Wild Strawberries (1959)
Wild Strawberries
(1959)
General Information
Completed On: 22 Jun, 1959
Duration: 1 hr 31 min 0 sec
Genres: Feature
Language: Swedish
Country: Sweden
Submitted By: Anna Maurice
Festival Rating
Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg (Victor Sjöström) travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne (Ingrid Thulin), in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own life. These include the vivacious young Sara (Bibi Andersson), a dead ringer for the doctor's own first love.
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DirectorsIngmar Bergman
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WritersIngmar Bergman
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Film TypeFeature
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GenresDrama,Romance
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Runtime1 hours 31 minutes 0 seconds
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Completion Date22 Jun, 1959
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Production BudgetUSD
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Country of OriginSweden
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Country of FilmingSweden
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Film LanguageSwedish
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Shooting Format
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Aspect Ratio
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Film ColorBlack & White
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Student ProjectNo
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First-time FilmmakerNo
Director's Biography
Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director, writer, and producer who worked in film, television, theatre and radio. Considered to be among the most accomplished and influential filmmakers of all time, Bergman's films include Smiles of a Summer Night (1955), The Seventh Seal (1957), Wild Strawberries (1957), Persona (1966), Cries and Whispers (1972), Scenes from a Marriage (1973), and Fanny and Alexander (1982); the last two exist in extended television versions.
Bergman directed over sixty films and documentaries for cinematic release and for television screenings, most of which he also wrote. He also directed over 170 plays. He eventually forged a creative partnership with his cinematographers Gunnar Fischer and Sven Nykvist. Among his company of actors were Harriet and Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Gunnar Björnstrand, Erland Josephson, Ingrid Thulin and Max von Sydow. Most of his films were set in Sweden, and many films from Through a Glass Darkly (1961) onward were filmed on the island of Fårö.
