The Criterion Collection

Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema

The Seventh Seal - The Criterion Collection 1999 DVD ( USA) Autumn Sonata - The Criterion Collection 2000 DVD ( USA) The Magic Flute - The Criterion Collection 2000 DVD ( USA) Cries & Whispers - The Criterion Collection 2001 DVD ( USA) Wild Strawberries - The Criterion Collection 2002 DVD ( USA) Through a Glass Darkly - The Criterion Collection 2003 DVD ( USA) Winter Light - The Criterion Collection 2003 DVD ( USA) The Silence - The Criterion Collection 2003 DVD ( USA) A Film Trilogy by Ingmar Bergman - The Criterion Collection 2003 DVD ( USA) The Serpent's Egg - MGM 2004 DVD ( USA) Persona - MGM 2004 DVD ( USA) Scenes From a Marriage - The Criterion Collection 2004 DVD ( USA) Hour of the Wolf - MGM 2004 Special Edition DVD ( USA) Shame - MGM 2004 Special Edition DVD ( USA) Smiles of Summer Night - The Criterion Collection 2004 DVD ( USA) Fanny and Alexander: The Television Version - The Criterion Collection 2004 DVD ( USA) Fanny and Alexander: The Theatrical Version - The Criterion Collection 2004 DVD ( USA) Fanny and Alexander: The Theatrical Version - The Criterion Collection 2004 Individual DVD ( USA) Fanny and Alexander - The Criterion Collection 2004 DVD ( USA) The Virgin Spring - The Criterion Collection 2006 DVD ( USA) Early Bergman - Eclipse from the Criterion Collection 2007 DVD ( USA) Sawdust and Tinsel - The Criterion Collection 2007 DVD ( USA) Ingmar Bergman: Four Masterworks - The Criterion Collection 2007 DVD ( USA) The Seventh Seal - Tartan 2007 Blu-ray ( United Kingdom) Scenes From a Marriage - The Criterion Collection 2009 DVD ( USA) The Seventh Seal - The Criterion Collection 2009 DVD ( USA) The Seventh Seal - The Criterion Collection 2009 Blu-ray ( USA) The Magician - The Criterion Collection 2010 Blu-ray ( USA) The Magician - The Criterion Collection 2010 DVD ( USA) Smiles of a Summer Night - The Criterion Collection 2011 Blu-ray ( USA) Fanny and Alexander - The Criterion Collection 2011 Blu-ray ( USA) Summer Interlude - The Criterion Collection 2012 Blu-ray ( USA) Summer Interlude - The Criterion Collection 2012 DVD ( USA) Summer with Monika - The Criterion Collection 2012 Blu-ray ( USA) Summer with Monika - The Criterion Collection 2012 DVD ( USA) Wild Strawberries - The Criterion Collection 2013 Blu-ray ( USA) Autumn Sonata - The Criterion Collection 2013 DVD ( USA) Autumn Sonata - The Criterion Collection 2013 Blu-ray ( USA) Persona - The Criterion Collection 2014 Dual-Format Edition ( USA) Cries and Whispers - The Criterion Collection 2015 DVD ( USA) Cries and Whispers - The Criterion Collection 2015 Blu-ray ( USA) The Magic Flute - BFI 2018 Dual-Format Edition ( United Kingdom) The Touch - BFI 2018 Dual-Format Edition ( United Kingdom) The Virgin Spring - The Criterion Collection 2018 Blu-ray ( USA) The Virgin Spring - The Criterion Collection 2018 DVD ( USA) Scenes from a Marriage - The Criterion Collection 2018 Blu-ray ( USA) Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema - The Criterion Collection 2018 Blu-ray ( USA) The Serpent's Egg - Arrow Academy 2018 Blu-ray ( USA) Sawdust and Tinsel - The Criterion Collection 2018 Blu-ray ( USA) Shame - The Criterion Collection 2019 Blu-ray ( USA) Shame - The Criterion Collection 2019 DVD ( USA) The Magic Flute - The Criterion Collection 2019 Blu-ray ( USA) The Magic Flute - The Criterion Collection 2019 DVD ( USA) Through a Glass Darkly - The Criterion Collection 2019 Blu-ray ( USA) Winter Light - The Criterion Collection 2019 Blu-ray ( USA) The Silence - The Criterion Collection 2019 Blu-ray ( USA) A Film Trilogy by Ingmar Bergman - The Criterion Collection 2019 Blu-ray ( USA) Ingmar Bergman Volume One - BFI 2021 Blu-ray ( United Kingdom) The Seventh Seal - BFI 2021 4K UHD/Blu-ray ( United Kingdom) Ingmar Bergman Volume Two - BFI 2021 Blu-ray ( United Kingdom) Ingmar Bergman Volume Three - BFI 2022 Blu-ray ( United Kingdom) Ingmar Bergman: Volume 4 (1972-1984) - BFI 2023 Blu-ray ( United Kingdom) The Seventh Seal - The Criterion Collection 2023 4K UHD + Blu-ray ( USA) CC40 - The Criterion Collection 2024 Blu-ray ( USA)
