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A captivating look behind the scenes of the remarkable life of a young Swedish girl who became one of the most celebrated actresses of American and World cinema.A captivating look behind the scenes of the remarkable life of a young Swedish girl who became one of the most celebrated actresses of American and World cinema.A captivating look behind the scenes of the remarkable life of a young Swedish girl who became one of the most celebrated actresses of American and World cinema.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 3 nominations
Ingrid Bergman
- Self
- (archive footage)
Isotta Rossellini
- Self
- (as Ingrid Rossellini)
Friedel Adler Bergman
- Self - Ingrid Bergman's Mother
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Ingmar Bergman
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Justus Samuel Bergman
- Self - Ingrid Bergman's Father
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Ernest Borgnine
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Yul Brynner
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Robert Capa
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Mel Ferrer
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
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- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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Did you know
- TriviaMelinda Kinnaman was the voice of Ingrid Bergman in the English version.
- GoofsOn two occasions in the film, letters purportedly written by Ingrid Bergman are read out in which the word "paparazzi" (to mean a probing reporter) is used. It is generally accepted that this word (taken from an Italian regional slang word meaning sparrows) was inspired by a character in Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960), but the letters in question were written in the early to mid 1950s, prior to the film's release.
- ConnectionsFeatures The Count of the Old Town (1935)
- SoundtracksThe Movie About Us
Written and Performed by Eva Dahlgren
(C) Big Mama Music
Recorded by Years of Charlotte
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Ingrid and we have deserved much much more.
Ingrid Bergman – "In Her Own Words" (2015) Ingrid Bergman was a rare and brave woman, and she was of course a big and genuine actress of the very few who lived and died for art no matter the consequences for herself, her children and her husbands.
This documentary is not bad, but it's not successful either. The reason why is that the documentary is simply too private, it does not become interesting to a larger audience. It's mainly private film footage (8 and 16 mm) and diary quotations over and over again. And we see and listen to Ingrid's children telling the same – more or less – again and again, and not one single bad or negative thing is said about their mother. I was not convinced. The documentary runs for 114 minutes and sadly it feels like 228 minutes.
What have Stig Bjökman (the writer and director), Dominika Daubenbüchel and Stina Gardell been thinking about? This documentary would have been complete and beautifully put together IF it have had at least 3 blocks of montages with clips from Bergman's greatest parts. We got nearly 8 seconds from "Casablanca" and that was it!!! We should have SEEN and WATCHED Ingrid in Alfred Hitchcock's "Notorious" and "Spellbound" – not someone telling us about her acting in these movies! And we should have seen clips with Ingrid and Cary Copper in "For Whom the Bell Tolls" or seen Ingrid afraid to be insane in "Gaslight" or Ingrid together with Goldie Hawn in "Cactus Flower" – and I could go on and on! But we didn't. There's a saying that goes: "don't tell, show!" someone is this production should have whispered this saying to Stig Björkman.
It's not until the last 10 minutes that this documentary really speeds up and get's very interesting when we meet Sigourney Weaver, Isabella Rossellini and Liv Ullmann. Weaver recalls what it was like being on stage with Ingrid in her first professional job was as an understudy in Sir John Gielguds production of "The Constant Wife". Liv Ullmann is telling us about how Ingrid and Ingmar Bergman left the set when they were making "Autumn Sonata", because they could not agree on how a dialog should be. All on the set could still hear them quarrel very loudly. Bergman and Bergman came back, Ingmar got his will and they all continued. Now that would have been interesting to see and hear much more of, especially because the movie was about a mother abandon her children for the art.
What a shame, because Ingrid and we have deserved much much more.
This documentary is not bad, but it's not successful either. The reason why is that the documentary is simply too private, it does not become interesting to a larger audience. It's mainly private film footage (8 and 16 mm) and diary quotations over and over again. And we see and listen to Ingrid's children telling the same – more or less – again and again, and not one single bad or negative thing is said about their mother. I was not convinced. The documentary runs for 114 minutes and sadly it feels like 228 minutes.
What have Stig Bjökman (the writer and director), Dominika Daubenbüchel and Stina Gardell been thinking about? This documentary would have been complete and beautifully put together IF it have had at least 3 blocks of montages with clips from Bergman's greatest parts. We got nearly 8 seconds from "Casablanca" and that was it!!! We should have SEEN and WATCHED Ingrid in Alfred Hitchcock's "Notorious" and "Spellbound" – not someone telling us about her acting in these movies! And we should have seen clips with Ingrid and Cary Copper in "For Whom the Bell Tolls" or seen Ingrid afraid to be insane in "Gaslight" or Ingrid together with Goldie Hawn in "Cactus Flower" – and I could go on and on! But we didn't. There's a saying that goes: "don't tell, show!" someone is this production should have whispered this saying to Stig Björkman.
It's not until the last 10 minutes that this documentary really speeds up and get's very interesting when we meet Sigourney Weaver, Isabella Rossellini and Liv Ullmann. Weaver recalls what it was like being on stage with Ingrid in her first professional job was as an understudy in Sir John Gielguds production of "The Constant Wife". Liv Ullmann is telling us about how Ingrid and Ingmar Bergman left the set when they were making "Autumn Sonata", because they could not agree on how a dialog should be. All on the set could still hear them quarrel very loudly. Bergman and Bergman came back, Ingmar got his will and they all continued. Now that would have been interesting to see and hear much more of, especially because the movie was about a mother abandon her children for the art.
What a shame, because Ingrid and we have deserved much much more.
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- arne-ziebell
- Sep 12, 2015
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- Also known as
- Ben, Ingrid
- Filming locations
- Shubert Theater - 225 West 44th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(Sigourney Weaver, Isabella Rossellini, and Liv Ullmann interview)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $138,148
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,355
- Nov 15, 2015
- Gross worldwide
- $214,014
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