Sven Nykvist

Sven Nykvist

Nascimento : 1922-12-03, Moheda, Kronobergs län, Sweden

Morte : 2006-09-20

História

Sven Vilhem Nykvist (3 December 1922 – 20 September 2006) was a Swedish cinematographer. He worked on over 120 films, but is known especially for his work with director Ingmar Bergman. He won Academy Awards for his work on two Bergman films, Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) in 1973 and Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) in 1983, and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography for The Unbearable Lightness of Being. His work is generally noted for its naturalism and simplicity. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest cinematographers of all time. In 2003, Nykvist was judged one of history's ten most influential cinematographers in a survey conducted by the International Cinematographers Guild.

Perfil

Sven Nykvist

Filmes

… But Film Is My Mistress
Himself
Guided by Liv Ullmann and with commentaries from a number of prominent filmmakers for whom Bergman is and remains an important influence - such as Woody Allen, Olivier Assayas, Bernardo Bertolucci, Arnaud Desplechin, John Sayles, Martin Scorsese and Lars von Trier, the film provides a vivid portrait of the artist who in each new project found a challenge for himself and for the people he worked with - both actors and colleagues behind the camera.
Light Keeps Me Company
Director of Photography
Carl-Gustaf Nykvist's documentary about his father, Sven Nykvist. The film is based on Sven's memoirs with Sven himself as narrator. A journey to the place of birth, Moheda, constitutes the hub of the film and during the journey friends and memories emerge. Written by Fredrik Klasson
Light Keeps Me Company
Self
Carl-Gustaf Nykvist's documentary about his father, Sven Nykvist. The film is based on Sven's memoirs with Sven himself as narrator. A journey to the place of birth, Moheda, constitutes the hub of the film and during the journey friends and memories emerge. Written by Fredrik Klasson
One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich
Self - Cinematographer of 'Offret' (uncredited)
A documentary about the Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. The film was an episode of the French documentary film series Filmmakers of our time. The title of the film is a play on the title of Solzhenitsyn's novella One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.
Adoráveis Fantasmas
Cinematography
A bachelor afraid of marriage angers his long-time girlfriend by buying a splendid townhouse just for himself, only to find it haunted by the ghosts of a famous theatrical couple, who teach him about love and commitment.
Celebridades
Director of Photography
A carreira e vida pessoal do escritor Lee não andam bem. Ele decide se divorciar da esposa, Robin, e mergulha em um novo trabalho como jornalista de entretenimento. Suas coberturas o levam a festas suntuosas nos mais elegantes cantos de Manhattan, onde se envolve com diversas mulheres. Mas Lee começa a questionar a importância de seu trabalho. Enquanto isso, o famoso produtor de TV Tony se apaixona por Robin e a apresenta ao mundo das celebridades.
Private Confessions
Director of Photography
Five conversations frame a flawed marriage in this film written by Ingmar Bergman about his parents. Guilt-ridden wife Anna (Pernilla August) divulges an extramarital affair to a priest, her uncle Jacob (Max von Sydow). He presses her to confess her sins to her husband, Henrik. As the film moves back and forth in time, the notion of truth is tested. Tomas, the lover, and Henrik will find that Anna's confessions do not absolve anyone, and have the power to inflict more pain.
Lumière e Companhia
Director of Photography
40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.
Lumière e Companhia
40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.
I Am Curious, Film
Self
The Scandinavian entry in the BFI's Century of Cinema series of documentaries
O Poder do Amor
Director of Photography
Grace King Bichon (Julia Roberts) vive em uma pequena cidade, onde gerencia o estábulo de seu pai, Wyly (Robert Duvall). Após descobrir que Eddie (Dennis Quaid), seu marido, a trocou por outra mulher ela resolve ficar um tempo na casa da irmã, Emma Rae (Kyra Sedgwick). Grace aproveita o período para repensar a própria vida e questionar a autoridade de todos à sua volta, especialmente seu pai.
Um Dia de Louco
Director of Photography
É véspera de Natal na Lifelines , um serviço telefônico de ajuda psiquiátrica de Venice Beach, na Califórnia. O gerente Philip (Steve Martin) acaba de saber que o proprietário do imóvel o está despejando e, de repente, tudo ao redor do local parece tão em crise quanto os pacientes que estão entupindo as linhas telefônicas. Durante toda a madrugada, os personagens envolvidos - como a tímida Catherine (Rita Wilson) e a grávida Gracie (Juliette Lewis) - aprendem que o Natal pode ser um período feliz, sem a necessidade de preocupações com seu estado mental. Da mesma diretora de Sintonia de Amor, Norma Ephron.
Só Você
Director of Photography
Faith é uma professora que acredita que sua alma gêmea é um homem chamado Damon Bradley, pois quando era garota este nome apareceu em uma tábua Ouija e também por ter sido predito por uma cigana. O tempo passou e ela vai se casar com um médico. Faltando poucos dias do casamento ela atende o telefonema de um amigo do seu noivo, que pede desculpas por não poder ir a cerimônia pois está partido naquele instante para Veneza. O nome do amigo era Damon Bradley, o que faz com que ela não pense duas vezes e decida ir até Veneza, tentando encontrar um homem que ela não conhece.
