Searching for Ingmar Bergman

Jul 12, 2018

1h 36m

★ 6.0

Overview

A meaningful account of the personal and professional life of the great Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) that explores his film legacy, with interviews with his closest collaborators and a new generation of filmmakers.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

C-Films Deutschland

Mondex & cie

Searching for Ingmar Bergman Trailers

Cast

Self - Filmmaker

Margarethe von Trotta

Self - Filmmaker

Olivier Assayas

Self - Filmmaker

Daniel Bergman

Self - Film Producer

Ingmar Bergman Jr.

Self - Filmmaker

Stig Björkman

Self - Filmmaker

Jean-Claude Carrière

Self - Actress

Gaby Dohm

Self - Actress

Julia Dufvenius

Self - Film Producer

Katinka Faragó

Self - Filmmaker

Mia Hansen-Løve

Self - Film Historian

Jan Holmberg

Self - Filmmaker

Johannes Kaetzler

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