"Director: Ingmar Bergman"

• Scenes From A Marriage | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £8.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (122.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Ingmar Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage opens with a couple--Marianne (Liv Ullmann) and Johann (Erland Josephson)--being interviewed for a magazine. Every moment seems to teeter on the brink of some rupture; just as they start to get comfortable, the interviewer has them freeze for a photograph. After making some bland, general statements, they both start admitting intimate details, confessing that they were brought together by mutual misery, then cheerfully claiming that theirs is a model marriage. The entirety of Scenes from a Marriage--which chronicles their emotional relationship even after a divorce and marriages to other people--continues to have these contradictions, moments of honesty and self-deception, of cruelty and kindness, concern and self-obsession, all laid bare by the skilful actors and the subtle, constantly shifting screenplay. Every scene is a small movie unto itself; in fact, Scenes from a Marriage was originally a six-episode TV show, carefully edited down into a unified film. This is one of Bergman's most immediate and accessible works, concerned more with the facts of human behaviour than symbolism or abstract themes. Bergman understands how to balance what could be horrible pain and despair with the characters' earnest efforts to improve their lives. His imitators reduce everything to sheer suffering and alienation; Bergman sees the best in his characters, even when their actions are terrible. This 1973 film won numerous awards, including several acting honours for Ullmann. --Bret Fetzer

• Ingmar Bergman Volume 1 (5 - Disc Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (26/07/2021) from £36.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  For over 50 years, Ingmar Bergman produced ground-breaking works of cinema that established him as one of the world's most acclaimed, enduring and influential filmmakers. Ingmar Bergman: Volume One marks the first of a four volume celebration of the auteur's work - available on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK - and reflects on the opening stages of Bergman's career. Presented over five discs, the set features 2K restorations of eight early films written or directed by Bergman. Including initial partnerships with regular collaborators (such as cinematographer Gunnar Fischer and actor Birger Malmsten), these early works exhibit his burgeoning talents, introducing themes and tones that he would continue to develop over the next five decades. The films: Torment (Dir. Alf Sjöberg | Scr. Ingmar Bergman, 1944), Crisis (1946), Eva (Dir. Gustaf Molander | Scr. Ingmar Bergman, 1948), Music in Darkness (1948), Port of Call (1948), Prison (1949), Three Strange Loves (1949), To Joy (1950) 5-Blu-ray set featuring 2K restorations of all 8 films Perfect-bound book featuring new essays by Jan Holmberg (CEO of the Ingmar Bergman Foundation), Philip Kemp, Geoff Andrew, Jessica Kiang, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Kat Ellinger, and Laura Hubner Ingmar Bergman: The Early Years (2021): a new video essay by writer, filmmaker and film journalist Leigh Singer Ingmar Bergman Guardian Interview (1982, 62 mins, audio only): Bergman pays tribute to Alf Sjöberg, the director of Torment, discussing his influence and impact on his own career Other extras TBC Limited edition (5,000 units) Newly commissioned artwork by Andrew Bannister

• Fanny and Alexander | DVD | (28/01/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Set in Sweden at the turn of the century Ingmar Bergman's semi-autobiographical story tells of young sister and Brother Fanny (Pernilla Allwin) and Alexander (Bertil Guve) whose comfortable lives change dramatically when their father dies onstage during a performance of 'Hamlet'. Their mother marries a puritanical bishop and the new family move into the bishop's draughty home where the children are mistreated and their mother becomes consumed with regrets. The film won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film as well as Oscars for Best Cinematography Best Costume Design and Best Art Direction.

• Ingmar Bergman: Volume 4 (1972-1984) (6-Blu-ray discs) | Blu Ray | (30/01/2023) from £31.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  ! For more than 50 years, Ingmar Bergman produced ground breaking works of cinema that established him as one of the world's most acclaimed, enduring and influential filmmakers. By the 1970s and 80s, Bergman was recognised as the doyen of directors but continued to produce trailblazing films throughout the latter period of his career. This final volume includes Cries and Whispers (1972), his examination of suffering and the female psyche, Autumn Sonata (1978), his heralded collaboration with Ingrid Bergman, and his epic, Oscar-winning and deeply personal Fanny and Alexander (1982) (presented in both its theatrical and television versions). The Films: Cries and Whispers (1972), Scenes from a Marriage (1973), Autumn Sonata (1978), Faro Document (1979), From the Life of the Marrionettes (1980), Fanny and Alexander (1982), Fanny and Alexander (TV Series), (1983), After the Rehearsal (1984) Extras: Extras TBC Newly commissioned artwork by Andrew Bannister Limited edition of 5,000

• Saraband | DVD | (27/03/2006) from £7.98   |  Saving you £15.00 (300.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A sequel to 1973's award-winning Scenes From A Marriage Bergman again follows the relationship between Marianne (Liv Ullmann) and Johan (Erland Josephson). Marianne and Johan meet again after thirty years without contact when Marianne suddenly feels a need to see her ex-husband again. She decides to visit Johan at his old summer house in the western province of Dalarna. And so one beautiful autumn day there she is beside his reclining chair waking him with a light kiss.