Com Mérito
Director of Photography
Monty (Brendan Fraser) é um estudante que está prestes a completar sua pós-graduação na Universidade de Harvard. Com o computador estrago e apenas uma imprssão da sua tese em mãos, ele corre em uma loja para copiar seu trabalho, mas, acaba caindo no subsolo de um prédio. Monty descobre que Simon (Joe Pesci), um sem-teto encontrou sua tese. Esperto, Simon resolve fazer um acordo, a cada dia que Monty lhe der acomodação e comida, Simon lhe devolverá uma página da tese.
Gilbert Grape: Aprendiz de Sonhador
Director of Photography
Numa cidadezinha de interior idílica, vive Gilbert Grape (Johnny Depp), um adolescente aparentemente comum que sustenta a família desde a morte do pai. O peso não é para qualquer um: além das irmãs excêntricas e do irmão deficiente mental (Leonardo DiCaprio), inclui a mãe obesa, que não pára de comer desde a morte do marido. Mas a chegada de uma jovem forasteira (Juliette Lewis) dará a Gilbert a possibilidade de, pela primeira vez, fazer suas escolhas.
Sintonia de Amor
Director of Photography
Depois da morte de sua esposa, Sam muda-se para Seattle com seu filho Jonah. Em um programa de rádio, enquanto Sam fala sobre seus sentimentos, a repórter Annie o ouve e se apaixona por sua voz. Mesmo estando noiva, Annie decide convidá-lo para sair.
Chaplin
Director of Photography
"Chaplin" é um filme biográfico baseado na autobiografia do artista e no livro "A Vida de Charles Chaplin", escrito por David Robinson, que traz a história da vida de Charles Chaplin, um dos maiores gênios do cinema, interpretado por Robert Downey Jr. Indicado ao Oscar de Melhor Ator, Melhor Direção de Arte e Melhor Canção Original em 1993. O filme dá a oportunidade aos admiradores do grande artista de refletir sobre a sua vida, desde a sua sofrida infância na Inglaterra, até o recebimento de um Oscar Especial.
Visions of Light
Self
Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips from 100 films, from Birth of a Nation to Do the Right Thing. Themes: the DP tells people where to look; changes in movies (the arrival of sound, color, and wide screens) required creative responses from DPs; and, these artisans constantly invent new equipment and try new things, with wonderful results. The narration takes us through the identifiable studio styles of the 30s, the emergence of noir, the New York look, and the impact of Europeans. Citizen Kane, The Conformist, and Gordon Willis get special attention.
O Boi
Director of Photography
In desperation brought on by near-starvation, Helge Roos kills his master's ox to feed his wife and baby daughter, setting off a devastating and unexpected chain of events.
O Boi
Shop Owner (voice) (uncredited)
In desperation brought on by near-starvation, Helge Roos kills his master's ox to feed his wife and baby daughter, setting off a devastating and unexpected chain of events.
O Boi
Writer
In desperation brought on by near-starvation, Helge Roos kills his master's ox to feed his wife and baby daughter, setting off a devastating and unexpected chain of events.
O Boi
Director
In desperation brought on by near-starvation, Helge Roos kills his master's ox to feed his wife and baby daughter, setting off a devastating and unexpected chain of events.
Buster's Bedroom
Director of Photography
A young woman who is obsessed with Buster Keaton stays in the sanatorium where the actor was once a patient.
Bygga bilder: Anna Asp om scenografi
Himself
Documentary on production designer Anna Asp's work with director Andrey Tarkovsky, during the shooting of his film Offret (The Sacrifice).
Crimes e Pecados
Director of Photography
O diretor Woody Allen trata de duas histórias de adultério em um mesmo filme. Um médico de Nova York (Martin Landau) tenta encobrir de sua esposa sua vida de traições desesperadamente. Um documentarista (o próprio Woody Allen) luta contra a tentação enquanto está produzindo seu novo filme.
Contos de Nova York
Director of Photography
Na primeira história, Lições de Vida, Lionel Dobie, um famoso artista plástico, fica arrasado quando Paulette, sua namorada e assistente, planeja abandoná-lo. Na segunda, A Vida Sem Zoe, Zoe, uma menina, vive esquecida em um hotel de luxo enquanto seus famosos pais viajam o mundo. Na terceira, Édipo Arrasado, Sheldon Mills é um advogado que não consegue se libertar da mãe dominadora.
Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood
Filmed around the time of the 1989 Oscars this documentary includes interviews with foreign filmmakers from a variety of disciplines about their experiences working and living in Hollywood.
A Outra
Director of Photography
Marion é uma mulher que aprendeu a se proteger de suas emoções. Ela aluga um apartamento para trabalhar sem ser perturbada em seu novo livro, mas por alguma anomalia acústica ela pode ouvir tudo o que é dito no apartamento ao lado em que um psiquiatra mantém seu consultório. Quando ela ouve uma mulher jovem dizer que muita dificuldade para suportar sua vida, Marion começa a refletir sobre sua própria vida. Depois de uma série de eventos, ela chega a entender como sua atitude impassível em relação às pessoas ao seu redor afetou a si e a ela mesma.
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
Self
This documentary offers a rare glimpse of the legendary Soviet filmmaker, Andrei Tarkosvky, at work. Tarkovsky made only seven films in his brief, but brilliant, career; Michal Leszczylowski's respectful movie chronicles him at work on his last film, The Sacrifice. Offering insight into Tarkovsky's working methods and transcendental aesthetics, the movie is a compelling account of the difficulties of film production. In the case of an uncompromising and visionary filmmaker like Tarkovsky, the practical problems of filmmaking are only magnified, as cast and crew struggle to realize the ambitious concepts in Tarkovsky's mind.
