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Swedish cinema: 1950s

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...   [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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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