Sven Nykvist Movies

A documentary behind the scenes of Ingmar Bergman's The Magic Flute.

A man meets prisoner Nils Gustaf Boman and asks him why he strayed from the straight and narrow. The prisoner says: "Put yourself in my position."...

The Troubadour sits at a rock beside his summerhouse Sjösala in the Stockholm archipelago. He is composing a new ballad, when his son Sven...

Based on the classic children’s story, seven orphan siblings and their goat make a difficult journey over the mountains to find new parents.

A comedy directed by Kurt Hoffmann.

Sven Nykvist, best known as Ingmar Bergman cinematographer, made this film as a tribute to his father who was a missionary in Kongo in the early 20th...

Set in 1860s Holland along the famed Zeider Zee — young Hans Brinker finds himself responsible for supporting his family after his father...

Fact-based drama about the life of Marie Balter, who spent most of her young life in mental institutions. At age 16, she first attempted suicide and...

it's the 1840s and a rural parish plagued by drinking and fighting gets a new vicar who has decided to instill law, order and fear of God into the...

The story of two young lovers takes a tragic turn as the girl falls in love with the boy's father.

Karin hopes to recover from her recent stay at a mental hospital by spending the summer at her family's cottage on a tiny island. Her husband,...

The night before her wedding, a nervous bride examines her gifts and picks out a book of romantic short stories. Hoping to while away the evening,...

An account of the events before and after a murder committed by a disturbed businessman in a strained marriage, and what led him to perform such a...

The stingy fisherman Ericsson lives on a small island north of Stockholm with his wife Johanna och her father Isak.

In this adventure, set deep within the Belgian Congo, a local witch doctor decides the only way to stop a rampaging gorilla from terrorizing his...

Peter Brooks' adaptation of Carmen by Mérimée and Bizet.

Bolle gets tired of working at the cigar factory and because of his desire for freedom he takes to the road. He and the other hobos have only one...

Rational, exacting, and self-controlled theater director, Henrik Vogler, often stays after rehearsal to think and plan. On this day, Anna comes back,...

The film shows four women moving in a crowded, closed room to the music of Monteverdi. They represent women living by passing on a role that is...

Documentary on production designer Anna Asp's work with director Andrey Tarkovsky, during the shooting of his film Offret (The Sacrifice).