Katinka
Director of Photography
A new foreman, Huus, arrives in a sleepy Danish village, much to the delight of the unmarried women there. However, Huus becomes very friendly with Katinka and her husband, Bai, the stationmaster. Katinka, childless and in frail health, gradually falls in love with Huus, though her husband does not seem to notice. Based on the work by Herman Bang.
A Insustentável Leveza do Ser
Director of Photography
Em meados dos anos 60, em Praga, Tomas conhece a inocente Tereza e os dois se apaixonam. Porém, o médico também mantém relações com Sabina, uma mulher refinada. Mas a vida deste triângulo amoroso será afetada pelos acontecimentos deste período.
Lighting
Himself
A documentary on Sven Nykvist lighting the movie-set during the shooting of Andrei Tarkovsky's film "The Sacrifice."
Moscow Elegy
Himself
A 1988 documentary film directed by Alexander Sokurov, about the later life and death of Soviet Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. The film was originally intended to mark the 50th birthday of Tarkovsky in 1982, which would have been before his death. Controversy with Soviet authorities about the film's style and content led to significant delays in the production.
O Sacrifício
Director of Photography
No dia de seu aniversário, enquanto comemora com sua família, Alexander e todos recebem através da televisão uma notícia inesperada: a Terceira Guerra Mundial, e consequentemente um holocausto nuclear haviam começado. Em desespero, mesmo tendo antes revelado não sentir mais fé em Deus, Alexander implora aos céus que aquilo não aconteça, e oferece tudo o que tem para que um milagre afaste o horror da guerra.
Nobody's Child
Director of Photography
Fact-based drama about the life of Marie Balter, who spent most of her young life in mental institutions. At age 16, she first attempted suicide and the next 20 years she spent in and out of the institutions. At last, a caring doctor started treating her for extreme depression and panic disorder. Weened from strong medications she had taken all her life, at age 36, she emerged for the last time and started a rehabilitation program in the home of a volunteer married couple. There she met a fellow patient with whom she developed a romantic relationship. She also started a college degree. This followed with a long-term professional success in the field of mental health.
Pesadelo Cruel
Director of Photography
After she's been attacked in her apartment, Cathy starts reliving the event in her dreams. She seeks help at a sleep disorder research center, but in doing so she encounters some unexpected results.
Agnes de Deus
Director of Photography
Uma psiquiatra apontada pela corte é encarregada de avaliar a jovem freira Agnes, cujo bebê foi encontrado estrangulado. Agnes alega que foi uma concepção sem sexo e não se lembra de ter dado à luz.
The Making of Fanny and Alexander
Self
The Making of Fanny and Alexander is a fascinating look at the creation of a masterpiece. Directed by Ingmar Bergman himself, this feature-length documentary chronicles the methods of one of cinema’s true luminaries as he labors to realize his crowning production.
Depois do Ensaio
Director of Photography
Rational, exacting, and self-controlled theater director, Henrik Vogler, often stays after rehearsal to think and plan. On this day, Anna comes back, ostensibly looking for a bracelet. She is the lead in his new production of Strindberg's A Dream Play. She talks of her hatred for her mother, now dead, an alcoholic actress, who was Vogler's star and lover.
Um Amor de Swann
Director of Photography
The beginning of the 20th century. Charles Swann, a young and wealthy dandy, spends most of his time hanging out with the old nobility, notably the Duke and Duchess of Guermantes. He is madly in love with a pretty demi-mondaine, Odette de Crécy. Idle, Swann surrendered complacently to the torments of jealousy. After hours of suffering, he manages to spend a night with Odette. In the morning, he believes that ultimately, this one is "not his type". However, we find him, many years later, alongside Odette who, now his wife, gave him a daughter. In the company of Baron de Charlus, brother of the Duchess of Guermantes, he wonders about the failure of his sentimental life, so far removed from this absolute he dreamed of...
Star 80
Director of Photography
Paul Snider é um narcisista, um pequeno vigarista que se imagina um mulherengo. Sua vida muda quando ele conhece Dorothy Stratten trabalhando atrás do balcão de uma lanchonete Dairy Queen. Sob sua orientação, Dorothy ganhou fama como Playmate da Playboy. Mas quando Dorothy começa a seguir a carreira de atriz, o ciumento Paul é expulso da cena por homens mais famosos. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
Fanny & Alexander
Director of Photography
Alexander tem apenas dez anos e sua irmã, Fanny, seis, quando seu pai morre de um mal súbito. Alexander começa a ver o fantasma do pai frequentemente até que sua mãe se casa com um Pastor de hábitos muito severos e vai morar em sua casa. Lá as duas crianças sofrerão muito, sendo tratadas como prisioneiras. [Esta é a versão original de Fanny & Alexander, que foi concebido como uma série de TV e depois reduzido para o formato de filme]
Esquecendo o Passado
Cinematography
Doc, who has just moved to Cannery Row, realizes that the only entertainment is the brothel. There he meets the spunky Suzy and they fall in love, giving them both a renewed chance at life.
