Ingmar Bergman

Ernst Ingmar Bergman July 1918160July 2007 was a Swedish director, writer and producer who worked in film, television, and theatre. He is recognized as one of the most accomplished and influential auteurs of all time and is most famous for films such as The Seventh Seal , Wild Strawberries , Persona , Cries and Whispers and Fanny and Alexander .

Ingmar Bergman was born in Uppsala, Sweden, the son of Erik Bergman, a Lutheran minister and later chaplain to the King of Sweden, and Karin , a nurse who also had Walloon ancestors. He grew up with his older brother Dag and sister Margareta surrounded by religious imagery and discussion. His father was a conservative parish minister with strict ideas of parenting. Ingmar was locked up in dark closets for infractions, such as wetting the bed. While father preached away in the pulpit and the congregation prayed, sang, or listened, Ingmar wrote in his autobiography Laterna Magica,

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