Sweden
1973
299 minutes
Color
1.33:1
Swedish
229
Marianne (Liv Ullmann) and Johan (Erland Josephson) always seemed like the perfect couple. But when Johan suddenly leaves Marianne for another woman, they are forced to confront the disintegration of their marriage. Shot in intense, intimate close-ups by master cinematographer Sven Nykvist, the film chronicles ten years of turmoil and love that bind the couple despite their divorce and subsequent marriages. Flawless acting and dialogue portray the brutal pain and uplifting peace that accompany a lifetime of loving. Originally conceived as a six-part miniseries for Swedish television, The Criterion Collection is proud to present not only the U.S. theatrical version, but also, for the first time on video in the U.S., Ingmar Bergman’s original 5-hour television version of Scenes From a Marriage.
| Marianne | Liv Ullmann |
| Johann | Erland Josephson |
| Katarina | Bibi Andersson |
| Peter | Jan Malmsjö |
| Eva | Gunnel Lindblom |
| Mother | Wenche Foss |
| TV reporter | Anita Wall |
| Mrs. Jacobi | Barbro Hiort af Ornäs |
| Director | Ingmar Bergman |
| Written and directed by | Ingmar Bergman |
| Cinematography | Sven Nykvist |
| Assistant camera | Lars Karlsson |
| Wardrobe | Inger Pehrsson |
| Makeup | Cecilia Drott |
| Editing | Siv Lundgren |
| Script girl | Ulla Stattin |
| Sound | Owe Svensson |
| Production supervisor | Lars-Owe Carlberg |
SPECIAL EDITION THREE–DISC SET:
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 a luxurious villa for the duration. But Ingmar pleaded an ear infection, and Liv was left...
When Scenes from a Marriage (1974) was first released theatrically in the U.S., it held the voyeuristic thrill of watching a live couple flailing themselves before our eyes. The nearly three-hour film seemed to do for the institution of marriage what the spectacle of...
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