Ingmar Bergman

Scenes from a Marriage

Scenes from a Marriage

Scenes from a Marriage chronicles the many years of love and turmoil that bind Marianne (Liv Ullmann) and Johan (Erland Josephson), tracking their relationship as it progresses through a number of successive stages: matrimony, infidelity, divorce, and subsequent partnerships. Originally conceived as a five-hour, six-part television miniseries, the film is also presented in its three-hour theatrical cut. Shot on 16 mm in intense, intimate close-ups by cinematographer Sven Nykvist and featuring flawless performances by Ullmann and Josephson, Bergman’s emotional X-ray reveals the intense joys and pains of a complex bond.

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Film Info

  • Sweden
  • 1973
  • 297 minutes
  • Color
  • 1.33:1
  • Swedish
  • Spine #229

TWO-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • High-definition digital transfers of both the television version and the U.S. theatrical version of the film, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks
  • Interview with director Ingmar Bergman from 1986
  • Interviews from 2003 with actors Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson
  • Interview from 2003 with Bergman scholar Peter Cowie comparing the two versions of Scenes from a Marriage
  • Plus: An essay by author Phillip Lopate

Cover by Eric Skillman

Purchase Options

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Collector's Set

Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema

Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema

Blu-ray Box Set

30 Discs

$239.96

TWO-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • High-definition digital transfers of both the television version and the U.S. theatrical version of the film, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks
  • Interview with director Ingmar Bergman from 1986
  • Interviews from 2003 with actors Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson
  • Interview from 2003 with Bergman scholar Peter Cowie comparing the two versions of Scenes from a Marriage
  • Plus: An essay by author Phillip Lopate

Cover by Eric Skillman

Scenes from a Marriage
Cast
Liv Ullmann
Marianne
Erland Josephson
Johan
Bibi Andersson
Katarina
Jan Malmsjö
Peter
Gunnel Lindblom
Eva
Wenche Foss
Mother
Anita Wall
TV reporter
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs
Mrs. Jacobi
Credits
Director
Ingmar Bergman
Written and directed by
Ingmar Bergman
Cinematography
Sven Nykvist
Assistant camera
Lars Karlsson
Wardrobe
Inger Pehrsson
Makeup
Cecilia Drott
Editing
Siv Lundgren
Script girl
Ulla Stattin
Sound
Owe Svensson
Production supervisor
Lars-Owe Carlberg

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