Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
Home movies, letters, diaries and archival interviews highlight the personal life of Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman, one of the most celebrated actresses of American and World cinema.
16 December 1938, Tokyo, Japan
8 February 1902, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
29 August 1915, Stockholm, Sweden
15 October 1900, San Francisco, California, USA
18 June 1952, Rome, Lazio, Italy
25 August 1917, Elberon, New Jersey, USA
3 February 1936
23 February 1889, La Cañada, California, USA
18 January 1904, Horfield, Bristol, England, UK
September 15, 1894 in Paris, France
13 August 1899, Leytonstone, London, England, UK
1 February 1901, Cadiz, Ohio, USA
15 June 1920, Rome, Lazio, Italy
3 October 1988, Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
20 September 1938, Stockholm, Sweden
8 October 1949, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
9 April 1903, Benkelman, Nebraska, USA
11 July 1920, Vladivostok, Primorskaya Oblast, Far Eastern Republic [now Primorsky Krai, Russia]
29 January 1909, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
18 June 1952, Rome, Lazio, Italy
10 May 1902, Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
14 July 1918, Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden
October 22, 1913 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
2 March 1919, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
8 May 1906, Rome, Lazio, Italy
24 January 1917, Hamden, Connecticut, USA
August 22, 2016
The best thing I can say about it is that I will never see Bergman-someone who I had thought was quite familiar at this point-the same way again.
February 25, 2016
The film is riveting when it delves into the complex family dynamics, but it could have used some tightening.
February 11, 2016
An appreciation of a remarkable artist, woman and individual.
August 15, 2016
Such sources and archive footage (much taken by Bergman on her trusty 16mm) lend this portrait valuable authenticity.
April 10, 2017
Those reels are one of the many elements, along with the testimony of her children, several professional collaborators, and extensive archival footage that form this intimate and enlightening documentary
August 08, 2016
An intimate and at times unforgiving portrait of a wife, mother and megastar.
February 12, 2016
The full force of Bergman's charm comes across in Stig Björkman's revelatory documentary Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words.
January 01, 2017
The portrait that emerges is that of a mercurial talent who would not be pinned down, even by a film as adulatory as this one.
February 11, 2016
In its occasionally over-gentle way, the documentary testifies to the ego necessary to be a great star and to live a great life.
August 14, 2016
Bjorkman makes solid use of the family archive to focus on the Swedish star's personal travails, while Alicia Vikander reads poignantly from her letters and diaries.
February 11, 2016
Using a variety of sources, Swedish film critic Stig Bjorkman created this revealing documentary about the resilient movie star who won three Academy Awards and worked with Bogart, Hitchcock, Ingmar Bergman and Roberto Rossellini.
