Ansiktet (The Magician) by
A mid-19th-century mesmerist (Max von Sydow) and his traveling troupe of illusionists stage a show before a smug, highbrow audience that includes rationalists eager to debunk the lowbrow theatrical art. Still, not everyone comes away an agnostic when the string-pulling is revealed. In one of his least celebrated yet entrancing works, the great Ingmar Bergman proves to have a few tricks up his sleeve. Film scholar Peter Cowie in a bonus feature pithily considers the pic in the context of the director's -oeuvre. For Bergmanphiles.
Fanny & Alexander by
Director-approved special edition five-disc set from the Criterion Collection. Swedish dialogue with English subtitles.
Gycklarnas afton (Sawdust and Tinsel) by
Ingmar Bergman presents the battle of the sexes as a ramshackle, grotesque carnival in Sawdust and Tinsel, one of the late master's most vivid early works. The story of the charged relationship between a turn-of-the-century traveling circus owner (Ake Grönberg) and his performer girlfriend (Harriet Andersson), the film features dreamlike detours and twisted psychosexual power plays that presage the director's Smiles of a Summer Night and The Seventh Seal, works that would soon change the landscape of art cinema forever.
Hour of the Wolf by
An artist, Johan Borg and his wife Alma, who live in an island cottage, are invited to dinner by the island castle's owner. Alma discovers Johan's diary in which he recalls incidents on a beach with his former mistress, and the death of a boy.
Jungfrukällan (The virgin spring) by
Ingmar Bergman's medieval revenge tale deals with a pair of goatherds who rape and murder an innocent farm girl only to seek shelter unwittingly from their victim's parents. Max von Sydow is towering as the aggrieved father consumed with vengeance despite his religious rectitude.
Ljuset haller mig sallskap (The Light Keeps Me Company) by 
Persona by
A nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personae are melding together.
Saraband by
Following Johan (Erland Josephson) and Marianne (Liv Ullmann) 30 years after the events of "Scenes from a Marriage," this sequel finds the couple long since divorced and remarried. After Johan separates from his second wife, and Marianne loses her second husband, the ex-lovers try to reconnect. Meanwhile, Johan's son, Henrik (Börje Ahlstedt), is having problems of his own with his daughter, Karin (Julia Dufvenius), a cellist whose career plans don't match her father's expectations
Scener ur ett äktenskap (Scenes from a marriage) by
Ingmar Bergman's raw and intimate portrayal of the unraveling of a seemingly perfect marriage gets the deluxe treatment in this impressive three-disc set. It includes both the original five-hour miniseries and the U.S. theatrical cut, plus a film scholar's interesting comparison of the two. In a recent interview, stars Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson discuss making the film. for all serious collections.
Skammen (Shame) by
Former musicians Jan Rosenberg (Max von Sydow) and his wife, Eva (Liv Ullmann), have left the city to avoid a civil war and now live on a rural island where they tend a farm. While the situation seems idyllic, the couple's isolation begins to wear on their relationship, and eventually the armed conflict that they've tried to flee arrives on the quiet island in the form of soldiers. Try as they might, Jan and Eva ultimately can't evade either the war or their own marital problems.
Smiles of a Summer Night by
In a departure from his usual melancholy dramas, Ingmar Bergman delivered this relatively light (but by no means weightless) romantic comedy—a witty take on late 19th-century love and lust that served as the inspiration for Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music and Woody Allen's A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy. Includes an introduction by the director, plus a discussion by film historian Peter Cowie and writer Jörn Donner.
Sommaren med Monika (Summer with Monika) by
Summer is the season for young love in these early Ingmar Bergman films. Told in flashbacks from the vantage of a late-career ballerina, Interlude finds the disillusioned woman reflecting on a blissful teenage affair that ended tragically. In Monika, an impulsive, headstrong girl strikes up a romance with a shy lad, and the two leave their menial jobs and humdrum lives for an idyllic beach romp before reality returns. Not as deep as later Bergman works but hinting at nascent genius, these should please his fans.
Sommarlek (Summer Interlude) by 
The Passion of Anna by
A recently divorced man meets an emotionally devastated widow and they begin a love affair.
The Serpent's Egg by 
The Seventh Seal by
A knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.
The Silence by
Two estranged sisters, Ester and Anna, and Anna's 10-year-old son travel to the Central European country on the verge of war. Ester becomes seriously ill and the three of them move into a hotel in a small town called Timoka.
Through A Glass Darkly by
Recently released from a mental hospital, Karin rejoins her emotionally disconnected family in their island home, only to slip from reality as she begins to believe she is being visited by God.
Trollflöjten (The magic flute) by
Classic opera telling the fairy tale adventure of a young man who with a friend undergoes a series of trials first to rescue a young woman held captive, then to become indoctrinated in a mystical, virtuous brotherhood.
Viskningar och rop (Cries and whispers) by
When a woman dying of cancer in early twentieth-century Sweden is visited by her two sisters, long-repressed feelings between the siblings rise to the surface.
Wild Strawberries by
After living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence. From the Criterion Collection. With Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Max von Sydow. Swedish with English subtitles.
Winter Light by
A small-town priest struggles with his faith. From the Criterion Collection. With Max Von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Ingrid Thulin. Swedish with English subtitles.
ABBA the movie. 2005. W DVD 4720. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center
Alye parusa (Scarlet Sails). 2003. W DVD 9678. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Ansiktet (The Magician). 2010. W DVD 12,338. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Höstsonaten (Autumn Sonata). 1999. W DVD 3433. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Bergman Island: Ingmar Bergman on Fårö Island, cinema and life. 2009. W DVD 12,175. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Dansaren (The dancer). 2005. W DVD 6344. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Du levande (You, the living). 2010. W DVD 11,017. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Erotikon: a comedy in five acts. 2006. W DVD 5845. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Trolösa (Faithless) . 2002. W DVD 5449. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Fanny & Alexander (Special edition). 2004. W DVD 2513. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Flickorna (The girls). 2006. W DVD 7964. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
The freethinker: Strindberg, 1849-1912. 2007. W DVD 7931. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center
Fröken Julie (Miss Julie). 2006. W DVD 6060. 1 copy available at Rose Hill.
Gladiatorerna (The gladiators). 2006. W DVD 7951. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
God afton, herr Wallenberg: en passionshistoria från verkligheten (Good evening Mr. Wallenberg: a passion taken from reality). W DVD 1317. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Gycklarnas afton (Sawdust and Tinsel). Special edition. 2007. W DVD 7617. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Häxan: ett kulturhistorist föredrag i levande bilder i 7 avdelningar (Witch : a presentation from a cultural and historical point of view in 7 chapters of moving pictures). 2001. W DVD 3572. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Henning Mankell's Wallander. Episodes 1-13. 2010. W DVD 13,376. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Henning Mankell’s Wallander. Series 2. 2012. W DVD 11,014. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Intermezzo. 1998. W DVD 12,451. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Jag är nyfiken - en film i gult; Jag är nyfiken - en film i blått (I am curious - Yellow; I am curious – Blue). 2003. W DVD 3494. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Jungfrukällan (The virgin spring). Director-approved special edition. 2006. W DVD 4100. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Juninatten (June night). Standard format. 1998. W DVD 12,439. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Körkarlen (The phantom carriage). 2011. W DVD 9103. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Låt den rätte komma in (Let the right one in). 2009. W DVD 10,067. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center .
Leila Khaled: hijacker. 2005. W DVD 8294. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Lilja 4-ever. 2004. W DVD 6446. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Ljuset haller mig sallskap (Light keeps me company). 2002. W DVD 7269. 2 copies available at Lincoln Center.
Loving couples. 2005. W DVD 7956. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Maria Larssons Eviga Ögonblick. Special edition. 2010. W DVD 10,854. 2 copies available at Rose Hill and Lincoln Center.
Mitt liv som hund (My life as a dog ). Special edition. 2003. W DVD 732. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
The outlaw and his wife: a pictorial drama (in seven parts) of the lives of two people (Berg-Ejvind och hans hustru). 2008. W DVD 12,270. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
The passion of Anna. Special edition. 2004. W DVD 7179. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Pelle erobreren (Pelle the conqueror ). 2004. W DVD 3107. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Persona (Special edition). 2004. W DVD 1884. 1 copy available at Rose Hill and 2 copies available at Lincoln Center.
Reconstruction. 2005. W DVD 5507. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Offret (Andrei Tarkosvky’s The Sacrifice). 2000. W DVD 6951. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Sadko. 2004. W DVD 8946. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Salmer fra kjøkkenet (Kitchen stories). 2004. W DVD 4878. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Salto, Salmiakk & Kaffee (Chlorox, ammonium and coffee). 2004. W DVD 9438. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Sånger från andra våningen (Songs from the second floor). 2004. W DVD 7963. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Saraband. 2006. W DVD 4135. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Scener ur ett äktenskap (Scenes from a marriage). 2004. W DVD 3526. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Selma Lagerlöff's The saga of Gösta Berling. 2006. W DVD 5204. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Selma Lagerlöf's Sir Arne's treasure: a winter ballad in five acts as filmed. 2006. W DVD 4949. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
The Seventh seal. 1998. W DVD 1920. 2 copies available at Rose Hill and Lincoln Center.
The Seventh seal. 2006. W DVD 6069. 1 copy available at Rose Hill.
The Silence. 2003. W DVD 1947. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Skammen (Shame). Special edition. 2004. W DVD 5500. 2 copies available at Lincoln Center.
Smiles of a summer night. 2004. W DVD 2547. 2 copies available at Lincoln Center.
Smultronstället (Wild strawberries). 2002. W DVD 495. 3 copies available at Rose Hill and Lincoln Center.
Smultronstället (Wild strawberries). 2006. W DVD 6081. 1 copy available at Rose Hill.
Sommaren med Monika (Summer with Monika). Special edition. 2012. W DVD 13,105. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Sommarlek. 2012. W DVD 13,107. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Stieg Larsson's Flickan som lekte med elden (The Girl Who Played with Fire). 2010. W DVD 11,449. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Stieg Larsson's Luftslottet som sprängdes (The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest). 2010. W DVD 11,696. 2 copies available at Rose Hill and Lincoln Center.
Stieg Larsson's Män som hatar kvinnor (The girl with the dragon tattoo). 2010. W DVD 10,837. 2 copies available at Rose Hill and Lincoln Center.
Storm. 2008. W DVD 8995. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Svält (Hunger). 2006. W DVD 7966. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Sasom i en spegel Through a glass darkly. 2003. W DVD 1949. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Tillsammans (Together). 2004. W DVD 7439. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Trollflöjten (The magic flute). Digitally remastered version. 2000. W DVD 1195. 2 copies available at Rose Hill and Lincoln Center.
Under solen (Under the sun). 2004. W DVD 7594. 1 copy available at Lincoln Center.
Viskningar och rop (Cries and whispers). 2001. W DVD 2585. 2 copies available at Lincoln Center.
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