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20 editions published between 1966 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 925 libraries worldwide A famous actress is stricken with psychosomatic muteness and is placed under a nurse's care in an isolated house, where the two gradually assume each other's personalities.
Viskningar och rop Cries and whispers
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8 editions published between 1973 and 2010 in Swedish and English and held by 908 libraries worldwide A story of four women's search for spiritual peace. Agnes is dying of cancer and is visited one last time by her two sisters, Karin and Maria. These two become entangled in feelings of jealousy, manipulation and selfishness. Yet Agnes is able to transcend her sisters' pettiness to remember moments of staggering beauty as well as horror.
Jungfrukällan The virgin spring
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5 editions published between 1960 and 2006 in Swedish and held by 810 libraries worldwide A peasant girl is raped and murdered in 14th century Sweden. When her killers seek shelter in her father's house, he kills them to avenge her death. Soon a spring appears from where the girl was killed and her father sees this as a sign from above.
Fanny och Alexander Fanny and Alexander
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8 editions published between 1987 and 2009 in Swedish and held by 620 libraries worldwide Told through the eyes of Alexander and his sister Fanny, we see the exuberant and colorful Ekdahl household in a Swedish town early in the twentieth century. Their parents, Oscar and Emilie, are the director and the leading lady of the local theatre company. Oscar's mother and brother are its chief patrons. After Oscar's early death, his widow marries the bishop and moves with her children to his austere and forbidding chancery. The children are immediately miserable, but befriend a local Jewish merchant whose odd household becomes the children's refuge.
Scener ur ett äktenskap
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7 editions published between 1973 and 2008 in Swedish and German and held by 506 libraries worldwide Marianne and Johan always seemed to be the perfect couple. But when Johan suddenly leaves Marianne for another woman, they are forced to confront the disintegration of their marriage. Chronicles ten years of turmoil and love that bind the couple despite their divorce and subsequent marriages. Portrays the brutal pain and uplifting peace that accompany a lifetime of loving.--Container.
The silence
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11 editions published between 1962 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 480 libraries worldwide "Traveling home by train through a country seemingly on the brink of war, two sisters--the sickly, intellectual Ester and the sensual, pragmatic Anna--along with Anna's young son, Johan, are forced to disembark in an unknown city in order for Ester to rest. Attempting to cope with their alien surroundings, the sisters resort to their personal vices while vying for Johan's affection, and in so doing sabotage what little remains of their ambiguous relationship."--Container.
Winter light
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5 editions published between 1963 and 2006 in Swedish and German and held by 475 libraries worldwide "In this stark depiction of spiritual crisis, small-town pastor Tomas Ericsson performs his duties mechanically before a dwindling congregation. When he is asked to assist a troubled parishioner with his debilitating fear of nuclear annihilation, Tomas is terrified to find that he can offer nothing but his own uncertainty."--Container.
Through a glass darkly
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5 editions published between 1960 and 2010 in Swedish and German and held by 470 libraries worldwide "While vacationing on a remote island retreat, a family's already fragile ties are tested when Karin discovers her father has been using her schizophrenia for his own literary means. As she drifts in and out of lucidity, her father, husband, and younger brother are unable to prevent Karin's harrowing descent into the abyss of mental illness."--Container.
Life's greatest miracle
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1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 450 libraries worldwide The development of a child from conception to birth, using both microimagery and the story of a young couple preparing for their first child.
Skammen Shame
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6 editions published between 1968 and 2005 in Swedish and German and held by 423 libraries worldwide "Shame probes the atrocities of war--both internal and external--as a young couple struggles to survive while the world around them crumbles into chaos"--Container.
En passion
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1 edition published in 2004 in Swedish and held by 369 libraries worldwide In this stark drama, Max Von Sydow plays Andreas, a loner who, despite himself, becomes involved with three of his island neighbors: a Machiavellian architect, his formless wife and the beautiful widow Anna (Liv Ullmann), a moralist who sustains herself with illusion. One of Bergman's first films to be photographed in color.
The tenant
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5 editions published between 2002 and 2004 in 3 languages and held by 336 libraries worldwide A quiet, timid file clerk whose unremarkable life begins to be increasingly overshadowed with dread and fear after he moves into his new home - an apartment building with an unhappy past. Adding to his paranoia are the building's other occupants, who do nothing to alleviate his growing obsession with the untimely, tragic fate of the apartment's previous tenant.
Chaplin
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7 editions published between 1993 and 2000 in 3 languages and held by 331 libraries worldwide "Portrays the amazing life and times of the "Little Tramp" from his poverty-stricken childhood in England, to his friendships, his many wives and scandalous affairs, his acting career, and his relentless pursuit by J. Edgar Hoover."--Container.
Gycklarnas afton
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1 edition published in 2007 in Swedish and held by 330 libraries worldwide A relationship between a turn-of-the-century traveling circus owner and his performer girlfriend suddenly changes, when they pull into the town where the owner's wife and children live, whom he hasn't seen in three years.
The serpent's egg
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3 editions published between 2001 and 2005 in English and held by 324 libraries worldwide An American trapeze act comes to pre-World War II Germany and two of the members are trapped inside Berlin after the other commits suicide. They find work with Dr. Vergerus at St. Ana's clinic, and soon discover that all is not what it appears to be.
Siddhartha
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7 editions published between 1972 and 2003 in German and English and held by 291 libraries worldwide A young man's spiritual odyssey, filmed on location in Rishikesh and Bharatpur, and based on Hesse's novella.
Crimes and misdemeanors
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4 editions published between 1990 and 2005 in English and German and held by 248 libraries worldwide Weaving together several different stories about people's lives, loves, perceptions, and ideals, this examines some of the toughest questions surrounding human nature.
Ingmar Bergman's The magic flute Trollflöjten
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1 edition published in 1975 in Swedish and held by 230 libraries worldwide Prince Tamino must overcome the evil power of the Queen of the Night before the ruler of the Kingdom of Light will award him the hand of the beautiful Pamina.
A film trilogy
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1 edition published in 2003 in Swedish and held by 190 libraries worldwide This four disc set features Swedish director Ingmar Bergman's work on three of his most powerful films presented as a trilogy. The films of the trilogy examine the necessity of religion and question the promise of faith. The last disc is a documentary film offering views on set construction, lighting, rehearsals, editing, as well as intimate conversations with Ingmar Bergman and members of his cast and crew.
Fanny och Alexander
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9 editions published between 1984 and 2004 in Swedish and English and held by 171 libraries worldwide Told through the eyes of Alexander and his sister Fanny, we see the exuberant and colorful Ekdahl household in a Swedish town early in the twentieth century. Their parents, Oscar and Emilie, are the director and the leading lady of the local theatre company. Oscar's mother and brother are its chief patrons. After Oscar's early death, his widow marries the bishop and moves with her children to his austere and forbidding chancery. The children are immediately miserable, but befriend a local Jewish merchant whose odd household becomes the children's refuge. more
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Actresses Apartment houses Apartments Biographical films Brothers and sisters Cancer Chaplin, Charlie,--1889-1977 Circus performers Divorce Documentary television programs Drama Faith Families Fear Feature films Feature films Fetus--Growth Fiction films Film adaptations Films for the hearing impaired Films--for the hearing impaired Foreign films Germany Germany--Berlin Grief Historical films Horror films Human reproduction Husband and wife Interpersonal relations Loneliness Man-woman relationships Marriage Melodrama Mental illness Murder Nurse and patient Paranoia Pregnancy Rape victims Remarriage Revenge Sisters Spirituality Suicide victims Sweden Television mini-series Video recordings--for the hearing impaired Widows Women--Psychology
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Alternative Names
Njukvist, Sven, 1922-2006
Nykvist.
Nykvist, Sven V. 1922-2006
Nykvist, Sven Vilhelm 1922-2006
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Swedish
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German (129) English (108) Multiple languages (48) Spanish (48) French (26) Danish (6) Undetermined (5) Czech (3) No Linguistic content (2) Italian (2) Polish (2) Dutch (1) Covers
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