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...   [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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]