O Destino Bate à Sua Porta
Director of Photography
Dono de um posto de gasolina contrata novo empregado. Jovem e sedutor, acaba se envolvendo com a esposa do patrão e com ela planeja matar o dono do local para herdar seus bens.
Da Vida das Marionetes
Director of Photography
Made during Bergman's tax-related exile in Germany, the film continues the story of Katarina and Peter Egermann, the feuding, childless, professional couple who appear in one episode of "Scenes From A Marriage." After Peter perpetrates a horrendous crime in its first scene, the rest of the film consists of a non-linear examination of his motivations, incorporating a police psychological investigation, scenes from the Egermanns' married life, and dream sequences.
Willie e Phil: Uma Cama Para Três
Cinematography
Uma moça liberal, recém-chegada a Nova York, gera uma disputa amorosa entre dois rapazes, que terminam em um relacionamento a três.
Marmalade Revolution
Cinematography
A Professor comes home carrying a paper bag with food. Among the goods in the bag is apricot jam. His wife reacts strongly, since they always have eaten orange marmalade. The Professor leaves his house and checks into a hotel.
Marmalade Revolution
Producer
A Professor comes home carrying a paper bag with food. Among the goods in the bag is apricot jam. His wife reacts strongly, since they always have eaten orange marmalade. The Professor leaves his house and checks into a hotel.
Encontros e Desencontros
Director of Photography
Phil Potter (Burt Reynolds) é um jornalista que leva uma vida boa, mas que entra num período ruim depois que sua mulher o abandona para se tonar cantora e compositora de sucesso. Para ajudar a superar o trauma, ele conta com a ajuda de uma professora primária, mas nada é muito fácil, já que ele ainda está muito ligado à ex-mulher.
Hurricane
Director of Photography
The story of the desperate love affair between a young Samoan chief and a beautiful American painter, against the will of her father, the powerful governor of the island. Amid this man-made tension comes a powerful hurricane so devastating, the lives of the lovers and the entire island are imperiled.
A Look at Liv
Using original footage and interviews, family photos, and excepts from many of the actress's screen and stage performances, the film explores sources of Liv Ullman's creativity, the influence of her Norwegian heritage, her relationship with Ingmar Bergman, her views on being a woman and mother in contemporary society, and the writing of her autobiography,
Rei dos Ciganos
Director of Photography
Zharko, leader of the Romanis in NYC, passes his position of leadership on to his unwilling grandson, Dave, leading to infighting between Dave and his father.
Sonata de Outono
Director of Photography
Após ter sido uma mãe ausente por anos, Charlotte (Ingrid Bergman), uma renomada pianista, vai até a casa de sua filha Eva (Liv Ullmann) para lhe fazer uma visita. Ela se surpreende ao encontrar sua outra filha, Helena (Lena Nyman), que tem problemas mentais. Eva tirou Helena da instituição que Charlotte a havia internado para cuidar dela em casa. A tensão entre mãe e filha começa a crescer devagar até elas colocarem tudo em panos limpos, dizendo tudo que sempre gostariam de dizer.
Menina Bonita
Director of Photography
A filha de uma prostituta é criada em um bordel, onde cuida do seu irmão e se prepara para seguir os passos da mãe. Com doze anos tem sua virgindade leiloada e logo depois se casa com um fotógrafo bem mais velho do que ela.
One on One
Cinematography
After years of ignoring the shy cousin whom she and her peers taunted mercilessly as a child, a middle-aged woman (Ingrid Thulin) wrenches the poor man (Erland Josephson) out of his self-chosen solitude to accompany her on a trip. Despite developments which deepen their knowledge of one another, the communication between them does not portend long-lasting intimacy.
One on One
Director
After years of ignoring the shy cousin whom she and her peers taunted mercilessly as a child, a middle-aged woman (Ingrid Thulin) wrenches the poor man (Erland Josephson) out of his self-chosen solitude to accompany her on a trip. Despite developments which deepen their knowledge of one another, the communication between them does not portend long-lasting intimacy.
The Making of 'Autumn Sonata'
Self
On-set documentary of the making of Ingmar Bergman's 1977 film Autumn Sonata starring Ingrid Bergman and Liv Ullman, examining every aspect of the production. Unusual for this kind of documentary, there is no post-production commentary or interviews.
O Ovo da Serpente
Cinematography
Uma semana na vida de Abel Rosenberg, acrobata de circo americano desempregado que vive em Berlim após a derrota da Alemanha na Primeira Guerra Mundial. Ingmar Bergman analisa a gênese do nazismo: a decadência econômica e a consequente degradação social são os ingredientes básicos do desespero, matéria-prima com a qual líderes carismáticos moldam o ódio racial.
The Condemned Women Dance
Cinematography
The film shows four women moving in a crowded, closed room to the music of Monteverdi. They represent women living by passing on a role that is passed down to them for generations. Two of the dancers are damned souls that come to life, the third is death and the fourth a child born free, but forced into the other female roles.
O Inquilino
Director of Photography
Um polonês tenta alugar um apartamento em um estranho edifício francês, mas é visto com desconfiança pelo proprietário. Ao descobrir que a última inquilina do apartamento onde morará se suicidara, ele aos poucos passa a ficar obcecado por sua história. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
Face a Face
Director of Photography
A psiquiatra Jenny Isaksson tem o casamento e a saúde mental abalados por visões de uma mulher idosa. Para tentar fugir das alucinações, ela começa um caso com o médico Tomas. Ainda atormentada, porém, a mulher entra em uma jornada de autoconhecimento enquanto sua sanidade deteriora.
