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Swedish cinema: All genres
A Cottage on Dartmoor (1929)
Anthony Asquith
One night, a convict escapes from Dartmoor prison and races across open countryside towards a remote farm cottage. Unaware of the trouble that is coming her way, the young woman inside this solitary building is putting her child to bed...
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Anthony Asquith
A Lesson in Love (1954)
Ingmar Bergman
David, a gynaecologist, has been married to Marianne for 15 years. When she discovers that her husband has been sleeping with one of his patients, Marianne begins an affair with a close family friend...
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Ingmar Bergman
A Man There Was (1917)
Victor Sjöström
On the wave-lashed coast of Norway there lives a man who is never comfortable on land, preferring instead a life of danger and excitement on the open sea...
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Victor Sjöström
Autumn Sonata (1978)
Ingmar Bergman
After a period of separation, Eva invites her mother, Charlotte, a world class pianist, to spend a few days with her and her husband Victor, a parish priest...
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Ingmar Bergman
The Bride of Glomdal (1926)
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Tired of working for others, Tore finally decides to take over his father's rundown farm and restore it to its former glory...
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Carl Theodor Dreyer
Cries and Whispers (1972)
Ingmar Bergman
In the bedroom of a large country house in the 19th Century, a young woman, Agnes, is enduring the last excruciating days of a terminal cancer... [More...]
Ingmar Bergman
In the bedroom of a large country house in the 19th Century, a young woman, Agnes, is enduring the last excruciating days of a terminal cancer... [More...]
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...]
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...]
Dreams (1955)
Ingmar Bergman
Susanne Frank is a fashion photographer with a successful agency in Stockholm. Doris is her favourite model, a sensitive and naïve young woman... [More...]
Ingmar Bergman
Susanne Frank is a fashion photographer with a successful agency in Stockholm. Doris is her favourite model, a sensitive and naïve young woman... [More...]
Erotikon (1920)
Mauritz Stiller
Professor Leo Charpentier is an eminent entomologist who is far more interested in the mating habits of insects that in his wife's conjugal needs... [More...]
Mauritz Stiller
Professor Leo Charpentier is an eminent entomologist who is far more interested in the mating habits of insects that in his wife's conjugal needs... [More...]
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
Ingmar Bergman
December 1907. The once-famous actress Helena Ekdahl welcomes her family to her home to celebrate Christmas. Her sons - Gustav Adolf, Carl and Oscar arrive with their wives and children... [More...]
Ingmar Bergman
December 1907. The once-famous actress Helena Ekdahl welcomes her family to her home to celebrate Christmas. Her sons - Gustav Adolf, Carl and Oscar arrive with their wives and children... [More...]
Les Grandes personnes (2008)
Anne Novion
To celebrate his daughter Jeanne's 17th birthday, Albert, a divorced librarian, takes her to the Swedish island Styrsö for their summer holiday... [More...]
Anne Novion
To celebrate his daughter Jeanne's 17th birthday, Albert, a divorced librarian, takes her to the Swedish island Styrsö for their summer holiday... [More...]
Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922)
Benjamin Christensen
For hundreds, if not thousands of years, witches have predominated in folklore, these being the likely instigators of all the ills and mishaps that afflict mankind... [More...]
Benjamin Christensen
For hundreds, if not thousands of years, witches have predominated in folklore, these being the likely instigators of all the ills and mishaps that afflict mankind... [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...]
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...]
Ingeborg Holm (1913)
Victor Sjöström
Sven and Ingeborg Holm are a happily married couple with three young children. By scrimping and scraping they have saved enough money so that, with the help of a loan, they can open a small grocer's shop in Stockholm... [More...]
Victor Sjöström
Sven and Ingeborg Holm are a happily married couple with three young children. By scrimping and scraping they have saved enough money so that, with the help of a loan, they can open a small grocer's shop in Stockholm... [More...]
Johan (1921)
Mauritz Stiller
Johan, a surly middle-aged woodcutter, decides to marry a young orphan girl, Marit, against the wishes of his domineering mother... [More...]
Mauritz Stiller
Johan, a surly middle-aged woodcutter, decides to marry a young orphan girl, Marit, against the wishes of his domineering mother... [More...]
