Autumn Sonata

Drama, Music · 1978PG

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.

Starring

Ingrid Bergman, Katinka Faragó, Anna Asp, Ingmar Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Lena Nyman, Ingmar Bergman, Halvar Björk, Sven Nykvist, Marianne Aminoff, Lew Grade

Director

Ingmar Bergman

Producer

Lew Grade