Overview
Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own life. These include the vivacious young Sara, a dead ringer for the doctor's own first love.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Golden Bear (1958) and the Silver nugget for the best foreign film (1958)
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Nominations
Nominated for the Oscar for Best Writing, Original Screenplay (1960)
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Setting
Set in Sweden
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Music
Music by Erik Nordgren
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Gunnar Fischer
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Ingmar BergmanScreenplay
- Original title
- Smultronstället
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 28, 1957
- Original language
- Swedish
- Countries
- Sweden
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Cast
Victor SjöströmProfessor Isak Borg
Bibi AnderssonSara
Ingrid ThulinMarianne
Gunnar BjörnstrandEvald
Jullan KindahlAgda
Folke SundquistAnders
Björn BjelfvenstamViktor
Naima WifstrandIsak's Mother
Gunnel BroströmMrs. Alman
Gertrud FridhKarin, Isak's Wife
Sif RuudAunt Olga
Gunnar SjöbergAlman
Max von SydowÅkerman
Åke FridellWife's Lover
Yngve NordwallUncle Aron
Per SjöstrandSigfrid
Gio PetréSigbritt
Gunnel LindblomCharlotta
Maud HanssonAngelica
Ann-Marie WimanÅkerman's Wife
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