A Flauta Mágica
Man in Audience (uncredited)
Neste filme mágico, Bergman filma a ópera "A Flauta Mágica" de Mozart em Estocolmo, no belo teatro de Drottningholm do século XVIII numa conjugação perfeita entre drama, música e cinema. O olhar de Bergman transforma "A Flauta Mágica" num espetáculo completo com uma simbologia sutil mas poderosa, tornando a ópera de Mozart, se é que isso é possível, numa obra ainda mais bela.
A Flauta Mágica
Cinematography
Neste filme mágico, Bergman filma a ópera "A Flauta Mágica" de Mozart em Estocolmo, no belo teatro de Drottningholm do século XVIII numa conjugação perfeita entre drama, música e cinema. O olhar de Bergman transforma "A Flauta Mágica" num espetáculo completo com uma simbologia sutil mas poderosa, tornando a ópera de Mozart, se é que isso é possível, numa obra ainda mais bela.
Lua Negra
Director of Photography
Esta história freudiana sobre a sexualidade adolescente, ambientada em um mundo pós-apocalíptico de identidades mutáveis e animais falantes, é um dos filmes mais experimentais de Malle e um devaneio cinematográfico como nenhum outro.
Monismanien 1995
Cinematography
In a fictional future totalitarian society ruled as a one-party state. A teacher commits the crime to teach their students to think independently and is therefore being stalked. The fictional Monismania also appeared in Astrid Lindgren's saga about the witch Pomperipossa in the Monismanian 1976.
Georginas Gründe
Cinematography
Adaptation of a story by Henry James.
Silence! Cameras! The Magic Flute!
Self
A documentary behind the scenes of Ingmar Bergman's The Magic Flute.
Ransom
Director of Photography
Following a series of bomb attacks in London, a group of terrorists seize Britain's ambassador to Scandinavia. With the ambassador now a hostage in his residence, another group hijacks an airliner at the capital's airport, announcing that the passengers will not be freed until their demands are met. Colonel Nils Tahlvik, Scandinavia's resourceful and ruthless head of security, seeks to take an uncompromising stance against the terrorists yet his attempts meet resistance from unknown forces at every turn...
Cenas de um Casamento
Director of Photography
Cenas de um Casamento é o retrato de dez anos conturbados da vida de um casal. No aniversário de dez anos juntos eles acreditam que tem o relacionamento perfeito, mas as rotinas do dia-a-dia e suas emoções começam a criar complicações.
The Dove
Director of Photography
The true story of a 16 year old (Robin Lee Graham, played by Joseph Bottoms) who aims to become the youngest person to sail around the world in a 23 foot sloop named "The Dove". On his journey he meets and falls in love with a young woman (Patti Ratteree, played by Deborah Raffin) who is also traveling around the world. The story follows Robin around the world to many beautiful locals, as he grows from a boy to a man, finds himself, and finds the love of his life.
The Vocation
Cinematography
Sven Nykvist, best known as Ingmar Bergman cinematographer, made this film as a tribute to his father who was a missionary in Kongo in the early 20th century. The story of his father Gustav Natanael Nykvist is told through his own photos, letters, and films. Director & cinematographer: Sven Nykvist. Narrators: Liv Ullmann & Sean Connery Produced by Ingmar Bergman (Cinematograph AB). Digitally restored in 2022.
The Vocation
Director
Sven Nykvist, best known as Ingmar Bergman cinematographer, made this film as a tribute to his father who was a missionary in Kongo in the early 20th century. The story of his father Gustav Natanael Nykvist is told through his own photos, letters, and films. Director & cinematographer: Sven Nykvist. Narrators: Liv Ullmann & Sean Connery Produced by Ingmar Bergman (Cinematograph AB). Digitally restored in 2022.
Foto: Sven Nykvist
A short documentary about the work of Swedish cinematographer and Ingmar Bergman collaborator, Sven Nykvist,, emphasizing his style of lighting and sense of humanity through interviews and film clips from key Bergman and Nykvist productions.
Gritos e Sussurros
Director of Photography
Em uma casa no campo uma mulher está bastante enferma e recebe cuidados de suas duas irmãs e de uma empregada da família, que precocemente perdeu sua filha e por isso extravaza seu amor de mãe dando o maior carinho possível para aquela moça tão debilitada. Dentro deste contexto lembranças, frustrações e imaginações em um misto de amor e ódio surgem no interior de cada pessoa.
A Free Woman
Director of Photography
A divorced woman in her thirties fights a losing battle in Munich to attain belated self-fulfillment. The die is cast in a briskly impersonal society geared to male dominance and early training for career women.
Siddhartha
Director of Photography
Siddhartha is the story of a young Brahmin and his search for a meaningful way of life. His journey takes him through periods of harsh asceticism, sensual pleasures, material wealth, self-revulsion and eventually to the oneness and harmony that he had been seeking. The story is based on the best-selling novel by German Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse.
Ingmar Bergman
Self
On-set documentary on the making of Ingmar Bergman's The Touch.
Lockfågeln
Cinematography
On his death-bed, Per Henrik Pistolekors must promise his father two things: first of all to kill king Gustav III, which his father hates. Second, to take his half-sister Annarella to Stockholm to find her a rich and noble husband.
