Scenes from a Marriage [Criterion Collection] [3 Discs]

Scenes from a Marriage [Criterion Collection] [3 Discs]

Director: Ingmar Bergman Cast: Liv Ullmann
Liv Ullmann
, Erland Josephson
Erland Josephson
, Bibi Andersson
Bibi Andersson
, Jan Malmsjo
Jan Malmsjo
Ingmar Bergman
Scenes from a Marriage [Criterion Collection] [3 Discs]

Scenes from a Marriage [Criterion Collection] [3 Discs]

Director: Ingmar Bergman Cast: Liv Ullmann
Liv Ullmann
, Erland Josephson
Erland Josephson
, Bibi Andersson
Bibi Andersson
, Jan Malmsjo
Jan Malmsjo
Ingmar Bergman

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Overview

Originally created as a six-part series for television, this film -- widely regarded as one of Ingmar Bergman's most powerful later works -- offers a close-up examination of a relationship as it slowly falls apart, and investigates the toll it takes on both parties. Johan and Marianne (Erland Josephson and Liv Ullmann) are a seemingly successful professional couple who have juggled careers as (respectively) a doctor and an attorney with marriage and children; when we first encounter them, they're being interviewed by a television reporter about what makes their marriage a success, an event contrasted by a later meeting with an openly bitter and combative couple (Bibi Andersson and Jan Malmsjö). But things are not always what they seem on the surface, and Johan announces he has become involved with a younger woman. Johan seems to give little thought to the harm he has done to Marianne, while she is devastated by his abandonment of her. After a stay in Europe, Johan returns to Sweden and visits Marianne; eventually, the divorced couple briefly comes together, but the damage done is too severe to mend. Focusing less on narrative than on a deep-focus portrayal of the thoughts and emotions of two characters, Scenes From a Marriage originally ran nearly 300 minutes in its original television edition; Bergman later edited the film to 168 minutes for theatrical release in Europe and North America.

Product Details

Release Date: 03/16/2004
UPC: 0715515081115
Original Release: 1974
Rating: PG
Source: Criterion Collection
Language: English
Time: 2:49:00
Sales rank: 22,176

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Liv Ullmann Marianne
Erland Josephson Johan
Bibi Andersson Katrina
Jan Malmsjo Peter
Anita Wall Mrs. Palm
Gunnel Lindblom Eva
Barbro Hiort af Ornas Mrs. Jacobi
Lena Bergman Actor
Wenche Foss Mother
Bertil Norstrom Arne
Barbro Hjort af Ornäs Mrs. Jacobi

Technical Credits
Ingmar Bergman Director,Producer,Screenwriter
Lars-Owe Carlberg Executive Producer,Producer
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