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Persona (Criterion Collection)

Persona (Criterion Collection)

MGM/UA (1966)
Drama | Foreign | Mystery
Sweden | Swedish | Black & White | 01:25
Blu-ray
715515113410
| 1 disc
Region 1 | Region A

Persona is a psychoanalytical film from Swedish director Ingmar Bergman and reputed as his greatest masterpiece. The film deals with a silent actress and her relationship with her nurse who narrates her story.


Cast

Bibi Andersson Alma
Liv Ullmann Elisabet Vogler
Margaretha Krook The Doctor
Gunnar Bjornstrand Mr. Vogler
Jörgen Lindström Elisabet's Son

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Director Ingmar Bergman
Writer Ingmar Bergman
Producer Ingmar Bergman
Musician Lars Johan Werle
Photography Sven Nykvist

Personal

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Added Date Dec 25, 2015 19:23:55
Modified Date Jun 12, 2022 00:34:20

Notes

Christmas gift 2015 from Beth

Disc Features
New, 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
New visual essay on the film’s prologue by Ingmar Bergman scholar Peter Cowie
New interviews with actor Liv Ullmann and filmmaker Paul Schrader
Excerpted archival interviews with Bergman, Ullmann, and actor Bibi Andersson
On-set footage, with audio commentary by Bergman historian Birgitta Steene
Liv & Ingmar, a 2012 feature documentary directed by Dheeraj Akolkar
Trailer
New English subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Thomas Elsaesser, an excerpt from the 1970 book Bergman on Bergman, and an excerpted 1977 interview with Andersson

New cover by Sarah Habibi

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