A Hora do Amor
Director of Photography
A Swedish housewife begins an adulterous affair with a foreign archaeologist. But he is an emotionally scarred man, a Jewish survivor from a concentration camp, consequently, their relationship will be painfully difficult.
The Last Run
Director of Photography
A former mob getaway driver from Chicago has retired to a peaceful life in a Portuguese fishing village. He is asked to pull off one last job - to drive a dangerous crook and his girlfriend to France.
Karpfs Karriere
Cinematography
Fårö Document
Cinematography
Bergman interviews the locals of Fårö in this fascinating documentary. An expression of personal and political solidarity with the fellow inhabitants of his adopted home, the island of Fårö in the Baltic Sea, this documentary investigates the sometimes deleterious effects of the modern world on traditional farming and fishing communities. The young, especially, voice doubts about remaining in such a remote, quiet place.
A Paixão de Anna
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Andreas, um homem lutando contra o recente fim de seu casamento e seu próprio isolamento emocional, faz amizade com um casal também em meio a uma turbulência psicológica. Por sua vez, ele conhece Anna, que está de luto pelas recentes mortes de seu marido e filho. Ela parece zelosa em sua fé e firme em sua busca pela verdade, mas gradualmente suas ilusões vêm à tona. Andreas e Anna perseguem um caso de amor, mas ele não consegue superar seus sentimentos de profunda humilhação e permanece desconectado. Enquanto isso, a comunidade da ilha é vitimada por uma pessoa desconhecida cometendo atos de crueldade animal.
Ritual
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Um juiz de um país não mencionado entrevista três atores, juntos e separadamente, provocando-os enquanto investigava um desempenho pornográfico para o qual eles podem enfrentar uma multa. Os seus relacionamentos são complicados. Sebastian, um volátil bêbado e com dívidas, é culpado de matar o seu antigo parceiro e tem um caso com Thea, a viúva do morto. Thea, uma mulher sensível que é propenso a ataques e aparentemente frágil, atualmente é casada com novo parceiro de Sebastian, Hans. Hans é o líder da trupe, é rico, independente e em crescente cansaço da trupe. O juiz brinca com a insegurança do trio, mas eles podem ter a sua vingança quando eles finalmente realizam o ritual numa sessão privada com ele.
An-Magritt
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In Norway in the 1600s, An-Magritt is born as the result of a rape.
Vergonha
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Durante uma guerra civil, dois músicos se retiram para uma fazenda numa ilha. Eles são apolíticos. Às vezes um vizinho lhes dá um peixe; ou um vinho que é um luxo. Eles se amam, mas há problemas: a guerra perturba Jan, ele ficou triste, muito sensível; Eva quer filhos, ele não. A guerra de repente chega: rebeldes atacam, vizinhos morrem. Quando o outro lado restabelece a ordem, Jan e Eva são presos como colaboradores. Depois de amedronta-los e domina-los o coronel local os libera. Em seguida, ele começa a aparecer em sua fazenda. Para falar ou para perseguir Eva? Ele lhes dá dinheiro. Os rebeldes retornam e o caos se instala. Jan se torna violento e assassino. Então eles fogem. Será que eles conseguirão escapar? Se assim for, para quê? Estudo psicológico de Ingmar Bergman de como os seres humanos reagem em uma situação de guerra. O filme se passa em Gotland, onde as forças de invasão chegam.
A Hora do Lobo
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Um pintor e sua esposa vão morar em uma ilha afastada de tudo e conhecem um misterioso grupo de pessoas que passam a trazer angústias ainda maiores à vida do casal, que já estava atormentado pelos pesadelos do pintor e por conflitos psicológicos. Durante a hora do lobo, entre a meia-noite e a aurora, ele conta para sua esposa suas memórias mais dolorosas, e começa a questionar a própria lucidez.
Bränt barn
Cinematography
A 19-year-old boy, after his mother's death, starts a relationship with his father's mistress, although he is engaged. The relationship continues after the woman has become his stepmother.
Roseanna
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A young American girl is found dead in Gota Kanal, Swedens largest channel. Since there are hardly any clues or evidence at all it seems as if the murder cant be solved. Martin Beck and his men are assigned to the case. Soon they find a likely suspect and together with a police woman they begin a cat and mouse game to catch him.
Quando Duas Mulheres Pecam
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Uma atriz teatral de sucesso sofre uma crise emocional e para de falar. Uma enfermeira é designada a cuidar dela em uma casa reclusa, perto da praia, onde as duas permanecem sozinhas. Para quebrar o silêncio, a enfermeira começa a falar incessantemente, narrando diversos episódios relevantes de sua vida, mas quando descobre que a atriz usa seus depoimentos como fonte de análise, a cumplicidade entre as duas se transforma em embate.
Lianbron
Director
A Swedish scientist couple comes to a small African village to fight malaria.
Loving Couples
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As three pregnant women wait to have their babies in a hospital in Stockholm at the outbreak of the Great War, they relive their childhood and youthful experiences.
To Love
Cinematography
A widowed woman undergoes a true sexual awakening in this provocative drama. The change comes after her husband of 10 years suddenly dies. During their marriage she never felt a thing during sex. Then she meets a lively Pole and begins an affair. Suddenly she finds herself feeling a great deal, and happiness ensues.
The Dress
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Edit is pleased that her mother agrees to let her buy a dress she loves, but which in fact is made for an adult woman.
All These Women
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O pretensioso crítico Cornelius está a escrever uma biografia sobre um violoncelista famoso e para fazer essa pesquisa, ele fica na casa do violoncelista por alguns dias. Ele não consegue uma entrevista com o homem, mas falando com todas as mulheres que moram com ele, aprende muito sobre a vida privada do músico. Cornelius então decide usar essa informação e tenta chantagear o violoncelista para que faça uma composição que ele, Cornelius, escreveu.
Prins hatt under jorden
Cinematography
A young man,Erik, breaks into a photo store. But he is discovered by the night watchman and has to fly. During the flight he is picked up by cabaret singer Margot, who offers him protection. Erik, now wanted by the police, stays for a longer time with Margot and becomes her lover. Margot, however, is not alone in recruiting Erik: even the young Li is interested in him.
O Silêncio
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Traveling through an unnamed European country on the brink of war, sickly, intellectual Ester, her sister Anna and Anna's young son, Johan, check into a near-empty hotel. A basic inability to communicate among the three seems only to worsen during their stay. Anna provokes her sister by enjoying a dalliance with a local man, while the boy, left to himself, has a series of enigmatic encounters that heighten the growing air of isolation.
Luz de Inverno
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O pastor da igreja de uma pequena vila começa a sentir sua fé em Deus abalada e a questionar seu trabalho e missão no que faz todos os dias. Um colega que frequenta a Igreja está numa terrível crise existencial pela situação política atual da Guerra Fria temendo a destruição do mundo caso as bombas atômicas sejam usadas, e quando procura o pastor, este, ao contrário de confortá-lo com a palavra de Deus também apresenta todas as suas dúvidas e inseguranças.
Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie
Self
The year is 1961 and Ingmar Bergman is making a movie. While planted on the scene as apprentice to Bergman, Vilgot Sjöman (director, I Am Curious–Yellow, 1967), suggests to Swedish Television that they take the opportunity to record with the acclaimed director. In August, Sjöman and the television crew begin to capture what would become a comprehensive five-part documentary on the making of Winter Light, offering views of script development, set construction and lighting, rehearsals and editing, as well as intimate conversations with Bergman and members of his cast and crew. Footage from the film’s Swedish premiere delivers immediate audience reactions and the critics’ reviews the following day.
Snow White and the Seven Jugglers
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Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates
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Set in 1860s Holland along the famed Zeider Zee — young Hans Brinker finds himself responsible for supporting his family after his father becomes injured in an accident. He and his sister, Gretel, travel to Amsterdam in search of funds to help pay for their father's operation. Their only hope lies in the city's annual ice skating race in which Hans must face off against his arch-rival, Ludwig Schimmel, in hopes of winning the prize money.
Lita på mej, älskling!
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Anna and Karl are a young couple in Stockholm, unable to find an apartment of their own. However, they play matchmakers to make their friends Fredrik and Ulla to get together, getting an apartment of their own that way. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Através de um Espelho
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Harriet Andersson é a frágil Karin. Afetada por crises de loucura, ela entra em conflito com seus familiares durante as férias de verão numa ilha remota. Um drama psicológico intenso em que Bergman disseca o processo de degradação de uma família.
The Judge
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Krister and his fiancé Brita return to Stockholm after a stay in Italy. Shortly upon their return Krister learns that all his assets left to him by his father has disappeared. Together with Brita he tries to obtain justice in a aristocratic and corrupt legal system.
A Fonte da Donzela
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Cristãos fervorosos, os pais de uma menina de 15 anos a encarregam de levar velas à igreja do vilarejo. No caminho, abordada por dois pastores, a menina é estuprada e morta. Por ironia, ao cair da noite, seus assassinos vão buscar abrigo na casa de seus pais que, ao descobrirem o triste destino da filha, só pensam em vingança.
Får jag låna din fru?
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Bertil Lund works at the wholesaling company Everything for the Baby. The supervisor Fredriksson is considering promoting him to vice-president but there is one obstacle: Bertil is yet unmarried and is thus considered unsuitable. But Bertil's friend Torbjörn has an idea: Bertil can borrow Torbjörn's wife Ulla and tell everybody that she is his wife. When his colleagues at work hears that he is married, Bertil has a lot of problems to deal with. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Der Engel, der seine Harfe versetzte
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A comedy directed by Kurt Hoffmann.
Laila
Cinematography
Winter in Lapland, a settler and his wife just had their newborn daughter baptized. On the way home through the wilderness, they are chased by a pack of wolves. The little baby falls out of the sledge and parents plunges off a cliff.
The Lady in Black
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The married detective couple John and Kajsa Hillman goes on a vacation to Holmfors mill where a friend of Kajsa's lives with her husband. When a young woman is found murdered it is clear that this is another case for the Hillmans.
A Girl of Solbakken
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From Bjørnson's novels about romance in 19th century Norway. Thorbjörn Granliden is raised severely by his parents who notice that he is drawn to the sinister farmhand Aslak. After a fight with Thorbjörn's father, Aslak leaves the farm. Thorbjörn grows up and falls in love with the beautiful Synnöve.
Guest at One's Own Home
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Eva Dahl, a doctor's wife, starts an affair with a younger man.
