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Wild Strawberries (film)
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Smultronstället
Directed by
Ingmar BergmanProduced by
Allan EkelundWritten by
Ingmar BergmanStarring
Victor Sjöström,
Bibi Andersson,
Ingrid Thulin,
Gunnar BjörnstrandCinematography
Gunnar FischerEditing by
Oscar RosanderDistributed by
Svensk FilmindustriRelease date
December 26,
1957 June 22,
1959Running time
91 min.
Language
Swedish
multronstället (Wild Strawberries, lit. The Wild Strawberry Patch) is a
1957 film written and directed by
Ingmar Bergman.
Victor Sjöström stars as a
medical doctor and
professor who is forced by
nightmares,
daydreams, his
old age, and his impending
death to reevaluate his life on a drive with his daughter-in-law to receive an
honorary degree. The film contains many
themes and devices which later became known as Bergman's
artistic trademarks. The cast includes Bergman regulars
Bibi Andersson,
Ingrid Thulin and
Gunnar Björnstrand.
Max von Sydow also appears in a small part.
The film was nominated for an
Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay. Many
film critics and
film scholars consider the film to be one of Bergman's best, despite having been made relatively early in his career.
The Seventh Seal, also considered one of Bergman's best films by many film critics/scholars, was also released in
1957, making it a year of prodigious output for Ingmar Bergman.
Woody Allen's
1997 film
Deconstructing Harry is loosely based upon Bergman's Wild Strawberries. Woody Allen is a well-known fan of Bergman's films and many consider Deconstructing Harry as his personal
homage to Wild Strawberries.
Ingmar Bergman wrote the screenplay for Wild Strawberries while he was in the hospital.