The Magic Lantern (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Ingmar Bergman
- First Published: 1987
- Type of Work: Autobiography
- Time of Work: 1918-1986
- Setting: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, France, London, and Los Angeles
- Principal Characters: Ingmar Bergman, Karin Åkerblom Bergman, Erik Bergman, Anna Åkerblom, Dag Bergman, Else Fisher, Ellen Lundström, Gun Hagberg, Käbi Laretei, Ingrid von Rosen, Harriet Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Sven Nykvist, Victor Sjöström, Ingrid Bergman
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, Family or family life, Parents and children, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Marriage, 1940’s, 1910’s, 1920’s, 1930’s, 1980’s, Adultery, Youth, Drama or dramatists, Films, movies, or motion pictures, Plays or playwrights
- Locales: France, Los Angeles, CA, London, England, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Denmark
Ingmar Bergman has been widely acclaimed as one of the outstanding film directors of all time, the greatest according to many critics. In such films as Smultronstället (1957; Wild Strawberries), Persona (1966), Viskningar och rop (1973; Cries and Whispers), and Fanny och Alexander (1982; Fanny and Alexander), the Swedish filmmaker combines a striking visual style with an understanding of people's psychological nature unrivaled in the cinema. While Bergman's autobiography offers anecdotes about his four decades in film and the theater, the...
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