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7.8/10   2,055 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Ingmar Bergman (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
28 May 1970 (USA) more
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Plot:
Andreas, a man struggling with the recent demise of his marriage and his own emotional isolation, befriends... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
When a movie hurts too much
 (From Roger Ebert's Blog. 3 July 2008, 9:45 AM, PDT)

Ingmar Bergman: 1918-2007
 (From IMDb News. 30 July 2007)

User Comments:
Passion's masterful conclusion more (23 total)

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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Passion (UK)
The Passion of Anna (USA)
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Runtime:
101 min | Argentina:99 min
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Color:
Black and White | Color (Eastmancolor)
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Certification:
France:Unrated | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | UK:12 (video rating) (2004) (cut) | UK:AA (original rating)
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Fun Stuff

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Dinner scene between the four characters is mostly improvised more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Lantana (2001) more

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14 out of 20 people found the following comment useful.
Passion's masterful conclusion, 5 October 1998
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Author: Ron Geatz from Washington, DC

"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!

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