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Ingmar Bergman

Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) was a Swedish director and writer known for his many films, most of which are lengthy, existentialist examinations of such issues as religion, violence, and the nature of evil. Perhaps his single best known film is The Seventh Seal (1957), in which the protagonist plays chess with Death. In a nearly six decade career, Bergman wrote 66 films or TV productions, directed 62, and received 9 Academy Award nominations.

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ReferencesEdit

Bergman was one of the many authors, filmmakers, and philosophers quoted in Jim Henson's film Youth '68.

In The Muppets Go to the Movies, one of the "films" is Silent Strawberries, whose title parodies Bergman's 1957 film Wild Strawberries. The content, however, reflects The Seventh Seal, with Beaker as Death. The director is Gummo Bergman, Ingmar's alleged cousin.

According to an obituary of Bergman, Sesame Street "did a fine Seventh Seal send-up in 1984, featuring a 'forlorn Swedish fisherman' in search of his lost seal, who was named Sven. Sven was the seventh seal to come along."^[1]

ConnectionsEdit

Many actors, particularly cast members and voice actors for Swedish co-productions of Sesame Street, have worked on both Muppet/Henson projects and films written and/or directed by Ingmar Bergman.

Lars Amble played an officer in Shame (1968)
Carl Billquist played Police Superintendent Jespersson in Fanny and Alexander (1982)
Paul Bürks played a cabaret comedian in The Serpent's Egg (1977)
Nils Eklund played the lawyer in The School for Wives (TV, 1983), a church warden in The Best Intentions (1992) and appeared in several of Bergman's stage productions
Elliott Gould played David Kovac in The Touch (1971)
Ernst Günther played Rector Magnificus in Fanny and Alexander (1982) and Freddy Paul in The Best Intentions (1992)
John Harryson played Lelle in Summer with Monika (1952)
Tor Isedal played an extra in The Seventh Seal (1957) and the mute herdsman in The Virgin Spring (1960)
Ingvar Kjellson played Oswald in Shame (1968) and Charles Magnusson in The Last Gasp (TV, 1995)
Per Myrberg played Emil in The Pleasure Garden (1961), Ture in Summer Paradise (1976), Andreas in The Lie (TV, 1970), and Ingmar in Sunday's Children (1993)
Alf Nilsson played Stefan Larson in In the Presence of a Clown (TV, 1997)
Gösta Prüzelius played a police constable in It Rains on Our Love (1946), a salesman in Summer with Monika (1952), valet in Smiles of a Summer Night (1955), Petterson in Night Life (1957), a man in The Seventh Seal (1957), a ticket taker in Lesson in Love (1960), radio reporter in All These Women (1964), vicar in Shame (1968), the first priest in The Magic Flute (TV, 1975), Carl-Henrik in Summer Paradise (1976), Jenny's father in Face to Face (1976), Dr. Fürstenberg in Fanny and Alexander (1982), and the sheriff in The Best Intentions, and appeared in Bergman's Bris soap commercials (1951) and various stage and radio plays
Olof Thunberg played Fredrik Blom in Winter's Garden (1962)
Pernilla Wahlgren played Esmerelda in Fanny and Alexander (1982)
Mai Zetterling played Bertha Olsson in Torment (1944) and Ingrid in Night is My Future (1948)