Bergman autobiography

Ernst Ingmar Bergman, born on the 14th of July, in Uppsala, died on the 30th of July, on Fårö, was a Swedish film and theatre director, writer, theatre manager, dramatist and author.

Ingmar Bergman wrote or directed more than 60 films and theatrical productions, and authored over a hundred books and articles. Among his best-known works are the films The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries and Persona, as well as his autobiography The Magic Lantern.

Throughout Bergman’s many works, one finds variations on a central theme: dysfunctional families, blood-sucking failed artists and an absent Almighty all become manifestations of our collective inability to communicate with each other.

Shakespeare, Molière, Ibsen, and Strindberg were all enormously important influences on Bergman, not only in his theatrical work, but indeed the entirety of his artistic career.

Bergman’s films are set almost exclusively in Sweden, and starting with ’s Through a Glass Darkly, they were fil