En drömmares vandring
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Portrait of the Swedish poet Dan Andersson (1888-1920). Brought up during poor conditions he finds work as a temperance preacher and educator. Bored by this he travels to Stockholm to try to get his poems published. On the train he meets a rich, sophisticated art patron who encourages him and grinds his literary and philosophical formation.
Den tappre soldaten Jönsson
Cinematography
About a love triangle between the soldiers 32 Svensson and 58 Jönsson and the girl Blenda. Both men ends up in jail, for different reasons. Further adventures and incidents occur.
Children of the Night
Cinematography
A man (Gunnar Hellström) meets prisoner Nils Gustaf Boman and asks him why he strayed from the straight and narrow. The prisoner says: "Put yourself in my position." The man does and sees before him himself as Nils Gustaf Boman.
Gorilla
Director
In this adventure, set deep within the Belgian Congo, a local witch doctor decides the only way to stop a rampaging gorilla from terrorizing his people is to sacrifice a new-born baby. Meanwhile a local game warden and a journalist researching a story on the natives team up to stop the crazed simian.
Sista ringen
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Eric and Clarence are friends from the same class in school - but from different social classes. Eric comes from the working class, Clarence from the upper class. Eric regards his studies as a way of getting somewhere, while Clarence is only interested in the drawing lessons. There are only a few months left until graduation. Clarence behaves very provocatively against the art teacher 'Sjasen'. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Darling of Mine
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The Swedish/American actor Jack Harris visits the old country for the first time in his life. One of the journalist, Ingrid Billberg, is particularly interested in getting an interview with him. She finds out secret information about his next movie, and to stop her from revealing it, Jack Harris gets her alone with him on an isolated island in the archipelago. Romance blossoms... Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Salka Valka
Cinematography
A coming of age story about young Salka Valka who lives in the small fishing village of Íseyri. She is doing well for herself as a partner in a small fishing boat, but people believe she is financed by her deceased mother's former fiance, Steinthór, who disappeared on their wedding day many years ago. Salka becomes infatuated with the idealistic Arnaldur who wants to start a workers union, much to the opposition of local entrepreneur Bogesen. The past comes to haunt her in the return of Steinthór but Salka fends off his advances only to lose the restless Arnaldur away. http://www.icelandicfilmcentre.is
Karin Månsdotter
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Filme histórico inovador e divertido baseado na peça 'Erik IV', de August Strindberg.
Storm over Tjurö
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Karl Oskar Bohm looks back at his life, his estranged daughter Augusta and his wife Sofia.
Noites de Circo
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The complicated relationships between a circus ringmaster, his estranged wife and his lover.
Barabbas
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The story about the thief who didn't get crucified because Jesus was choosen to take his place.
När syrenerna blomma
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The 1880s. Abandoned by his middle class parents in Stockholm, Johannes grows up in the countryside with a cobbler who regularly beats him up. Also at school he has to face regular beatings because of his Stockholm background, the only one who cares for him is a girl, Lotta, who promises to marry him one day. When he's 20 he moves to Stockholm and joins the Royal guards at the Royal palace. Quite by accident he meets Lotta again and start an affair with her. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Loffe blir polis
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The singing vagabond Loffe suddenly becomes a man of the law.
Lång-Lasse i Delsbo
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it's the 1840s and a rural parish plagued by drinking and fighting gets a new vicar who has decided to instill law, order and fear of God into the parishioners.
Sjösalavår
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The Troubadour sits at a rock beside his summerhouse Sjösala in the Stockholm archipelago. He is composing a new ballad, when his son Sven Bertil interrupts him, telling him that an angry man is knocking at their door. It is the creditor Andersson, coming with a new unpaid bill to be put on the top of all the other. The Troubadour is tired of all economical problems. It disturbs the peace he needs to be able to write new songs, and without new songs he cannot earn the money he needs to pay the bills. To get peace and inspiration for his writing, he makes a quick decision to go to Buenos Aires. By phone he persuades his publisher to prepay 7000 kronor for some future book. On the little ferry from the islands in the sea to Stockholm city the Troubadour is carried away by his imagination into the fictitious world of his main character Fritiof Andersson. Colorful scenes from various songs are enacted before his dreaming eyes. In Stockholm he spends the night at the inn Gyldene Freden. ...
Maj på Malö
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A con artist arrives to a small island to swingle money from the fishermen.
Saltstänk och krutgubbar
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The stingy fisherman Ericsson lives on a small island north of Stockholm with his wife Johanna och her father Isak.
13 chairs
Cinematography
Filip Palm works as a clerk. His hobby is creating inventions of different sorts. He has just received a big inheritance and has fallen in love with Gun Svärdsjö.
Gomorron Bill!
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Land owner Bill Bärnfelt sees a beautiful woman when he is out riding and immediately falls in love. But then his former fiancee turns up and makes a fuss.
The Children
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Based on the classic children’s story, seven orphan siblings and their goat make a difficult journey over the mountains to find new parents.
I mörkaste Småland
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Albert Engström's anecdotes of Småland have been put together to make a comedy film about Johannes and Cornelius, two smallholding farmers and best friends.
General von Döbeln
Camera Technician
1813. The Swedish army is fighting in the War of the Sixth Coalition. The popular general Von Döbeln is arrested for sending the army against the French in breach of orders by the crown prince. At the court martial he is sentenced to death but is pardoned by the king and sent to prison instead. A group of conspirators are planning to set him free and make him their leader in a coup d'etat.