Liv Ullmann

aka Vargtimmen 87 min., 1968 Directed by Ingmar Bergman Language: Swedish (English subtitles available) My rating: IMDB • Netflix I don’t get it. * * * Premise Alma Borg tells the story of her husband Johan and his relationship with the eccentric residents of the remote island where they once lived–and the surreal events which led to his disappearance. Review Ingmar Bergman’s Hour of the Wolf is usually typed as a horror movie, but it’s definitely not your average fright...Read Full Story

The Ingmar Bergman Special Edition DVD Collection (Persona / Shame / Hour of the Wolf / The Passion of Anna / The Serpent's Egg) Liv Ullmann (Actor) , Max von Sydow (Actor) , Ingmar Bergman (Director)   |   Format: DVD (25) Buy new: $44.99 44 used & new from $29.99 (Visit the Most Gifted in Art House & International list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.) Review & Description Disc 1: HOUR OF THE WOLF SE Disc 2: PASSION OF ANNA SE Disc 3: PERSONA SE Disc 4: THE...Read Full Story

Kristin Lavransdatter (Long Version) [VHS] Linus Aaberg (Actor) , Gisken Armand (Actor) , Liv Ullmann (Director)   |   Format: VHS Tape (20) Buy new: $59.50 15 used & new from $21.94 (Visit the Bestsellers in Boxed Sets list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.) Review & Description This epic love story set in 14th-century Norway is Liv Ullmann's ( Sophie ) remarkable adaptation of Sigrid Undset's 1928 Nobel Prize-winning novel. Kristin Lavransdatter follows one woman...Read Full Story

Faro Island (Sweden), July 9 - Theirs was one of the most powerful screen partnerships in cinema. Even today actress Liv Ullmann's grey eyes sparkle as she recalls her days with Swedish legend Ingmar Bergman, saying it is hard to believe that a man known for his dark, brooding films could be so 'playful and funny'. 'I had an incredibly creative relationship with him,' Liv, looking radiant in the summer sun even at 71, told this visiting IANS correspondent here.Read Full Story

Norway's Liv Ullmann will direct Oscar-winning Australian actress Cate Blanchett in "Streetcar Named Desire" this year at Washington's Kennedy Center, officials announced Tuesday. Ullmann, best known for the films she made with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, will direct Blanchett as fading southern belle Blanche DuBois in the Tennessee Williams classic, the best-known movie version of which starred Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh in 1951. Blanchett won an Oscar for her portrayal of Katharine...Read Full Story

Norway's Liv Ullmann will direct Oscar-winning Australian actress Cate Blanchett in "Streetcar Named Desire" this year at Washington's Kennedy Center, officials announced Tuesday. Ullmann, best known for the films she made with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, will direct Blanchett as fading southern belle Blanche DuBois in the Tennessee Williams classic, the best-known movie version of which starred Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh in 1951. Blanchett won an Oscar for her portrayal of Katharine...Read Full Story

Mumbai -  Pune-based architect Dheeraj Akolkar and Oscar-winning sound designer Resul Pookutty have taken Indian cinema to the next global level by collaborating with one of the world's most iconic actresses, Liv Ullmann, on a film.Read Full Story

Pune-based architect Dheeraj Akolkar and Oscar-winning sound designer Resul Pookutty have taken Indian cinema to the next global level by collaborating with one of the world's most iconic actresses, Liv Ullmann, on a film.Read Full Story

FÃ¥rö Island (Sweden) (IANS)- Here in Faro Island, jostling alongside summer tourists are fans of the great director Ingmar Bergman from across the world on a pilgrimage of sorts. They go around visiting various sites where Bergman lived and shot many of his films. But not many know that all this has been made possible by a rich Norwegian archaeologist and inventor, Hans Gude Gudesen, who is a big Bergman fan. He walks amid them but refuses to be recognised, thanked or interviewed. The story...Read Full Story

Revisiting two characters from his previous film, Scenes from a Marriage, some thirty years earlier, Bergman's Saraband turned out to be the cinematic craftsman's last film to be released theatrically, somewhat belatedly in 2007. His final masterwork was as powerful and intelligent as anything he directed over his long distinguished career and a befitting last chapter to one of the all time greats. To take us through Bergman's swansong is Rick Olson of the sublime Coosa Creek Cinema , who...Read Full Story