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  • Release Date: Tuesday, 20 November 2018
  • Country of Release: USA
  • MSRP: $299.95
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Crisis | A Ship to India | Port of Call | Thirst | To Joy | Summer Interlude | Waiting Women | Summer with Monika | Sawdust and Tinsel | A Lesson in Love | Dreams | Smiles of a Summer Night | The Seventh Seal | Wild Strawberries | Brink of Life | The Magician | The Virgin Spring | The Devil's Eye | Through a Glass Darkly | Winter Light | The Silence | All These Women | Persona | Hour of the Wolf | Shame | The Rite | The Passion of Anna | Fårö Document | The Touch | Cries & Whispers | Scenes From a Marriage | The Magic Flute | The Serpent's Egg | Autumn Sonata | Fårö Document 1979 | From the Life of the Marionettes | Fanny and Alexander | After the Rehearsal | Saraband
Licensor Information
Svensk Filmindustri, Folkets Hus och Parker, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, MGM Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Directed by: Ingmar Bergman
Featuring: Inga Landre, Holger Löwenadler, Nine-Christine Jönsson, Eva Henning, Stig Olin, Maj-Britt Nilsson, Anita Björk, Harriet Andersson, Ake Grönberg, Eva Dahlbeck, Ulla Jacobsson , Gunnar Björnstrand, Victor Sjöström, Max von Sydow, Jarl Kulle , Ingrid Thulin, Liv Ullmann, Elliott Gould, Erland Josephson, Josef Kostlinger, Ingrid Bergman, Robert Atzorn, Bïörje Ahlstedt, Anna Lindhal, Bengt Eklund, Birger Malmsten, Lars Ekborg, Bengt Ekerot, Bibi Andersson, Birgitta Valberg , Gunnel Lindblom, Anders Ek, Kari Sylwan, Irma Urrila, David Carradine, Christine Buchegger, Pernilla Allwin, Marianne Löfgren, Mimi Nelson, Birgit Tengroth, Alf Kjellin, Hasse Ekman, Yvonne Lombard, Nils Poppe, Stig Järrel, Jörgen Lindström, Margaretha Krook, Gertrud Fridh, Sigge Fürst, Hakan Hagegard, Gert Frobe, Lena Nyman, Martin Benrath, Allan Edwall, Lena Olin, Börje Ahlstedt, Dagny Lind, Berta Hall, John Ekman, Annalisa Ericson, Ulf Palme, Margit Carlqvist, Barbro Hiort af Ornäs, Naima Wifstrand, Birgitta Pettersson, Lars Passgård, Håkan Jahnberg, Georg Rydeberg, Erik Hell, Sheila Reid, Jan Malmsjö, Elisabeth Eriksson, Heinz Bennent, Halvar Björk, Rita Russek, Ewa Fröling, Nadja Palmstjerna-Weiss, Julia Dufvenius, Allan Bohlin, Naemi Briese, Mimmi Nelson, Margit Carlquist, Georg Funkquist, Gudrun Brost, Inga Landgré, Jullan Kindahl, Karin Kavli, Brigitta Valberg, Ingmar Bergman, Fritz Strassner, Arne Bang-Hansen, Lola Müthel, Bertil Guve, Gunnel Fred, Ernst Eklund, Hjördis Petterson, Sif Ruud, Karl-Arne Holmsten, Annika Tretow, Olof Winnerstrand, Inga Gill, Folke Sundquist, Sture Lagerwall, Hans Alfredson, Wenche Foss, Hans Quest, Walter Schmidinger, Marianne Aminoff, Signe Wirff, Lasse Krantz, Britta Billsten, Gaby Stenberg, Mimi Pollak, Erik Strandmark, Birgitte Reimer, Åke Fridell, Maud Hansson, Björn Bjelvenstam, Gunnar Sjöberg, Mona Malm, Ulf Johanson, Ingvar Kjellson, Anita Wall, Edith Heerdegen, Jan Molander, Renée Björling, Aino Taube, John Elfström, Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz, Frank Sundström, Henning Moritzen, James Whitmore, Georg Løkkeberg, Ruth Olafs, Gunnar Olsson, Håkan Westergren, Gunnel Broström, Tovio Pawlo, Torsten Winge, Bertil Anderberg, Georg Arlin, Glynn Turman, Linn Ullmann, Karl-Heinz Pelser, Kerstin Tidelius, Dagmar Ebbesen, Axel Düberg, Vilgot Sjöman, Gaby Dohm, Heino Hallhuber, Per Mattson, Gösta Prüzelius
In honor of Ingmar Bergman’s one-hundredth birthday, the Criterion Collection is proud to present the most comprehensive collection of his films ever released on home video. One of the most revelatory voices to emerge from the postwar explosion of international art-house cinema, Bergman was a master storyteller who startled the world with his stark intensity and naked pursuit of the most profound metaphysical and spiritual questions. The struggles of faith and morality, the nature of dreams, and the agonies and ecstasies of human relationships—Bergman explored these subjects in films ranging from comedies whose lightness and complexity belie their brooding hearts to groundbreaking formal experiments and excruciatingly intimate explorations of family life.

