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Autumn Sonata

1978 film by Ingmar Bergman

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After a seven-year absence, Charlotte Andergast travels to Sweden to reunite with her daughter Eva. The pair have a troubled relationship: Charlotte sacrificed the responsibilities of motherhood for a career as a classical pianist. Over an emotional night, the pair reopen the wounds of the past. Charlotte gets another shock when she finds out that her mentally impaired daughter, Helena, is out of the asylum and living with Eva.

Released: 1978-10-0893 minDir: Ingmar BergmanDrama, Music

Cast

Ingrid Bergman as Charlotte
Liv Ullmann as Eva
Lena Nyman as Helena
Halvar Björk as Viktor
Marianne Aminoff as Charlotte's Private Secretary
Arne Bang-Hansen as Uncle Otto

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Key facts

Directed by: Ingmar Bergman
Written by: Ingmar Bergman
Starring: Ingrid Bergman Liv Ullmann Lena Nyman Halvar Björk
Cinematography: Sven Nykvist
Edited by: Sylvia Ingmarsdotter
Music by: Frédéric Chopin
Production company: ITC Entertainment
Distributed by: Constantin Film
Release date: 8 October 1978 ( 1978-10-08 ) (Sweden)
Running time: 99 minutes
Country: West Germany
Language: Swedish
Box office: $2 million

Key dates

Published: 25 November 1982

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: film
Genre: drama film
Country of origin: Norway
Original language: Swedish
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Screenwriter: Ingmar Bergman
Composer: Frédéric Chopin
Producer: Ingmar Bergman
Production company: ITC Entertainment
Cinematographer: Sven Nykvist

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Autumn Sonata (Swedish: Höstsonaten) is a 1978 psychological drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, and starring Ingrid Bergman (in her final film role), Liv Ullmann and Lena Nyman. Its plot follows a celebrated classical pianist and her neglected daughter who meet for the first time in years, and chronicles their painful discussions of how they have hurt each other. It was the only collaboration between Ingrid Bergman and Ingmar Bergman (who were not related).Autumn Sonata was the last of Ingmar Bergman's films to be made for theatrical exhibition; all of his films made after it, even those screened in theatres, were television productions.

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