The Lass from the Stormy Croft (1917)
Victor Sjöström
In a close-knit Swedish farming community, Helga Nilsdotter becomes a social outcast when she bears an illegitimate child... [More...]
Victor Sjöström
In a close-knit Swedish farming community, Helga Nilsdotter becomes a social outcast when she bears an illegitimate child... [More...]
The Magician (1958)
Ingmar Bergman
The year is 1846. A troupe of travelling performers, the Magnetic Health Theatre, is making its way across Sweden. The troupe consists of Dr Vogler, a mute magician, his assistant (who is in truth his wife Manda), an elderly woman resembling a witch and Tubal, the show's talkative barker... [More...]
Ingmar Bergman
The year is 1846. A troupe of travelling performers, the Magnetic Health Theatre, is making its way across Sweden. The troupe consists of Dr Vogler, a mute magician, his assistant (who is in truth his wife Manda), an elderly woman resembling a witch and Tubal, the show's talkative barker... [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...]
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 Outlaw and His Wife (1918)
Victor Sjöström
Iceland, in the mid-18th century. Kari is an itinerant labourer who persuades a wealthy widow, Halla, to give him work on her farm... [More...]
Victor Sjöström
Iceland, in the mid-18th century. Kari is an itinerant labourer who persuades a wealthy widow, Halla, to give him work on her farm... [More...]
The Parson's Widow (1920)
Carl Theodor Dreyer
In the 17th century, Söfren, a young seminary graduate, and Mari, his attractive fiancée, make their way across country to a little Norwegian village which is need of a new parson... [More...]
Carl Theodor Dreyer
In the 17th century, Söfren, a young seminary graduate, and Mari, his attractive fiancée, make their way across country to a little Norwegian village which is need of a new parson... [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...]
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...]
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 Phantom Carriage (1921)
Victor Sjöström
As she lies on her deathbed one New Year's eve, salvation army worker Edit insists that a man named David Holm be brought to her... [More...]
Victor Sjöström
As she lies on her deathbed one New Year's eve, salvation army worker Edit insists that a man named David Holm be brought to her... [More...]
Port of Call (1948)
Ingmar Bergman
Shortly after landing at the port of Gothenburg, a merchant seaman named Gösta prevents a young woman from drowning herself... [More...]
Ingmar Bergman
Shortly after landing at the port of Gothenburg, a merchant seaman named Gösta prevents a young woman from drowning herself... [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...]
Ingmar Bergman
Three members of a theatrical troupe are brought before a judge, charged with committing some unspecified act of obscenity... [More...]
The Sacrifice (1986)
Andrey Tarkovskiy
Alexander is a man in his early sixties who leads a tranquil existence with his wife Adelaide, stepdaughter Marta and young son in a large house by the sea on a remote island... [More...]
Andrey Tarkovskiy
Alexander is a man in his early sixties who leads a tranquil existence with his wife Adelaide, stepdaughter Marta and young son in a large house by the sea on a remote island... [More...]
The Saga of Gosta Berling (1924)
Mauritz Stiller
A young Swedish priest, Gösta Berling, is defrocked when his liking for the demon drink is discovered by his congregation... [More...]
Mauritz Stiller
A young Swedish priest, Gösta Berling, is defrocked when his liking for the demon drink is discovered by his congregation... [More...]
Saraband (2003)
Ingmar Bergman
Some thirty years after their divorce, Marianne decides to pay a visit to her former husband, Johan, who lives alone in his country house... [More...]
Ingmar Bergman
Some thirty years after their divorce, Marianne decides to pay a visit to her former husband, Johan, who lives alone in his country house... [More...]
Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)
Ingmar Bergman
A travelling circus that has obviously seen better days arrives at a provincial town, but the weary performers are gloomy about the reception they will receive... [More...]
Ingmar Bergman
A travelling circus that has obviously seen better days arrives at a provincial town, but the weary performers are gloomy about the reception they will receive... [More...]
Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
Ingmar Bergman
Johan and Marianne have what seems to be the perfect marriage. They have been together for ten years, have two children, and have settled into a life of domestic bliss... [More...]
Ingmar Bergman
Johan and Marianne have what seems to be the perfect marriage. They have been together for ten years, have two children, and have settled into a life of domestic bliss... [More...]