Criterion’s Best Picture Oscar Nominees
February 22, 2012
Film Info
- Sweden
- 1972
- 91 minutes
- Color
- 1.66:1
- Swedish
- Spine #101
Legendary director Ingmar Bergman creates a testament to the strength of the soul—and a film of absolute power. Karin and Maria come to the aid of their dying sister, Agnes, but jealousy, manipulation, and selfishness come before empathy. Agnes, tortured by cancer, transcends the pettiness of her sisters’ concerns to remember moments of being—moments that Bergman, with the help of Academy Award–winning cinematographer Sven Nykvist, translates into pictures of staggering beauty and unfathomable horror.
Cast
| Agnes | Harriet Andersson |
| Anna | Kari Sylwan |
| Karin | Ingrid Thulin |
| Maria | Liv Ullmann |
| Pastor Isak | Anders Ek |
| Aunt Olga | Inga Gill |
| David | Erland Josephson |
| Joakim | Henning Moritzen |
| Frederik | Georg Årlin |
Credits
| Director | Ingmar Bergman |
| Screenplay | Ingmar Bergman |
| Producer | Lars-Owe Carlberg |
| Cinematography | Sven Nykvist |
| Editing | Siv Lundgren |
| Music | Frédéric Chopin and Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Performed by | Käbi Laretei and Pierre Fournier |
Disc Features
- Lush new digital transfer, enhanced for 16×9 televisions
- Ingmar Bergman: Reflections on Life, Death, and Love with Erland Josephson (2000), a candid and revealing 52-minute interview with Bergman and long-time collaborator Erland Josephson, originally broadcast on Swedish television
- Optional English-dubbed soundtrack
- Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
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