The Best Intentions ( Den goda viljan ) ( Die besten Absichten )

The Best Intentions (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Den goda viljan
Alternate Title: Die besten Absichten
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

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

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
181 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1992 and produced in:
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
Finland ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
France ( France, Benelux )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Iceland ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )
Norway ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
Sweden ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Bille August

Written By:
Ingmar Bergman

Actors:
Samuel Fröler ..... Henrik Bergman
Pernilla August ..... Anna Åkerblom Bergman
Max von Sydow ..... Johan Åkerblom, Anna's father
Ghita Nørby ..... Karin Åkerblom, Anna's mother
Björn Kjellman ..... Ernst Åkerblom, Anna's brother
Börje Ahlstedt ..... Carl Åkerblom, Anna's half-brother
Björn Granath ..... Oscar Åkerblom, Anna's half-brother
Gunilla Nyroos ..... Svea Åkerblom, Oscar's wife
Michael Segerström ..... Gustav Åkerblom, Anna's half-brother
Eva Gröndahl ..... Martha Åkerblom, Gustav's wife
Mona Malm ..... Alma Bergman, Henrik's mother
Keve Hjelm ..... Fredrik Bergman, Henrik's paternal grandfather
Margaretha Krook ..... Blenda Bergman, Henrik's aunt
Irma Christenson ..... Ebba Bergman, Henry's aunt
Sif Ruud ..... Beda Bergman, Henrik's aunt

Synopsis:

With a screenplay by Academy Award Winner Ingmar Bergman (Fanny and Alexander), Bille August (Pelle the Conqueror) masterfully directs this heartwarming love story following the lives of Bergman's parents. Henrik Bergman, an impoverished Lutheran pastor, falls in love with a wealthy girl, Anna. Despite her mother's attempts to discourage the relationship, Anna's love grows stronger and the two eventually wed. A compelling look at the hardships, extreme faith and rigid discipline of his father and his lifelong commitment to his wife, Best Intentions sheds a powerful light onto the themes that have appeared in all of Ingmar Bergman's best movies.

The story of Ingmar Bergman's parents. In 1909, poor theology student Henrik Bergman falls in love with Anna Åkerbloom, the daughter of a rich family in Uppsala. After their wedding Henrik becomes a priest in the north of Sweden. After a few years Anna can't stand living in the rural county with the uncouth people. She returns to Uppsala, Henrik stays in the north.

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