Smiles of a summer night. The seventh seal. Wild strawberries. The virgin spring.
Notes:
Title from container. Smiles of a summer night: Gunnar Björnstrand, Harriet Andersson, Ulla Jacobsson. The seventh seal: Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe, Max Von Sydow, Bibi Andersson, Inga Gill, Maud Hansson, Inga Landgré, Gunnel Lindblom. Wild strawberries: Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Max von Sydow. The virgin spring: Max Von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom, Birgitta Pettersson. Smiles of a summer night originally released as a motion picture in 1955 ; The seventh seal originally released as a motion picture in 1957 ; Wild strawberries originally released as a motion picture in 1957 ; The virgin spring originally released as a motion picture in 1960.
Contents:
[Disc 1]: Smiles of a summer night = Sommarnattens leende / Janus Films ; AB Svensk filmindustri ; director, Ingmar Bergman ; screenplay by Ingmar Bergman (108 min.) -- [Disc 2]: The seventh seal = Sjunde inseglet / Janus Films ; AB Svensk filmindustri ; director, Ingmar Bergman ; screenplay by Ingmar Bergman (96 min.) -- [Disc 3]: Wild strawberries = Smultronstället / Janus Films ; AB Svensk filmindustri ; director, Ingmar Bergman ; screenplay by Ingmar Bergman (91 min.) -- [Disc 4]: The virgin spring = Jungfrukällan / Janus Films ; AB Svensk filmindustri ; director, Ingmar Bergman (89 min.)
Summary:
Smiles of a summer night: A sharp satire about eight Swedish aristocrats who become romantically and comically intertwined over a single weekend. Includes Director approved special edition features. The seventh seal: In medieval Sweden a knight returns from war only to find a ravaged homeland. He meets up with a group of travelling players and eventually confronts the embodiment of death with whom he engages in a game of chess for his life. The knight and Death play as the cultural turmoil envelopes the people around them as they try, in different ways, to deal with the upheaval the plague has caused. Wild strawberries: A distinguished professor emeritus who lives alone with his housekeeper can only come to terms with his egocentricity by traveling back in time to his earliest youth, finding there the seeds of his failure as husband, lover, father. This film deals with the phenomena of old age wherein childhood memories return with ever-increasing clarity while great stretches of the prime of life vanish into obscurity. In Swedish with English subtitles. The virgin spring: A peasant girl is raped and murdered in 14th century Sweden. When her killers seek shelter in her father's house, he kills them to avenge her death. Soon a spring appears from where the girl was killed and her father sees this as a sign from above.
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