Persona (1966)


Persona
Release Date18 October 1966
TaglinePreviously unseen Director's Cut
GenreDrama, Mystery
CountrySweden
Filming LocationsFårö, Gotlands län, Sweden
LanguageSwedish
Sound MixAGA Sound System
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassPsychological Drama
ThemesActor's Life, Women's Friendship, Crisis of Conscience, Split Personalities, Mental Illness, Doctors and Patients
TonesAustere, Cerebral, Chilly, Dreamlike, Enigmatic, Intimate, Sexual, Talky
TagsActor, Communication, Cottage, Mute, Nurse, Patient [medical], Seaside

Persona is a film by Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, released in 1966, and starring Bibi Andersson and Liv Ullmann. Bergman held this film to be one of his most important; in his book Images, he writes: "Today I feel that in Persona—and later in Cries and Whispers—I had gone as far as I could go. And that in these two instances when working in total freedom, I touched wordless secrets that only the cinema can discover." He also said that


Cast and Crew


Cast

Alma, The Nurse

Elisabeth Vogler, The Actress

Margaretha Krook
The Doctor

Gunnar Björnstrand
Mr. Vogler

Jörgen Lindström
The Boy, Elisabeth's Son

Director

Producer

story and screenplay, producer

Original Music

Lars Johan Werle
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Cinematographer

Editor

Ulla Ryghe
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Production Designer

Bibi Lindström
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Costume Designer

Mago
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Makeup Department

Tina Johansson
assistant makeup artist

Börje Lundh
makeup artist

Production Manager

Lars-Owe Carlberg
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Lenn Hjortzberg
assistant director

Bo Arne Vibenius
assistant director

Art Department

Karl-Arne Bergman
property master

Sound Department

Evald Andersson
special sound effects

Lennart Engholm
sound

Olle Jacobsson
sound mixer

Per-Olof Pettersson
sound

Camera and Electrical Department

Anders Bodin
assistant camera

Lars Johnsson
assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Eivor Kullberg
costume assistant

Other Crew

Kerstin Berg
script supervisor

Production Company

Svensk Filmindustri (SF)
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Distributor

Accent Film Entertainment

Continental Home Vídeo

Gutek Film

Kinowelt Home Entertainment

Les Artistes Associés S.A.B.

Lopert Pictures Corporation

MGM Home Entertainment
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MGM/UA Home Entertainment

Metro Tartan Distribution Ltd.

Reel Media International
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Video Yesteryear
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The films of Ingmar Bergman
Autumn Sonata (1978)
Brink of Life (1958)
Crisis (1946)
Dreams (1955)
Eva (1948)
Face to Face (1976)
Frustration (1947)
Karin's Face (1984)
Last Pair Out (1956)
Monika (1953)
Persona
Port of Call (1948)
Prison (1949)
Rabies (1958)
Saraband (2003)
Shame (1968)
The Magician (1958)
The Rite (1969)
The Silence (1963)
The Touch (1971)
The Venetian (1958)
Thirst (1949)
To Joy (1950)