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Swedish cinema: 1960s

The Devil's Eye (1960)
Ingmar Bergman

Few things annoy the Devil more than a woman's chastity - it always brings on a painful stye in his eye. Irked by this affliction, he summons Don Juan, who is still serving his 300 year sentence in Hell, and sends him back to Earth on a vital mission - to divest a pastor's 20-year old daughter, Britt-Marie, of her virginity...   [More...]

Hour of the Wolf (1968)
Ingmar Bergman

A painter, Johan Borg, and his young wife Alma move into a small cottage on a remote island. Some time after their idyllic first weeks on the island, Alma notices a change in her husband...   [More...]

Masculin, féminin (1966)
Jean-Luc Godard

His military service finally over, Paul, a young man in his early twenties, returns to Paris in search of work. He finds a job with a trendy magazine where he meets Madeleine, an attractive woman of his own age who has set her sights on becoming a pop singer...   [More...]

The Passion of Anna (1969)
Ingmar Bergman

After the break-up of his marriage, Andreas Winkelman takes to a life of solitude on a bleak Scandinavian island. His neighbours are Elis, an architect, and wife Eva, who are taking care of Anna, a woman who recently lost her husband and son in a terrible car accident...   [More...]

Persona (1966)
Ingmar Bergman

Whilst performing a stage play, a well-known actress Elisabeth Vogler loses the power of speech. There follows a mental breakdown throughout which she is bed-ridden and unable, or unwilling, to speak...   [More...]

The Rite (1969)
Ingmar Bergman

Three members of a theatrical troupe are brought before a judge, charged with committing some unspecified act of obscenity...   [More...]

Shame (1968)
Ingmar Bergman

Jan and Eva are two former concert musicians who have retired to a sparsely populated island where they live a peaceful, uneventful life working on a remote farm...   [More...]

The Silence (1963)
Ingmar Bergman

Whilst travelling by train in a foreign country, a young woman named Ester suddenly falls ill. With her companions - sister Anna and young nephew Johan - she stops at a hotel...   [More...]

Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
Ingmar Bergman

Four family members arrive on a remote island to spend a few days in each other's company. They consist of David, a renowned author who is working on the final draft of a novel, his daughter Karin, his son Minus and Karin's husband, Martin...   [More...]

The Virgin Spring (1960)
Ingmar Bergman

In 14th Century Sweden, a wild young woman Ingeri lives with her foster parents, Töre and Märeta, hard working peasants who have chosen to follow the new Christian faith...   [More...]

Winter Light (1962)
Ingmar Bergman

Tomas Ericsson is the pastor of a small rural church in a Swedish village. After a sparsely attended service, one of his parishioners, Jonas, admits to having doubts about the existence of God...   [More...]

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