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Saraband is a 2003 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman, and his final film. It was made for Swedish television, but released theatrically in a longer cut outside Sweden. Its United States theatrical release, with English subtitles, was in July 2005. The Swedish television version is 107 minutes, while theatrical releases run just under 2 hours.

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Reuniting the characters of Johan and Marianne three decades after "Scenes from a Marriage," "Saraband" follows Marianne’s visit to her reclusive ex-husband, where she finds him locked in a destructive conflict with his troubled son Henrik and Henrik’s musically gifted daughter Karin. Told as an intimate chamber drama, the film explores love, resentment, forgiveness, and the inescapable pull of family bonds.

Released: 2003-12-01120 minDir: Ingmar BergmanTV Movie, DramaBox office: $975,181Part of: Scenes From A Marriage Collection

Cast

  • Liv Ullmann as Marianne
  • Erland Josephson as Johan
  • Börje Ahlstedt as Henrik
  • Julia Dufvenius as Karin
  • Gunnel Fred as Martha

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Swedish release poster
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Ingmar Bergman
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Ingmar Bergman
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Liv UllmannErland JosephsonBörje AhlstedtJulia DufveniusGunnel Fred
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SwedenItalyGermanyFinlandDenmarkAustria
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SwedishEnglishGerman
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Sylvia Ingemarsson
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Stefan ErikssonJesper HolmströmPer-Olof LanttoSofi StridhRaymond Wemmenlöv
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107 minutes 120 minutes
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SVT 1

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
television film
Country of origin
Finland
Original language
English language
Screenwriter
Ingmar Bergman
Cast member
Julia Dufvenius
Production company
Sveriges Television
Narrative location
Finland
Filming location
Finland
Duration
107
FilmAffinity ID
688648
Distribution format
video on demand
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publication date
2003-12-01
original broadcaster
SVT1
title
Saraband
distributed by
Netflix
review score
7.8/10
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Saraband is a 2003 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman, and his final film. It was made for Swedish television, but released theatrically in a longer cut outside Sweden. Its United States theatrical release, with English subtitles, was in July 2005. The Swedish television version is 107 minutes, while theatrical releases run just under 2 hours.

The story is a sequel to Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage (1973), bringing back the characters of Johan and Marianne. It is a co-production of Sweden, Italy, Germany, Finland, Denmark, and Austria.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saraband” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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