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Wild Strawberries, also known by its original Swedish title Smultronstället, is a 1957 black-and-white drama film directed and written by Ingmar Bergman. The cast includes Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, and Gunnar Björnstrand. Gunnar Fischer served as the director of photography, while Oscar Rosander edited the film and Erik Nordgren composed the music. The narrative is set in Sweden during the 1950s and features a car environment.
The film explores themes of old age, mortality, abandonment, and suffering, with additional keywords including adultery, dreams, nightmare, faith, and identity. It has a runtime of 92 minutes and was distributed by SF Studios and Netflix. Wild Strawberries received the Golden Bear award and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay. Audience ratings include an IMDb score of 8.1 based on 124,708 votes and a TMDb average of 8.079 from 1,800 votes.
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8.1Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and 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.
Cast
- Victor Sjöström as Professor Isak Borg
- Bibi Andersson as Sara
- Ingrid Thulin as Marianne
- Gunnar Björnstrand as Evald
- Jullan Kindahl as Agda
- Folke Sundquist as Anders
Themes
- adultery
- dreams
- nightmare
- faith
- identity
- professor
- journey in the past
- aging
- road trip
- kids
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Encyclopedic overview
Wild Strawberries is a 1957 Swedish road drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The original Swedish title is Smultronstället, which literally means "the wild strawberry patch" but idiomatically signifies a hidden gem of a place, often with personal or sentimental value, and not widely known. The cast includes Victor Sjöström in his final screen performance as an old man recalling his past, as well as Bergman regulars Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, and Gunnar Björnstrand. Max von Sydow and Gunnel Lindblom also appear in small roles.
Bergman wrote the screenplay while hospitalized. Exploring philosophical themes such as introspection and human existence, Wild Strawberries received wide positive domestic reception upon release, and won the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 8th Berlin International Film Festival. It is often considered to be one of Bergman's best films, as well as one of the greatest films ever made.
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