SYNOPSIS: A stunning union of two of Sweden’s national treasures, Autumn Sonata pairs Ingmar Bergman with Ingrid Bergman for their only joint effort. Ingrid plays a mother who, after forsaking her family for a music career, attempts a reconciliation with her oldest daughter (Liv Ullmann) through a night of painful revelation. Sven Nykvist contributes glorious Eastmancolor cinematography to this quietly beautiful story of forgiveness.
| Charlotte | Ingrid Bergman |
| Eva | Liv Ullmann |
| Helena | Lena Nyman |
| Viktor | Halvar Björk |
| Uncle Otto | Arne Bang-Hansen |
| Paul | Gunnar Björnstrand |
| Joseph | Erland Josephson |
| Director | Ingmar Bergman |
| Screenplay | Ingmar Bergman |
| Cinematography | Sven Nykvist |
| Set designer | Anna Asp |
| Costume design | Inger Pehrsson |
| Sound | Owe Svensson |
| Editing | Sylvia Ingmarsdotter |
| Music performed by | Käbi Laretei, Claude Genetay, Frans Brüggen, Gustav Leonhardt and Anner Bylsma |
By December 31, 1999
As a tour de force of screen acting, Autumn Sonata stands unchallenged as the finest work of Ingmar Bergman’s last few years as a movie director. Fanny and Alexander may have won the Oscars, but Autumn Sonata Read more »
September 29, 2009
In Stockholm, an auction of personal belongings from the estate of the great director Ingmar Bergman has just ended. The items ranged from parts of his daily life—his writing Read more »
By December 15, 2008
Flash back to September 1968. The Swedish Film Week in Sorrento, Italy, with its alfresco suppers and its excursions to Capri and Pompeii. Ingmar Bergman was expected, and he and Liv Ullmann were assigned Read more »
October 09, 2009
More than two years after Ingmar Bergman’s death, his muse Liv Ullmann is still bursting with stories about the Swedish director. In a poignant and insightful profile by Diane Solway in this month’s Read more »
