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In honor of Ingmar Bergman’s 100th birthday, the Criterion Collection is proud to present the most comprehensive collection of his films ever released on home video. One of the most revelatory voices to emerge from the postwar explosion of international art-house cinema, Bergman was a master storyteller who startled the world with his stark intensity and naked pursuit of the most profound metaphysical and spiritual questions. The struggles of faith and morality, the nature of dreams, and the agonies and ecstasies of human relationships—Bergman's films range from comedies whose lightness and complexity belie their brooding hearts to groundbreaking formal experiments and excruciatingly intimate explorations of family life.
Arranged as a curated film festival with 'opening' and 'closing' nights bookending double features and 'centerpiece' programs, this selection spans six decades and thirty-nine films—including such celebrated classics as The Seventh Seal, Persona, and Fanny and Alexander alongside previously unavailable works like Dreams, The Rite, and Brink of Life.
Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema traces themes and images across Bergman’s career, blazing trails through the master’s unequaled body of work for longtime fans and newcomers alike.
OPENING NIGHT:
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
Crisis (1946)
A Ship to India (1947)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
To Joy (1950)
Summer Interlude (1951)
Summer with Monika (1953)
Dreams (1955)
A Lesson in Love (1954)
CENTERPIECE ONE:
Scenes from a Marriage - Television version (1973) | U.S. theatrical version (1974)
Saraband (2003)
From the Life of the Marionettes (1980)
Hour of the Wolf (1968)
Shame (1968)
The Passion of Anna (1969)
Fårö Document (1970)
Fårö Document 1979 (1979)
Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
Winter Light (1963)
The Silence (1963)
The Virgin Spring (1960)
CENTERPIECE TWO:
The Seventh Seal (1957)
The Devil's Eye (1960)
All These Women (1964)
Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)
The Rite (1969)
The Magician (1958)
The Magic Flute (1975)
After the Rehearsal (1984)
The Touch (1971)
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
CENTERPIECE THREE:
Persona (1966)
Thirst (1949)
Port of Call (1948)
Cries and Whispers (1972)
Waiting Women (1952)
Brink of Life (1958)
Autumn Sonata (1978)
CLOSING NIGHT:
Fanny and Alexander - Television version (1983) | Theatrical version (1982)
