| Title |
Höstsonaten = Autumn sonata / produced by Personafilm GmbH Munich ; Sir Lew Grade and Martin Starger present a film by Ingmar Bergman. |
| OCLC |
855926950 |
| ISBN/ISSN |
715515110112 |
| Music number |
CC2308DDVD The Criterion Collection |
| Publisher |
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2013. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Mothers and daughters -- Drama.
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Dysfunctional families -- Drama.
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Pianists -- Sweden -- Drama.
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| System details note |
DVD, widescreen, 16:9, aspect ratio, 1.66:1; PCM mono. |
| Cast |
Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Lena Nyman, Helvar Björk. |
| Creation/Production credits |
Director of photography, Sven Nykvist ; editor, Sylvia Ingmarsdotter. |
| Summary |
After having neglected her children for many years, world famous pianist Charlotte visits her daughter Eva in her home. To her surprise she finds her other daughter, Helena, there as well. Helena is mentally disabled, and Eva has taken Helena out of the institution where their mother had placed her. The tension between Charlotte and Eva only builds up slowly, until a nightly conversation releases all the things they have wanted to tell each other. |
| Language note |
In Swedish with optional dubbed English sound track or English subtitles. |
| General note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1978. |
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Title from web page. |
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Special features: New 2K digital film restoration; Introduction by director Ingmar Bergman from 2003; Audio commentary featuring Bergman expert Peter Cowie; The making of "Autumn Sonata, " a three-and-a-half-hour program; New interview with actor Liv Ullmann; A 1981 conversation between actor Ingrid Bergman and critic John Rusell Taylor; Trailer; New English subtitle translation; Plus, a booklet featuring an essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme. |
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