En passion (1969)

Director:

Ingmar Bergman

Writer:

Ingmar Bergman (writer)

Release Date:

28 May 1970 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Andreas, a man struggling with the recent demise of his marriage and his own emotional isolation, befriends...

Plot Keywords:

Isolation | Couples | Snow | Nightmare | Sweden

Awards:

1 win

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Max von Sydow	...	Andreas Winkelman
Liv Ullmann	...	Anna Fromm
Bibi Andersson	...	Eva Vergerus
Erland Josephson	...	Elis Vergerus
Erik Hell	...	Johan Andersson
Sigge Fürst	...	Verner
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Britta Brunius	...	Woman in dream
Lars-Owe Carlberg	...	Police officer
Malin Ek	...	Woman in dream
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs	...	Woman in dream
Svea Holst	...	Verner's wife
Marianne Karlbeck	...	Woman in dream
Annika Kronberg	...	Katarina
Brita Öberg	...	Woman in dream
Brian Wikström	...	Police officer

Also Known As:

A Passion (UK)
The Passion of Anna (USA)

Runtime:

101 min | Argentina:99 min

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Color:

Black and White | Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

France:Unrated | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | UK:12 (video rating) (2004) (cut) | UK:AA (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Fårö, Gotlands län, Sweden

Company:

Cinematograph AB

Trivia:

Filmed in the aftermath of Ingmar Bergman's break-up with Liv Ullmann on the island where they had lived together

Movie Connections:

References Skammen (1968)

Passion's masterful conclusion

"A Passion" is one of Ingmar Bergman's underrated classics (inaccurately titled "The Passion of Anna" in the U.S.) and includes one of cinema's great movie endings. "Identity" is one of the primary themes of the film, and the film concludes with Max von Sydow's broken Andreas pacing back and forth in the frame--in an empty, bleak landscape. As the camera pulls back, Bergman (or rather, Nykvist) optically moves in--creating an effect where the image "flattens out" and Andreas literally dissolves into the grain of the film. Brilliant!