ECLIPSE SERIES 46: INGRID BERGMAN'S SWEDISH YEARS

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• Release Year: 2017
• Genre: Short, Drama, Mystery
• Plot: Ingrid Bergman appeared in eleven films in her native Sweden before the age of twenty-five, and while that work tends to be overshadowed by her time in Hollywood, it showcases the actor summoning an impressive depth of emotion to deliver astute, passionate performances. Under the direction of filmmakers such as the prolific studio hand Gustaf Molander, Bergman embraced a range of roles and worked with some of the most celebrated actors in the Swedish film industry, including Gösta Ekman, Karin Swanström, Victor Sjöström, and Lars Hanson. Comedies, romances, and thrillers, the six fascinating films collected here—including Intermezzo, the movie that took Bergman to America—exhibit the precociously assured talent of a young artist with an illustrious international career ahead of her.; ; 6-DVD BOX SET INCLUDES:; ; THE COUNT OF THE OLD TOWN; Bergman had her first speaking role in this raucous and charming ensemble comedy, as a chambermaid seduced by a suspected jewel thief.; ; WALPURGIS NIGHT; Tackling the subject of Sweden's declining birth rate, this topical drama features Bergman as a virtuous young woman who becomes entangled in a sordid love triagle.; ; INTERMEZZO; Gustaf Molander's swooning romance, about an ill-starred affair, made Bergman a star in Sweden, and she would go on to appear in the Hollywood remake.; ; DOLLAR; Three vacationing couples flirt and fight in this spin on screwball comedy, with Bergman in an alluring turn as an actor whose sharp tongue belies her soft heart.; ; A WOMAN'S FACE; With this thriller, Molander gave Bergman her most ruthless role to date, as a blackmailer who undergoes an operation to repair her disfigured face and gets a change of heart in the bargin.; ; JUNE NIGHT; An unassuming woman is caught up in a sensational scandal and then finds a new beginning, in Bergman's last Swedish firm before she moved to America.
• Cast: Steven Alejandro, Lola Gonzalez, Bailey Paige
• Director: Jason C. Trevino
• Runtime: 8:40
• Media Format: Other