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The Best Intentions
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Synopsis
Scripted (but not directed) by Ingmar Bergman, Best Intentions is a multilayered backwards glance at the courtship of Bergman's own parents. Henrik Bergman (Samuel Froler) is a struggling theology student in the year 1909. His intended, Anna Aakerbloom (Pernilla August, who married director Bille August while the film was in progress) is from a well-to-do family. Despite the expected class differences and personality clashes, love-or at least mutual understanding-prevails. But after a harsh, spare few years as the wife of a clergyman, Anna yearns for the more bountiful pleasures of her family home. Bergman writes himself into the proceedings as a mewling infant. The current three-hour theatrical version of Best Intentions (original title: Den Goda Viljan) was simultaneously prepared as a six-hour TV miniseries, which ran in Europe, Scandanavia, and Japan. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Börje Ahlstedt Carl Akerblom--Anna's Half-Brother
Pernilla August Anna Akerblom-Bergman
Lena Endre Frida Strandberg--Henrik's First Fiancee
Samuel Fröler Henrik Bergman
Lennart Hjulström Nordenson--Landowner and Owner of the Works
Björn Kjellman Ernst Akerblom--Anna's Brother
Mona Malm Alma Bergman--Henrik's Mother
Ghita Nørby Karin Akerblom--Anna's Mother
Max von Sydow Johan Akerblom--Anna's Father
Hans Alfredson Reverend Gransjo
Keve Hjelm Fredrik Bergman--Henrik's Paternal Grandfather

Production Crew

Jörgen Persson Cinematographer
Stefan Nilsson Composer (Music Score)
Ann Mari Anttila Costume Designer
Bille August Director
Janus Billeskov-Jensen Editor
Lars Bjalkeskog Producer
Anna Asp Production Designer
Ingmar Bergman Screenwriter
Year: 1992
Runtime: 182
Country: Denmark
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature

Genre
Drama

Produced by
Channel 4
Danish Radio-TV
La Sept Cinema
Norsk Rikskringkasting
RAI 2
RUV
SVT 1
YLE
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen

Release
July 10, 1992 (USA)

Awards
1992 - Palme d'Or - Cannes International Film Festival
1992 - Palme d'Or - Cannes Film Festival