The Father

The Cavalry Captain and his brother, the Chaplain, discusses whether an adjutant is the father or not of the child one of the maids is expecting.

The Girl from Auschwitz

A portrait of the legendary Swedish journalist and writer Cordelia Edvardson (1929-2012). She was only fourteen when she alone was brought to the concentration camp of Theresienstadt and later to the camp of Auschwitz.

Lines from the Heart

The trio of actresses have ostensibly gathered to pay tribute to Mai Zetterling, but also reminisce about their own careers and the illustrious figures, including Ingmar Bergman, they have worked with.

Gunnel Lindblom: ut ur tystnaden

The working class girl from Landala, Gothenburg, through the fine art of theatre and all the way to Hollywood.

Loving Couples

As three pregnant women wait to have their babies in a hospital in Stockholm at the outbreak of the Great War, they relive their childhood and youthful experiences.

Brother Carl

Two women, Karen (theatre director) and Lena, visit an island, a Swedish resort, where Lena's ex-husband, Martin (choreographer), lives in comparative seclusion with a mentally disturbed ballet dancer named Carl. Carl is brother by guilt rather than blood, for Martin is somehow responsible for his breakdown.

Scenes from a Marriage

Johan and Marianne are married and seem to have it all. Their happiness, however, is a façade for a troubled relationship, which becomes even rockier when Johan admits that he's having an affair. Before long, the spouses separate and move towards finalizing their divorce, but they make attempts at reconciling. Even as they pursue other relationships, Johan and Marianne realize that they have a significant bond, but also many issues that hinder that connection.

Women and Bergman

A roundtable conversation was recorded for television in 2007 at the Stockholm International Film Festival.

Afternoon Encounter

She wants a divorce, a cleaning prior to death - but he refuses. Here’s an old couple that can’t stand each other, other than as memories. The film is based on a radio play script.

Good Friends and Faithful Neighbors

Hugo Frejer terrorizes his family and surroundings with his unhappy mood.

The Dance of the Heron

The rich and conservative Edward can not forgive his younger wife who had been unfaithful. She's trying to get his attention by flirting with a Dutch tourist.

The Lie

A Swedish couple are trapped in their marriage and way of life. Locked up in their bourgeois inferno.

Bergman's Reliquarium

A visual association play into Ingmar Bergman's deepest secrets. A pop video attempting to connect Bergman's various works by borrowing, mirroring, cropping, replicating and caricaturing.

My Love Is Like a Rose

A middle aged doctor begins a relationship with a teenage girl. His best friend is dating the girls mother. A group of boys plan to blackmail the doctor or expose him as a pedophile.