• Summer Interlude | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £10.35   |  Saving you £9.64 (93.14%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Talented young ballerina Marie (Nilsson) falls in love with wealthy young college student Henrik Malmsten). After spending the summer together Henrik suffers a tragic accident and as a result his death continues to shape Marie's actions throughout her life...

• Bergman - the Faith Trilogy (Through a Glass Darkly / Winter Light / The Silence) | DVD | (28/01/2008) from £15.45   |  Saving you £14.54 (94.11%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Between 1961 and 1963, Ingmar Bergman embarked on three films thematically concerned with man's relationship to God and the futility of spiritual belief. Together, The Faith Trilogy proved a turning point for the director, securing his collaboration with cinematographer Sven Nykvist and exhibiting his mastery for direction. Through a Glass Darkly (1961): A schizophrenic girl has visions, believing that God's presence is ever closer. However as her descent into madness deepens, ...

• The Rite | DVD | (06/12/2004) from £8.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (185.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Rite was Ingmar Bergman's first made-for-television project. It explores an issue that he continued to return to throughout his career: the artist's place in society and the often troubled relationship betwen men and women. Filmed with a cast of just four principal actors the story revolves around three close friends including a husband and wife who make up a theatre troupe. They have been prohibited from performing a short play called 'The Rite' and are brought before the l

• Bergman - The Collection - Limited Edition 31 disc Box Set (2017) | DVD | (04/12/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  31 titles, two exclusive to this box set - Dreams (1955) and Farodokument 79 (1979). Also includes Fanny And Alexander as well as; After The Rehearsal, All These Women, Autumn Sonata, Cries And Whispers, Crisis, Dreams, Farodokument 79, From The Life Of The Marionettes, A Lesson In Love, The Magician, Music In Darkness, Persona, Port Of Call, Prison, The Rite, Saraband, Scenes From A Marriage, The Seventh Seal, The Silence, Smiles Of A Summer Night, Summer Interlude, Summer With Monika, Three Strange loves, Through A Glass Darkly, Torment, To Joy, The Virgin Spring, Waiting Women, Wild Strawberries and Winter Light. Also included in this special packaging boxset are 6 Exclusive Art Cards.

• All These Women | DVD | (26/07/2004) from £7.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (150.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Pretentious music critic Cornelius is writing a biography on a famous cellist. In order to execute the very best research Cornelius goes to stay in his house for a few days prompting all sorts of comedic consequences... A change of pace for Bergman this black farce (his first feature in colour) is his distinctive way of taking a pot shot at critics a film that proves Berman can be enchanting and amusing without losing his familiar melancholic air.

• Ingmar Bergman Collection - The Passion Of Anna/The Serpent's Egg/Hour Of The Wolf/Shame | DVD | (19/02/2007) from £40.99   |  Saving you £-11.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The Passion Of Anna: On a windswept barren island Andreas lives simply and quietly until he becomes entangled with Anna a beautiful mysterious widow and a neighbouring couple harbouring their own sorrows and illusions. But soon secrets from Andreas and Anna's pasts threaten to destroy everything... The Serpent's Egg: Abel Rosenberg (Carradine) is a circus acrobat out of work and living in a defeated Germany after the First World War. He takes a job at the Veregus Clinic and there he finds the truth behind the work of the Professor Veregus (Bennett) work that led to his own brother committing suicide... Hour Of The Wolf: Haunted by demons past and present artist Johan Borg fights a losing battle to retain his sanity and maintain his artistic prowess. His wife Alma desperate to help him finds herself starting to share his hallucinations. But as Johan's mind continues to unravel Alma is forced to choose bewteen her love and her life... Shame: On a remote island far removed from a raging civil war Jan and Eva retreat to their apolitical fortress: a small vegetable farm. But their serene existence is shattered when soldiers violently invade their home. Now caught in the crosshairs of a brutal and inhuman conflict Jan and Eva become survivors with only one concern - to endure.

