Saraband

2003

Swedish

7.5

♡ 16

91%

Ingmar Bergman Director

Börje Ahlstedt as Henrik

Erland Josephson as Johan

Julia Dufvenius as Karin

Liv Ullmann as Marianne

A follow-up to Scenes from a Marriage (1973); some thirty years after divorcing Johan, Marianne decides to visit her ex-husband at his summer home. She arrives in the middle of a family drama between Johan's son from another marriage and his granddaughter.

Faro Document

1970

Swedish

6.7

♡ 8

Ingmar Bergman Director

Liv Ullmann as Herself

Aina Larrson as Herself

Owe Gustavsson as Himself

Ingmar Bergman as Reporter

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.

Tonny

1962

Norwegian

6.3

♡ 2

Action

Drama

prison

Per Gjersøe Director

Synnøve Gleditsch as

Rolf Nannestad as

Erik Melbye Brekke as

Liv Ullmann as Kari

Tonny is a school boy in foster care who serves his first sentence in jail. We follow him 24 hours before his parole and 48 hours after his release. We get to see his experiences in prison and his relationship with his mother, friends and girlfriend Kari.

Cold Sweat

1970

English

5.7

♡ 9

25%

Terence Young Director

James Mason as Captain Ross

Liv Ullmann as Fabienne Martin

Charles Bronson as Joe Martin

Jill Ireland as Moira

During the Korean War, Joe Moran, is convicted for striking a colonel. Imprisoned in Germany he encounters his former company commander Captain Ross, jailed for black marketeering. Together with Ross' cohorts Joe agrees to escape with them, but things go wrong and a policeman is killed. An appalled Joe escapes by himself, abandoning the others, who are recaptured. Years later Joe has a boat rental business where he is found by Ross. Now a wanted drug smuggler he wants the use of Joe's boats and to ensure his cooperation, they kidnap his wife and daughter.

The New Land

1972

Swedish

8.0

♡ 17

100%

Jan Troell Director

Allan Edwall as Danjel

Max von Sydow as Karl Oskar

Liv Ullmann as Kristina

Per Oscarsson as Pastor Törner

A Swedish immigrant family struggles to adapt to their new life on the American frontier during the second half of the 19th century amidst civil war, native uprising and the lure of gold in California.

The Emigrants

1971

Swedish

8.0

♡ 15

94%

husband wife relationship

minnesota

ship

the new world

Jan Troell Director

Allan Edwall as Danjel

Hans Alfredson as Jonas Petter

Max von Sydow as Karl Oskar

Liv Ullmann as Kristina

Karl and Kristina Nilsson work on a farm in a cold and desolate area of 19th century rural Sweden. Growing privations, combined with increasing social and religious persecution, motivate the Nilssons and many of their neighbors to strike out for the United States. Following a treacherous ocean crossing and an equally grueling land passage, the emigrants find themselves in seemingly idyllic Minnesota.

Scenes from a Marriage

1974

Swedish

8.3

♡ 32

88%

Ingmar Bergman Director

Gunnel Lindblom as Eva

Bibi Andersson as Katarina

Liv Ullmann as Marianne

Jan Malmsjö as Peter

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.

The Wayward Girl

1959

Norwegian

6.5

♡ 10

Drama

Romance

woman director

Edith Carlmar Director

Tore Foss as Far til Anders

Liv Ullmann as Gerd

Nanna Stenersen as Mor til Gerd

Ingrid Øvre Wiik as Sosialkurator

Gerd, considered a woman of dubious morals, falls in love with a boy whose family does not accept their relationship, so both run away and settle in a cabin in the woods where they meet a sullen man who tests their love.

Shame

1968

Swedish

♡ 29

67%

Ingmar Bergman Director

Liv Ullmann as Eva Rosenberg

Agda Helin as Handlarfrun

Gunnar Björnstrand as överste Jacobi, borgmästare

Per Berglund as Soldat

In the midst of a civil war, a pair of former violinists in a tempestuous marriage oversee a farm on a rural island. In spite of their best efforts to escape their homeland, the war impinges on every aspect of their lives.

Persona

1966

Swedish

8.0

♡ 74

91%

Ingmar Bergman Director

Bibi Andersson as Alma

Jörgen Lindström as Elisabet's Son

Liv Ullmann as Elisabet Vogler

Gunnar Björnstrand as Mr. Vogler

A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer.