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Fårö, wyspa Bergmana
Fårö, Bergman’s Island

Author(s): Ewa Mrozek-Sadowska
Subject(s): Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Sociology of Art, History of Art
Published by: Uniwersytet Gdański
Keywords: Ingmar Bergman; Fårö; island; Swedish film

Summary/Abstract: This paper is an attempt to investigate the relationship between Ingmar Bergman, the Swedish auteur and the island of Fårö in the Baltic, where he worked and lived for 40 years. Bergman said: “If one wished to be solemn, it could be said that I had found my landscape, my real home; if one wished to be funny, one could talk about love at first sight.” He discovered the island when looking for a location to shoot Through a Glass Darkly. Including Through a Glass Darkly, Berg-man was to shoot six films and one television series on Fårö. He also made two documentary films about the island and its inhabitants: Fårö Document1969 and Fårö Document 1979.

  • Issue Year: 22/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 26-45
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish