Scenes From A Marriage ( Scener ur ett äktenskap )

Scenes From A Marriage (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Scener ur ett äktenskap
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
David Donatello Awards
Golden Globes
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
170 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1973 and produced in:
Sweden ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Ingmar Bergman

Written By:
Ingmar Bergman (written by)

Actors:
Liv Ullmann ..... Marianne
Erland Josephson ..... Johan
Bibi Andersson ..... Katarina
Jan Malmsjö ..... Peter
Gunnel Lindblom ..... Eva
Anita Wall ..... Fru Palm
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs ..... Fru Jacobi
Lena Bergman ..... Karin, syster till Eva
Wenche Foss ..... Modern
Rosanna Mariano ..... Eva, 12 år
Bertil Norström ..... Arne

Synopsis:

Originally created as a six-part series for television, this film -- widely regarded as one of Ingmar Bergman's most powerful later works -- offers a close-up examination of a relationship as it slowly falls apart, and investigates the toll it takes on both parties. Johan and Marianne (Erland Josephson and Liv Ullmann) are a seemingly successful professional couple who have juggled careers as (respectively) a doctor and an attorney with marriage and children; when we first encounter them, they're being interviewed by a television reporter about what makes their marriage a success, an event contrasted by a later meeting with an openly bitter and combative couple (Bibi Andersson and Jan Malmsjц). But things are not always what they seem on the surface, and Johan announces he has become involved with a younger woman. Johan seems to give little thought to the harm he has done to Marianne, while she is devastated by his abandonment of her. After a stay in Europe, Johan returns to Sweden and visits Marianne; eventually, the divorced couple briefly comes together, but the damage done is too severe to mend. Focusing less on narrative than on a deep-focus portrayal of the thoughts and emotions of two characters, Scenes From a Marriage originally ran nearly 300 minutes in its original television edition; Bergman later edited the film to 168 minutes for theatrical release in Europe and North America.

Ingmar Bergman anticipated that SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE would baffle, if not antagonize, viewers who had come to expect more stylistically groundbreaking and aesthetically polished work from him. In fact, however, as a result of his unflinching, straightforward approach, the film proves to be one of the director's most insightful and accessible works.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 15 November, 2005.

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