Bergman: A Year in a Life, Swedish: Bergman - ett år, ett liv, is a 2018 Swedish-Norwegian documentary film directed by Jane Magnusson. Journeying through 1957, the year Ingmar Bergman released two of his most acclaimed features (The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries), made a TV film (Mr. Sleeman Is Coming) and directed four plays for theatre (The Misanthrope, Counterfeiters, The Prisoner, Peer Gynt), Magnusson has amassed a wealth of archive and contemporary interviews, along with a selection of clips from his vast body of work. The film premiered at the 71st Cannes Film Festival.
Cast Ingmar Bergman as Himself (archive footage) Lena Endre as Herself Thorsten Flinck as Himself Elliott Gould as Himself Jane Magnusson as Narrator (voice) Barbra Streisand as Herself Liv Ullmann as Herself Lars von Trier as Himself Bibi Andersson as Sara (archive footage) Bengt Ekerot as Death (archive footage) Inga Landgré as Nelly (archive footage) Gösta Roosling as Himself (archive footage) Victor Sjöström as Dr. Eberhard Isak Borg (archive footage) Roy Andersson as Himself Dick Cavett as Himself Gösta Ekman as Himself Holly Hunter as Herself John Landis as Himself Gunnel Lindblom as Herself Jan Troell as Himself Yimou Zhang as Himself
Awards and accolades Date Ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result May 19, 2018 71st Cannes Film Festival Golden Eye, The Documentary PrizeBergman - A Year in a Life festival-cannes.com September 29, 2018 66th San Sebastián International Film Festival Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Prize December 15, 2018 31st European Film Awards Best Documentary
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