Autumn Sonata
Höstsonaten
Sweden • 1978
Director
#60Criterion Collection →Synopsis
AUTUMN SONATA was the only collaboration between cinema’s two great Bergmans: Ingmar and Ingrid, the monumental star of CASABLANCA. The grande dame, playing an icy concert pianist, is matched beat for beat in ferocity by the filmmaker’s recurring lead Liv Ullmann, as her eldest daughter. Over the course of a day and a long, painful night that the two spend together after an extended separation, they finally confront the bitter discord of their relationship. This cathartic pas de deux, evocatively shot in burnished harvest colors, ranks among the director’s major dramatic works.
Synopsis
AUTUMN SONATA was the only collaboration between cinema’s two great Bergmans: Ingmar and Ingrid, the monumental star of CASABLANCA. The grande dame, playing an icy concert pianist, is matched beat for beat in ferocity by the filmmaker’s recurring lead Liv Ullmann, as her eldest daughter. Over the course of a day and a long, painful night that the two spend together after an extended separation, they finally confront the bitter discord of their relationship. This cathartic pas de deux, evocatively shot in burnished harvest colors, ranks among the director’s major dramatic works.
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Credits
Crew
DirectorIngmar Bergman
WriterIngmar Bergman
CinematographerSven Nykvist
EditorSylvia Ingemarsson
ProducerLew Grade
Cast
Ingrid Bergmanas Charlotte
Liv Ullmannas Eva
Lena Nymanas Helena
Halvar Björkas Viktor
Marianne Aminoffas Charlotte's Private Secretary