For over 50 years, Ingmar Bergman produced ground-breaking works of cinema that established him as one of the world's most acclaimed, enduring and influential filmmakers. Ingmar Bergman: Volume One marks the first of a four volume celebration of the auteur's work - available on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK - and reflects on the opening stages of Bergman's career. Presented over five discs, the set features 2K restorations of eight early films written or directed by Bergman. Including initial partnerships with regular collaborators (such as cinematographer Gunnar Fischer and actor Birger Malmsten), these early works exhibit his burgeoning talents, introducing themes and tones that he would continue to develop over the next five decades. The films: Torment (Dir. Alf Sjöberg | Scr. Ingmar Bergman, 1944), Crisis (1946), Eva (Dir. Gustaf Molander | Scr. Ingmar Bergman, 1948), Music in Darkness (1948), Port of Call (1948), Prison (1949), Three Strange Loves (1949), To Joy (1950) 5-Blu-ray set featuring 2K restorations of all 8 films Perfect-bound book featuring new essays by Jan Holmberg (CEO of the Ingmar Bergman Foundation), Philip Kemp, Geoff Andrew, Jessica Kiang, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Kat Ellinger, and Laura Hubner Ingmar Bergman: The Early Years (2021): a new video essay by writer, filmmaker and film journalist Leigh Singer Ingmar Bergman Guardian Interview (1982, 62 mins, audio only): Bergman pays tribute to Alf Sjöberg, the director of Torment, discussing his influence and impact on his own career Other extras TBC Limited edition (5,000 units) Newly commissioned artwork by Andrew Bannister
Talented young ballerina Marie (Nilsson) falls in love with wealthy young college student Henrik Malmsten). After spending the summer together Henrik suffers a tragic accident and as a result his death continues to shape Marie's actions throughout her life...
'Waiting Women' is an episodic work composed of three segments thr third of which represents Bergman's first foray into comedy later honed in the erotic farce 'A Lesson In Love'. Three women (all sisters-in-law) talk about their marital problems while waiting for their husbands at a summer cottage. The first story concerns Rakel (Anita Bjrk) and an adulterous episode that changed her marriage forever. In the next intensely visual segment featuring only limited dialogue Marta (M
One of Ingmar Bergman's key early works - directed when he was just 30 years old - To Joy explores some of the themes that would come to chracterise many of his later films: the incompatibility of spouses and the responsibility of artists. Marta and Stig both play in an orchestra conducted by Sonderby. Their relationship is a happy one and they soon decide to get married and have children. However things begin to turn sour when Stig begins a sordid affair that threatens to dest
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