand, Gunnar Björnstrand.

Sweden 1948 87mins. Subtitled.
ISBN 1-55881-159-1
$19.95

PERSONA

An actress suffers a nervous breakdown and withdraws into silence. During her convalescence, she grows increasingly dependent upon her nurse who is secretly trying to cope with her own mental problems. The personalities of the two women, explode, battle, merge and separate.

“With Persona, the female face in close-up became Bergman's main field of vision. In this virtual two-hander, everything is written on the features of the superb female leads, including the spiritual anguish from which most Bergman characters suffer.” —-Holt’s Foreign Film Guide.

Perhaps the most heatedly discussed and argued film of Bergman's career.

National Society of Film Critics.

Directed by Ingmar Bergman. Script; Ingmar Bergman. Photo; Sven Nykvist. Music; Lars Johan Werle. Cast; Liv Ullmann, Bibi Andersson, Gunnar Björnstrand, Margaretha Krook, Jörgen Lindström.

Sweden. 1965. 82 min. Subtitled.
ISBN 1-55881-173-7
$19.95

THE SEVENTH SEAL
Det Sjunde Inseglet

The setting is the 14th century Sweden. A knight just returned from the Crusades finds his country ravaged by plague. When the grim reaper shows up to collect his soul, the knight bargains for some time to do one good deed before dying. While playing a seemingly never-ending game of chess, the knight and his squire wander a medieval landscape peopled with witch burning, flagellation, injustice and cruelty looking for someone worthy of their act. Bergman's seventeenth film firmly established him in the pantheon of great directors.

Special Jury Prize Cannes 1957

Directed by Ingmar Bergman. Script; Ingmar Bergman. Photo; Gunnar Fischer. Music; Erik Nordgren. Cast; Max Von Sydow, Gunnar Biörnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe, Bibi Andersson.

Sweden 1956. 97 min. Subtitled.
ISBN: 1-55881-165-6
$19.95

THE MAGICIAN
Ansiktet / The Face

Max Von Sydow heads a troupe of magic performers who arrive in Stockholm and are subjected to severe questioning in an attempt to expose them as frauds. During an ‘inspection performance’ the performers reach deep into their bag of tricks and put on a show where reality clashes with illusion and the supernatural to rewrite the laws of man and nature! A hypnotic & eerie film.

Script and direction by Ingmar Bergman. Photo by Gunnar Fischer. Music; Erik Nordgren. Cast;Max Von Sydow, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Naima Wifstrand, Åke Fridell, BibiAndersson.

Sweden 1958 103mins. Subtitled.
ISBN 1-55881-168-0
$19.95

WILD STRAWBERRIES
Smultronstället

An elderly professor on his way to receive an an honorary doctorate travels through the landscape of memory & conscience as he reviews his life & ponders his actions, mistakes & shortcomings.

“Bergman's smiles and tears on a summer's day make for a mellow modern morality, with the action shifting skillfully between past and present. Dream and reality. Most memorable of all is the extraordinary farewell performance of 78-year-old Victor Sjöström” -Holt’s Foreign Film Guide.

Best Foreign Film.
Berlin International Film Festival.
Golden Globe Awards.

Script and direction by Ingmar Bergman. Photo; Gunnar Fischer. Music; Erik Nordgren. Cast; Victor Sjöström, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Bibi Andersson, Nsima Wifstrand, Max Von Sydow.

Sweden 1957 93m Subtitled.
ISBN: 1-55881-167-2
$19.95

DEVILS EYE

A fascinating serio-comic allegory features Don Juan, the devil & a demon out to rob Bibi Andersson of her virginity! Sweden.1960, 90 min. Subtitled.

Bibi Andersson. Directed by Ingmar Bergman.

ISBN: 1-55881-170-2

Out of print.

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