Pia Ehrnvall

Directed by Bergman (The Making of Saraband)

A documentary about the production of Ingmar Bergman's TV film "Saraband."

Saraband

In this sequel to Scenes from a Marriage (1973), we revisit the characters of Johan and Marianne, then a married couple. After their divorce, Johan and Marianne haven't seen each other for 32 years. Marianne is still working, as a divorce lawyer. Johan is quite well off and has retired to a house in the Orsa finnmark district of Sweden. On a whim, Marianne decides to visit him. Johan's son from a previous marriage, Henrik, lives nearby in a cottage with his daughter Karin, a gifted cello player. The relationship between father and son is strained.

True Siblings

The siblings Linus, 19-years-old, who are taking driving license and Vanja, 17-years-old, who's still in school. Their mom Eva works night shift at a hotel. We get to follow them during one month. Linus and Vanja begin to realize that they are living in a universe of their own. And there is neither room for the mom or boy- and girlfriends. At first it is only the longing love in unspoken thoughts. But when thought gets into words they realize that they are each others perfect half. They are drawn closer to each other and finally can't resist the taboo temptation in each others bodies. At first they deny, lie and try to resist. It's about shame and guilt and forbidden feelings which leads to a point where everything is at stake.

In the Presence of a Clown

Inventor Carl Åkerblom is a rosy-cheeked 54 year-old admirer of Franz Schubert - and a patient in the psychiatric ward of Akademiska Hospital in Uppsala, after having attempted to beat to death his fiancée, Pauline Thibault. Together with another patient, Professor Osvald Vogler, they set up a film project: the living talkie. Before long, they set off on a frantic tour with their film, "The Joy of the Joyous Girl"... Written by Fredrik Klasson

Muntra fruarna i Windsor

A light hearted adaptation of Shakespeare's play about middle class life in Elizabethan England.

Från regnormarnas liv

The actress Johanne Heiberg and author Hans Christian Andersen bump into each other one night and nothing will ever be the same.

Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work

TV Documentary about Ingmar Bergman from 1998.

A Kind of Hades

About the individuals who live in a mad-house. This kind of people usually seem to be quite normal. However, from one scene to another they may dramatically change, thereby revealing their deep problems with themselves and the society they cannot live in anymore.

Onkel Vanja

A retired professor has returned to his estate to live with his beautiful young wife, Yelena. The estate originally belonged to his first wife, now deceased; her mother and brother still live there and manage the farm.

Merry Christmas, Svensson Svensson

Father Gustav, mother Lena and children Lina and Max celebrate everything but a peaceful Christmas. A really merry Christmas with the Svensson family.

Finns vi - eller kan du laga våran TV?

A mother and daughter prepare themselves for the return of the son.

Duo jag

Gösta Ekman and Kent Andersson play two men, living together for a long time. One a small, skinny and unknown poet - the other a large, famous and celebrated actor.

I lodjurets timma

A boy imprisoned for a double murder is used in a prison experiment involving placing an animal in the cells of prisoners.

The Father

A charged power struggle between spouses. A tug of war to the death of an only child as ends and means. From an August Strindberg play.

The Blessed Ones

Sune, a dropped out theology student who also is the son of a priest, meets Viveka in a church. The two connect via a theological discussion and eventually get married. As the years pass, Viveka grows more and more emotionally unstable due to jealousy and religious anxiety. Sune accepts Viveka's mental problems and, instead of seeking help for his wife, obeys her increasingly bizarre commands.

Natten är dagens mor

Ricky is 16 years old and lives with his older brother Frank and Mom and dad in a hotel that the family run. The time is the mid-fifties. The family is not happy, the brothers can not stand each other and dad Martin is weighed down by economic concerns.