Secret of the Monastery (1920)
Victor Sjöström

In the 17th century, two weary travellers arrive at a remote monastery and are invited to spend the night there. They are curious about the origins of the monastery, so, reluctantly, the kindly old monk who shows them to their room recounts the tragic tale that led to founding of the religious establishment...   [More...]

The Seventh Seal (1957)
Ingmar Bergman

In the mid-fourteenth century, Europe is being ravaged by the Black Death. On his way home from the Crusades, a knight, Antonius Block, is visited by Death, in the form of an old man in a black cowl...   [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...]

Sir Arne's Treasure (1919)
Mauritz Stiller

In 16th century Sweden, King Johan III decrees that the Scottish mercenaries who are plotting against him are to be expelled from the country and their commanders incarcerated...   [More...]

Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
Ingmar Bergman

Fredrik Egerman, a successful lawyer, has married Anne, a woman much younger than himself, and has yet to consummate the marriage...   [More...]

Summer Interlude (1951)
Ingmar Bergman

Marie is a leading ballerina with a ballet company in Stockholm. One day, she receives a mysterious parcel - an old diary written by Henrik, her first love...   [More...]

Summer with Monika (1953)
Ingmar Bergman

Monika, 17, works as a grocer's assistant in the centre of Stockholm. One day, she meets Harry, a young warehouse employee who is a few years her senior...   [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...]

To Joy (1950)
Ingmar Bergman

Stig Eriksson is a violist in a Swedish orchestra company. During a rehearsal, he is informed that his wife Marta has just died in a domestic accident...   [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...]

Waiting Women (1952)
Ingmar Bergman

Whilst waiting for their husbands to join them at their holiday home, four sisters-in-law swap stories about their lukewarm marriages...   [More...]

Wild Strawberries (1957)
Ingmar Bergman

Isak Borg is a distinguished medical professor who is about to be rewarded with a doctorate to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of his graduation...   [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...]