The Making of Fanny and Alexander

The Making of Fanny and Alexander is a fascinating look at the creation of a masterpiece. Directed by Ingmar Bergman himself, this feature-length documentary chronicles the methods of one of cinema’s true luminaries as he labors to realize his crowning production.

Bergman: A Year in a Life

A focuses on 1957, one of the most prolific years for the Swedish director. During the year he shot two films, opened two of his most celebrated films (The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries), and produced four plays and a TV movie while juggling with a complicated private life.

Ingmar Bergman: Intermezzo

Ingmar Bergman speaks with Gunnar Bergdahl.

Ingmar Bergman in Iceland

Based on an interview with Ingmar Bergman and footage taken during the director's visit to the Reykjavík Art Festival in 1986, this film focuses on Mr. Bergman's methods and philosophy on film direction.

Fårö Document

Bergman interviews the locals of Fårö in this fascinating documentary. An expression of personal and political solidarity with the fellow inhabitants of his adopted home, the island of Fårö in the Baltic Sea, this documentary investigates the sometimes deleterious effects of the modern world on traditional farming and fishing communities. The young, especially, voice doubts about remaining in such a remote, quiet place.

Bergmans början: Ilska. Kärlek. Magknip.

Documentary relating Ingmar Bergman's life, from his high school graduation up until he became an established filmmaker in the latter half of the 40's.

Dance Around the Guldbaggen

Filmed during the first ever Guldbaggen (golden scarab) awards, it was edited and developed that night and shown for the first time to the guests at the after party.

Karin's Face

A film based on the pictures from Ingmar Bergman's personal photo album, especially the pictures of his mother Karin.

Bergmans Hushållerska

Anita Haglöf was Ingmar Bergman's housekeeper for eight years, in his home at Karlaplan in Stockholm and at Fårö. She constantly accused him of harassment in her diary, but didn't quit the job.

Silence! Cameras! The Magic Flute!

A documentary behind the scenes of Ingmar Bergman's The Magic Flute.

The Best Musical in the World: Ingmar Bergman on 'The Magic Flute'

An interview with film director Ingmar Bergman, conducted by journalist Sigvard Hammar, originally broadcast on Swedish television.

Feature 136

Ingmar Bergman's film Winter Light from 1963 is one of the most mythical and discussed films in Swedish history. In this documentary, director Kristian Petri uses unique archival footage to tell about the making of the film and, together with two actors bringing Bergman and Vilgot Sjöman to life, he tells about creativity, friendship, power and fear.

Bergman Unpublished

In 2017, journalist and filmmaker Marie Nyreröd created this series of topical short films using outtakes from footage she had recorded with director Ingmar Bergman for her 2006 feature documentary BERGMAN ISLAND.

Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern

The first of two documentaries about Ingmar Bergman produced to mark his 70th birthday. Includes behind the scenes "home movies" from Bergman's personal archive, interviews with Bergman recorded over his 40 years in the film industry and passages from his autobiography read by Max von Sydow and Bergman himself.

The Undefeated Femininity

"The Undefeated Femininity" - a film about Gun Grut Bergman. In September 1949 Ingmar Bergman left his wife and five children, and escaped to Paris with a new woman, Gun Grut. It was the beginning of a passionate love affair, an enduring jealousy drama and a new theme in Bergman's films. Now their son, Ingmar Bergman Jr, walks in his parents' footsteps, from Paris to the home on Grev Turegatan 69 in Stockholm.

Ingmar Bergman

Portrait of Ingmar Bergman made while he was working on The Touch. About the early years of the 70's in Ingmar Bergman's professional and private life.

Passion of Anna: Disintegration of Passion

A documentary about En Passion

Bibi Andersson, Ingmar Bergman, and Liv Ullmann on PERSONA

In the following excerpt from an interview originally recorded for Swedish television in 1966, PERSONA’s director and lead actors discuss the evolution of the film and their individual interpretations of it.

The Making of Autumn Sonata

A behind the scenes documentary of Ingmar Bergman's Autumn Sonata (1978), detailing every aspect of the production.

Persona: The Film That Saved Ingmar Bergman

In 1965 Ingmar Bergman filmed “Persona”, the cult film that brought together all of the Swedish filmmaker’s obsessions and became a turning point in his career.