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Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern

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Director
Michael Winterbottom
Language
English
Released
1988-05-24
Runtime
1h

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The first of two documentaries about Ingmar Bergman produced to mark his 70th birthday. Includes behind the scenes "home movies" from Bergman's personal archive, interviews with Bergman recorded over his 40 years in the film industry and passages from his autobiography read by Max von Sydow and Bergman himself.

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