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Synopsis
After exploring his disillusionment with religion in his previous films, Ingmar Bergman adopted a humanistic approach for this classic study in isolationism. Legendary Scandinavian director Victor Sjöström stars as Isak Borg, an aging medical professor who reassesses his life while journeying to his former university to receive an honorary degree. Borg travels with his estranged daughter-in-law Marianne (Ingrid Thulin) and revisits many of the landmarks of his past, conjuring up memories of his family and of his onetime sweetheart Sara (Bibi Andersson). Returning to the present, he meets a teenage girl who resembles the long-departed Sara. She hitches a ride with the professor and Marianne, as do a ceaselessly bickering married couple. These new characters eventually become intertwined with Borg's hazy flashbacks and fantasies, as the old man recalls the disappointments and disillusionments that have left him cold and guilt-ridden, attributes emphasized when he encounters his equally cold and resentful son. Bookending Borg's odyssey of self-discovery are a series of symbolic images at the beginning of the film (a clock without hands, a man without a face) and a hauntingly beautiful finale, in which professor is beckoned back to the "perfect" world he left behind so many years earlier. This classic art movie remains one of Bergman's most accessible films and one of the most influential European art movies of its generation. Its intense focus on one man's thoughts, regrets, and memories set the tone for innumerable psychological character studies in its wake. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Bibi Andersson Sara
Gunnar Björnstrand Evald Borg
Folke Sundquist Anders
Ingrid Thulin Marianne Borg
Naima Wifstrand Isak's Mother
Victor Sjöström Professor Isak Borg

Production Crew

Gunnar Fischer Cinematographer
Eric Nordgren Composer (Music Score)
Ingmar Bergman Director
Oscar Rosander Editor
E. Eckert-Lundin Musical Direction/Supervision
Allan Ekelund Producer
Ingmar Bergman Screenwriter
Year: 1957
Runtime: 90
Country: Sweden
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature

Genre
Drama

Produced by
Swedish Film Production

Release
by Swedish Film Production

Awards
1958 - Golden Bear - Berlin International Film Festival
1959 - Best Foreign Film - Golden Globe
1959 - Best Foreign Film - National Board of Review
1959 - Best Foreign Film - New York Film Critics Circle