Winter Light
“God, why hast thou forsaken me?” With Winter Light, Ingmar Bergman explores the search for redemption in a meaningless existence. Small-town pastor Tomas Ericsson (Gunnar Björnstrand) performs his duties mechanically before a dwindling congregation, including his stubbornly devoted lover, Märta (Ingrid Thulin). When he is asked to assuage a troubled parishioner’s (Max von Sydow) debilitating fear of nuclear annihilation, Tomas is terrified to find that he can provide nothing but his own doubt. The beautifully photographed Winter Light is an unsettling look at the human craving for personal validation in a world seemingly abandoned by God.
Special Features
- On the DVD: High-definition digital transfer
- On the Blu-ray: New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Introduction to the film by director Ingmar Bergman, recorded in 2003 (Blu-ray only)
- Interview from 2003 with film scholar Peter Cowie
- Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie, a five-part documentary by Vilgot Sjöman made for Swedish television during the production of Winter Light
- With the DVD: An essay by Peter Cowie
- Original U.S. theatrical trailer
- Alternate English-dubbed soundtrack
Available In
Collector's Set
Collector's Set
Collector's Set
Special Features
- On the DVD: High-definition digital transfer
- On the Blu-ray: New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Introduction to the film by director Ingmar Bergman, recorded in 2003 (Blu-ray only)
- Interview from 2003 with film scholar Peter Cowie
- Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie, a five-part documentary by Vilgot Sjöman made for Swedish television during the production of Winter Light
- With the DVD: An essay by Peter Cowie
- Original U.S. theatrical trailer
- Alternate English-dubbed soundtrack
Cast
- Gunnar Björnstrand
- Tomas Ericsson
- Ingrid Thulin
- Märta Lundberg
- Gunnel Lindblom
- Karin Persson
- Max von Sydow
- Jonas Persson
- Allan Edwall
- Algot Frövik
- Kolbjörn Knudsen
- Knut Aronsson
- Olof Thunberg
- Fredrik Blom, organist
- Elsa Ebbesen
- Magdalena Ledfors
- Eddie Axberg
- Johan Strand
Credits
- Director
- Ingmar Bergman
- Written by
- Ingmar Bergman
- Cinematographer
- Sven Nykvist
- Editor
- Ulla Ryghe
- Assistant director
- Lenn Hjortzberg
- Assistant director
- Vilgot Sjöman
- Art director
- P. A. Lundgren
- Production manager
- Allan Ekelund
- Sound
- Stig Flodin
- Sound
- Brian Wikström
- Sound effects
- Evald Andersson
- Costume design
- Mago
- Makeup
- Börje Lundh
- Unit manager
- Lars-Owe Carlberg
- Script continuity
- Faragó Katinka
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