Arranged as a film festival with opening and closing nights bookending double features and centerpieces, this selection spans six decades and thirty-nine films—including such celebrated classics as The Seventh Seal, Persona, and Fanny and Alexander alongside previously unavailable works like Dreams, The Rite, and Brink of Life. Accompanied by a 248-page book with essays on each program, as well as by more than thirty hours of supplemental features, Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema traces themes and images across Bergman’s career, blazing trails through the master’s unequaled body of work for longtime fans and newcomers alike.
  • Year: 1946-2003
  • Time: 4467 total min.

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Technical Specifications

Format:
Blu-ray
Discs:
BD-50 (30 Discs)
Total: 30 Discs
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
1.37:1
1.66:1
1.78:1
1.85:1
Audio Options:
English Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
English PCM Mono 1.0
Swedish PCM Mono 1.0
Swedish PCM Stereo 2.0
German PCM Mono 1.0
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English

Supplements

Types of Supplements Included: Introduction, Audio Commentary, Audio Interview, Documentary, Television Program, Theatrical Trailer, Video Essay, Interview, Behind the Scenes Footage, Gallery, Audio Lecture, Archival Footage, Book, Short Film
  • Video introduction to Smiles of a Summer Night by Ingmar Bergman
  • New video conversation between Bergman scholar Peter Cowie and writer Jörn Donner, executive producer of Fanny and Alexander, about Smiles of a Summer Night
  • Original theatrical trailer for Smiles of a Summer Night
  • Audio commentary for Wild Strawberries featuring film scholar Peter Cowie
  • Introduction to Wild Strawberries by director Ingmar Bergman
  • Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work, a ninety-minute documentary by filmmaker and author Jorn Donner
  • Behind-the-scenes footage for Wild Strawberries shot by Bergman
  • Introduction for Summer with Monika by director Ingmar Bergman
  • New interview with actress Harriet Andersson, conducted by film scholar Peter Cowie
  • New interview with film scholar Eric Schaefer about Kroger Babb and his distribution of Monika, the Story of a Bad Girl! as an exploitation film
  • Images from the Playground, a half-hour documentary by Stig Björkman featuring behind-the-scenes footage shot for Summer with Monika by Ingmar Bergman, archival audio interviews with Bergman, and new interviews with actresses Bibi Andersson and Harriet Andersson
  • Trailer for Summer with Monika
  • Introduction for A Lesson in Love by Ingmar Bergman
  • Video interview with Ingmar Bergman from 1986
  • Video interview with Scenes from a Marriage's stars Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson
  • Video interview with Bergman scholar Peter Cowie comparing the two versions of Scenes from a Marriage
  • Interviews with director Ingmar Bergman and a brief excerpt from a press conference for Shame, recorded in 1967 and ’68 for Swedish television
  • New interview with actor Liv Ullmann
  • An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman, a 1968 documentary made during Shame's production, featuring an extensive interview with Bergman
  • Daniel, a rarely seen documentary short by Bergman
  • Karin's Face, a rarely seen documentary short by Bergman
  • Introduction for Bergman's Trilogy by director Ingmar Bergman
  • Exploring Bergman's Trilogy: Video discussions with Ingmar Bergman biographer Peter Cowie
  • Interview from 2012 with actor Harriet Andersson
  • Original theatrical trailer for Through a Glass Darkly
  • Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie, a five-part documentary by Vilgot Sjöman made for Swedish television during the production of Winter Light
  • Original theatrical trailer for Winter Light
  • Poster gallery for the trilogy films
  • Original theatrical trailer for The Silence
  • Audio commentary for The Virgin Spring by Ingmar Bergman scholar Birgitta Steene
  • Video interviews from 2005 with actors Gunnel Lindblom and Birgitta Pettersson
  • Introduction for The Virgin Spring by filmmaker Ang Lee
  • An audio recording of a 1975 American Film Institute seminar by Ingmar Bergman
  • Introduction to The Seventh Seal by Ingmar Bergman, recorded in 2003
  • Audio commentary for The Seventh Seal by Bergman expert Peter Cowie
  • Afterword for The Seventh Seal by Peter Cowie
  • Bergman Island (2006), an 83-minute documentary on Bergman by Marie Nyrer
  • Archival audio interview with Max von Sydow
  • A 1989 tribute to Bergman by filmmaker Woody Allen
  • Theatrical trailer for The Seventh Seal
  • Bergman 101, a selected video filmography tracing Bergman
  • Audio commentary for Sawdust and Tinsel by Bergman scholar Peter Cowie
  • Video introduction for Sawdust and Tinsel by Ingmar Bergman from 2003
  • Visual essay for The Magician by Peter Cowie
  • Brief 1967 video interview with director Ingmar Bergman about The Magician
  • Rare English-language audio interview with Ingmar Bergman conducted by filmmakers Olivier Assayas and Stig Björkman in 1990
  • Interview with director Ingmar Bergman recorded in 1974 for Swedish television
  • New interview with film scholar Peter Cowie about The Magic Flute
  • Tystnad! Tagning! Trollflöjten! (1975), a feature-length documentary produced for Swedish television about the making of The Magic Flute
  • Ingmar Bergman, a documentary by Stig Björkman shot on location during the making of The Touch in 1970
  • Away from Home, excerpts from a 2004 program on The Serpent's Egg, featuring interviews with actors David Carradine and Liv Ullmann, and film historian Marc Gervais
  • Visual essay on the film’s prologue by Ingmar Bergman scholar Peter Cowie
  • Interviews from 2013 with actor Liv Ullmann and filmmaker Paul Schrader
  • Excerpted archival interviews with Ingmar Bergman, Liv Ullmann, and actor Bibi Andersson
  • On-set footage, with audio commentary by Bergman historian Birgitta Steene
  • Liv & Ingmar, a 2012 feature documentary directed by Dheeraj Akolkar
  • Trailer for Persona
  • Illustrated audio interview with cinematographer Sven Nykvist, recorded in 1981
  • Introduction for Cries and Whispers by director Ingmar Bergman from 2001
  • 2012 interview with actor Harriet Andersson, conducted by historian Peter Cowie
  • Behind-the-scenes footage from Cries and Whispers with commentary by Peter Cowie
  • Ingmar Bergman: Reflections on Life, Death, and Love with Erland Josephson (2000), a fifty-two-minute interview with Bergman and his longtime collaborator
  • On Solace, a video essay by filmmaker ::kogonada
  • Trailer for Cries and Whispers
  • A lavishly illustrated 248-page book, featuring essays on the films by critics, scholars, and authors including Peter Cowie, Alexander Chee, Molly Haskell, Karan Mahajan, Fernanda Solórzano, and many others; selections from Ingmar Bergman’s own writing and remarks on his work; and detailed guides to the feature films and supplements included in the set

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Port of Call
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Thirst
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To Joy
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Restoration Information

The Seventh Seal
Restoration by:
Svensk Filmindustri
Year: 2017
Scanned at: 4K Digital
Restored at: 4K Digital
Sources:
35mm Original camera negative