Classic Bergman Collection - 5-Disc Box Set ( Det regnar på vår kärlek / Skepp till India land / Gycklarnas afton / Kvinnodröm / Nära livet ) ( It Rains on Our Love / A Ship Bound for India / Sawdust and Tinsel / Dreams / So Close to Life )

Classic Bergman Collection - 5-Disc Box Set (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Det regnar på vår kärlek / Skepp till India land / Gycklarnas afton / Kvinnodröm / Nära livet
Alternate Title: It Rains on Our Love / A Ship Bound for India / Sawdust and Tinsel / Dreams / So Close to Life
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Dolby Linear PCM )
Swedish ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
451 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1946 - 1958 and produced in:
Sweden ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Ingmar Bergman

Written By:
Oskar Braaten
Herbert Grevenius
Ingmar Bergman
Martin Söderhjelm
Ulla Isaksson

Actors:
Barbro Kollberg ..... Maggi
Birger Malmsten ..... David
Gösta Cederlund ..... Man with umbrella
Ludde Gentzel ..... Per Håkansson
Douglas Håge ..... Andersson
Benkt-Åke Benktsson ..... The Prosecutor
Sture Ericson ..... Kängsnöret
Ulf Johansson ..... Stålvispen
Julia Cæsar ..... Hanna Ledin
Gunnar Björnstrand ..... Mr. Purman
Erik Rosén ..... The Judge
Magnus Kesster ..... Folke Törnberg
Åke Fridell ..... Reverend
Holger Löwenadler ..... Kapten Alexander Blom
Anna Lindahl ..... Alice Blom
Birger Malmsten ..... Johannes Blom
Gertrud Fridh ..... Sally
Naemi Briese ..... Selma
Hjördis Petterson ..... Sofi
Lasse Krantz ..... Hans
Jan Molander ..... Bertil
Erik Hell ..... Pekka
Åke Fridell ..... Variety hall owner
Douglas Håge ..... Customs officer
Åke Grönberg ..... Albert Johansson
Harriet Andersson ..... Anne
Hasse Ekman ..... Frans
Anders Ek ..... Frost
Gudrun Brost ..... Alma
Annika Tretow ..... Agda
Erik Strandmark ..... Jens
Gunnar Björnstrand ..... Mr. Sjuberg
Curt Löwgren ..... Blom
Kiki ..... The Dwarf
Eva Dahlbeck ..... Susanne
Harriet Andersson ..... Doris
Gunnar Björnstrand ..... Otto Sönderby, Consul
Ulf Palme ..... Mr. Henrik Lobelius
Inga Landgré ..... Mrs. Lobelius
Benkt-Åke Benktsson ..... Mr. Magnus
Sven Lindberg ..... Palle Palt
Kerstin Hedeby ..... Marianne
Siv Ericks ..... Katja
Gösta Prüzelius ..... Man on the train
Sigvard Törnqvist ..... Man on the train
Eva Dahlbeck ..... Stina Andersson
Ingrid Thulin ..... Cecilia Ellius
Bibi Andersson ..... Hjördis Petterson
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs ..... Nurse Brita
Erland Josephson ..... Anders Ellius
Max von Sydow ..... Harry Andersson
Gunnar Sjöberg ..... Dr. Nordlander
Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz ..... Counsellor Gran
Inga Landgré ..... Greta Ellius

Synopsis:

It Rains on Our Love (1946)
Maggi meets David after having missed her train, and they spend the night together. Penniless, the young lovers break into a summer cottage. The owner, Håkansson, offers to rent it to them, but he has an ulterior motive. By living together, they have to face their pasts and deal with the meddling neighbors and authorities.

A Ship Bound for India (1947)
Sailor Johannes Blom returns to his home port, after seven years at sea, to find that Sally, the girl he has been thinking of while away, is completely despondent.

Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)
Gruff and aging Albert Johansson is the owner and operator of the Alberti, a fourth rate traveling circus in Sweden. Albert seemingly loves the traveling circus life, which was the reason he abandoned his first wife, Agda, and their then two infant sons, as she hated that life.

Dreams (1955)
Two women, a fashion editor nearing her mid-thirties and a model who's just twenty, go to Gothenburg for a photo shoot.

So Close to Life (1958)
Eva Dahlbeck, Ingrid Thulin and Bibi Andersson portray three mothers in a maternity ward. In the course of a few days, each woman reveals to the others their life stories and intimate thoughts.

It Rains on Our Love (1946)
Maggi meets David after having missed her train, and they spend the night together. Penniless, the young lovers break into a summer cottage. The owner, Håkansson, offers to rent it to them, but he has an ulterior motive. By living together, they have to face their pasts and deal with the meddling neighbors and authorities.

A Ship Bound for India (1947)
Sailor Johannes Blom returns to his home port, after seven years at sea, to find that Sally, the girl he has been thinking of while away, is completely despondent. Seven years earlier, obstreperous Alexander Blom, brings his mistress Sally to live with him, his wife Alice, son Johannes, and crew, aboard the salvage boat he captains. Amidst all the tensions on the small boat, Johannes and Sally fall in love with each other.

Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)
Gruff and aging Albert Johansson is the owner and operator of the Alberti, a fourth rate traveling circus in Sweden. Albert seemingly loves the traveling circus life, which was the reason he abandoned his first wife, Agda, and their then two infant sons, as she hated that life. However Albert laments not making any money - unlike what he believes his American counterparts are doing - an issue both in paying his employees and keeping the circus afloat. Albert is now married to Anne, the bareback rider of the circus. The next stop for the Alberti Circus is the town where Agda lives. Albert plans on visiting her and their now two adolescent sons, the three who he hasn't seen in three years. This visit is against Anne's wishes, she who believes he only wants to see Agda to return to his old family while abandoning Anne and the circus. Because of what she believes Albert is going to do, Anne takes action in the only way she knows how, which involves Sjuberg's traveling theater troupe currently in the same town, and from which Albert borrowed costumes. Their stop shows both Albert and Anne how they feel about their current lot in life.

Dreams (1955)
Two women, a fashion editor nearing her mid-thirties and a model who's just twenty, go to Gothenburg for a photo shoot. Suzanne calls her lover, desperate to see him. Doris, the model, is stopped on the street by an elegant older man who offers to buy her the gown she is eyeing in a boutique window. Later that day, each woman meets up with her man, and seduction seems imminent until each is interrupted by another woman, in one case, a wife, in another, a daughter. Desire and self-respect, aging and failure play out in both encounters. Suzanne and Doris look for lessons learned, and an unlikely friendship evolves.

So Close to Life (1958)
Brink of Life (original Swedish title: Nara Livet) can be described as an Ingmar Bergman potboiler-keeping in mind that a potboiler from Bergman is better than a major production from almost anyone else. Eva Dahlbeck, Ingrid Thulin and Bibi Andersson portray three mothers in a maternity ward. In the course of a few days, each woman reveals to the others their life stories and intimate thoughts. And each wrestles with the decision whether or not to keep their babies or give them up for adoption.

Legendary auteur Ingmar Bergman emerged in the late '40s as an art-house icon and remained one for more than four decades.
This set includes four early masterpieces available on Blu-ray for the very first time.
It Rains On Our Love (1946)
A Ship Bound For India (1947)
Sawdust And Tinsel (1953)
Dreams (1955)
So Close To Life (1958)

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 12 November, 2012.

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