Ingmar Bergman (Actor)

Reviews of Ingmar Bergman Movies

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Movies starring Ingmar Bergman have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 70%.

Cries and Whispers - released in 1972 - is Ingmar Bergman's highest rated movie, with a score of 83% based on 362 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Ingmar Bergman is The Rite - released in 1969 - with a score of 54% based on 579 reviews.

Actor Biography

Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. His influential body of work dealt with bleakness and despair as well as comedy and hope. Described by Woody Allen as "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera", he is recognized as one of the most accomplished and influential film directors of all time. However, despite critical acclaim, his films rarely earned large grosses or gained wide audiences.

He directed over sixty films and documentaries for cinematic release and for television, most of which he also wrote, and directed over one hundred and seventy plays. Among his company of actors were Liv Ullmann, Bibi Andersson, Erland Josephson, Ingrid Thulin and Max von Sydow. Most of his films were set in the landscape of Sweden. His major subjects were death, illness, faith, betrayal, and insanity.

Bergman was active for more than six decades. In 1976 his career was seriously threatened as the result of a botched criminal investigation for alleged income tax evasion. Outraged, Bergman suspended a number of pending productions, closed his studios, and went into self-imposed exile in Germany for eight years.

Ingmar Bergman has acted in films with Liv Ullmann, Holly Hunter, John Landis and Lena Olin.

Ingmar Bergman has worked with these film directors: Jane Magnusson, Margarethe von Trotta, Dheeraj Akolkar and Marie Nyreröd.