Harriet Andersson

via scottlord by noreply@blogger.com (scottlord- Swedish Film and the Svenska Filminstitutet) on 10/20/09 Google-sokning, Sverige Swedish film Swedish Film 1946-1960 If it seems that after Persona (1966) the film that was made in Sweden was influenced more by the film One Summer of Happiness / She Danced Only One Summer ( Hon dansade en sommar , 1951) with Ulla Jacobsson and Folke Sundqvist, it may only be that Persona was in particular to follow Bergman's Winter Light trilogy, during which he had worked with Vilgot Sj?man and, oddly enough, during which Par Lagerkvist published his religious trilogy, beginning with the novel The Death of ... Read Full Story

via scottlord by noreply@blogger.com (scottlord- Swedish Film and the Svenska Filminstitutet) on 10/20/09 Google-sokning, Sverige Swedish film Swedish Film 1946-1960 If it seems that after Persona (1966) the film that was made in Sweden was influenced more by the film One Summer of Happiness / She Danced Only One Summer ( Hon dansade en sommar , 1951) with Ulla Jacobsson and Folke Sundqvist, it may only be that Persona was in particular to follow Bergman's Winter Light trilogy, during which he had worked with Vilgot Sj?man and, oddly enough, during which Par Lagerkvist published his religious trilogy, beginning with the novel The Death of ... Read Full Story

A Norwegian businessman has bought the late Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman's former house, reports said on Friday. Hans Gude Gudesen, who made a fortune in IT, hopes to turn the property into an arts centre supported by a foundation, according to Swedish media. The director died in 2007 and his belongings have been sold at auction in Stockholm over recent months, in accordance with his wishes. Gudesen paid an undisclosed sum for the property, which was valued at between three and four million euros. The property consists of four buildings -- one of which housed Bergman's private cinema -- on the coast of ... Read Full Story

Swedish media says a Norwegian businessman has bought late filmmaker Ingmar Bergman's secluded island home for an undisclosed sum. Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter cites the director's daughter, Linn Ullman, as saying that Norwegian archaeologist, inventor and entrepreneur Hans Gude Gudesen bought the property on the small Baltic Sea island of Faro. According to Friday's report, those working in the sectors of film, music, theater, literature and photography will be able to seek scholarships to live and work at the estate for certain periods of time. Bergman died on July 30 in 2007. He is famous for cinema classics such as "The Seventh Seal" ... Read Full Story

A chipped and incomplete chess set believed to have featured in one of Ingmar Bergman's best known films fetched one of the highest bids at a special auction for the late director's belongings, auction house officials said Tuesday. The set, which had been valued at around 10,000-15,000 kronor ($1,430-$2,150), sold for 1 million kronor ($142,000), said Charlotte Bergstrom, a spokeswoman at Bukowskis in Stockholm. It is missing a white king and is believed to have been used in "The Seventh Seal," one of Bergman's most famous films. "In one part of the film, Max von Sydow sweeps his mantle over the table and the ... Read Full Story