• Essential Bergman Collection | DVD | (05/12/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Wild Strawberries (1957): The film that catapulted Ingmar Bergman to the forefront of world cinema is the director's richest most humane movie. Traveling to receive an honorary degree professor Isak Borg (masterfully played by the veteran Swedish director Victor Sjostrom) is forced to face his past come to terms with his faults and accept his approaching death. Through flashbacks and fantasies dreams and nightmares Wild Strawberries captures a startling voyage of self-dis

• Sawdust And Tinsel (1953) | Blu Ray | (21/01/2019) from £15.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Ingmar Bergman's early masterpiece, a wrenching battle of the sexes, in a new 2K restoration Ingmar Bergman (The Seventh Seal) presents the battle of the sexes as a ramshackle, grotesque carnival of humiliation in Sawdust and Tinsel, one of the master's most vivid early works and his first of many collaborations with the great cinematographer Sven Nykvist (Persona). The story of the charged relationship between a turnofthetwentieth century circus owner (A Lesson in Love's Åke Grönberg) and his younger mistress (Harriet Andersson), a horseback rider in the traveling show, the film features dreamlike detours and twisted psychosexual power plays, making for a piercingly brilliant depiction of physical and spiritual degradation. SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES: New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Audio commentary by Ingmar Bergman scholar Peter Cowie Introduction by Bergman from 2003 PLUS: An essay by critic John Simon

• Through A Glass Darkly | DVD | (19/11/2001) from £8.59   |  Saving you £14.39 (256.96%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The opening film in Ingmar Bergman's powerful trilogy on faith 'Through A Glass Darkly' focuses on a woman's descent into madness during one summer spent on an island with her husband (Max Von Sydow) father and younger brother. Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film in 1961.

• Fanny And Alexander | DVD | (25/02/2002) from £24.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Fanny and Alexander is one of the more upbeat and accessible films from Ingmar Bergman. This autobiographical story follows the lives of two children during one tumultuous year. After the death of the children's beloved father, a local theatre owner, their mother marries a strict clergyman. Their new life is cold and ascetic, especially when compared to the unfettered and impassioned life they knew with their father. Most of the story is seen through the eyes of the little boy and is often told in dreamlike sequences. Colourful, insightful, and optimistic, this is far less grim than most of Bergman's work. It was awarded four of the six Oscars for which it was nominated in 1984, including Best Foreign Language Film. Though this was announced as his last film, Bergman continued to work into the late 1990s, though mostly for Swedish television.--Rochelle O'Gorman, Amazon.com

• Sawdust and Tinsel (Bergman 1953) | DVD | (11/06/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Desperately they fought the desires the passions that dragged them down deeper and deeper into... 'The Naked Night' On a gray morning a circus caravan arrives in the town where Albert the ringmaster's family lives. He hasn't seen them for three years and has taken a mistress the young and buxom Anne. Albert calls on his wife; Anne jealous and wanting out visits a theatrical troupe and lets an actor Frans seduce her in exchange for a necklace he says is valuable. Anne finds out it's worthless at about the same time Albert's wife declines to let him live with the family. Albert and Anne are stuck with the circus and each other; there's a show tonight Frans will be there smirking and sardonic the bear is mangy the clown is as sour as they come and suicide offers an exit.

• Wild Strawberries (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (17/01/2022) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Opening with a starkly symbolic dream sequence, Wild Strawberries follows Professor Isak Borg as he journeys by car in the company of his daughter-in-law to collect an award from his former university. The trip occasions a series of reminiscences and reveries, as the ageing Borg revisits the scenes of his youth and reflects on an unhappy marriage. Bergman pays tribute to his forebears by casting great silent filmmaker Victor Sjöstrom as Borg, but strikes out for a new form of intellectual cinema characterised by probing into the nature of existence. Presented in High Definition Fully illustrated booklet featuring an essay by Geoff Andrew, original review and full film credits

• Hour Of The Wolf | DVD | (02/08/2004) from £5.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (62.50%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Haunted by demons past and present artist Johan Borg fights a losing battle to retain his sanity and maintain his artistic prowess. His wife Alma desperate to help him finds herself starting to share his hallucinations. But as Johan's mind continues to unravel Alma is forced to choose bewteen her love and her life...

• The Bergman Faith Trilogy | DVD | (16/08/2010) from £55.33   |  Saving you £-15.34 (-38.40%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The Bergman Faith Trilogy (3 Discs)

• The Serpent's Egg | DVD | (02/08/2004) from £14.97   |  Saving you £1.02 (6.81%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Abel Rosenberg (Carradine) is a circus acrobat out of work and living in a defeated Germany after the First World War. He takes a job at the Veregus Clinic and there he finds the truth behind the work of the Professor Veregus (Bennett) work that led to his own brother committing suicide...