Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries is a 1957 Swedish drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The original Swedish title is Smultronstället, which literally means "the wild strawberry patch" but idiomatically signifies a hidden gem of a place, often with personal or sentimental value, and not widely known. The cast includes Victor Sjöström in his final screen performance as an old man recalling his past, as well as Bergman regulars Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, and Gunnar Björnstrand. Max von Sydow also appears in a small role.
Plot
Grouchy, stubborn, and egotistical Professor Isak Borg is a widowed 78-year-old physician who specialized in bacteriology. Before specializing, he served as a general practitioner in rural Sweden. He sets out on a long car ride from Stockholm to Lund to be awarded the degree of Doctor Jubilaris 50 years after he received his doctorate from Lund University. He is accompanied by his pregnant daughter-in-law Marianne who does not much like her father-in-law and is planning to separate from her husband, Evald, Isak's only son. Evald does not want her to have the baby, their first.
Awards
Cast
- Åke Fridell
- Ann-Marie Wiman
- Bibi Andersson
- Björn Bjelfvenstam
- Folke Sundquist
- Gertrud Fridh
- Gio Petré
- Gunnar Björnstrand
- Gunnar Olsson
- Gunnar Sjöberg
- Gunnel Lindblom
- Ingrid Thulin
- Jullan Kindahl
- Lena Bergman
- Maud Hansson
- Max von Sydow
- Naima Wifstrand
- Per Sjöstrand
- Sif Ruud
- Victor Sjöström
- Yngve Nordwall
More details
| author | Ingmar Bergman |
|---|---|
| award | Golden Bear Silver nugget for the best foreign film |
| contentLocation | Sweden |
| director | Ingmar Bergman |
| editor | Oscar Rosander |
| events | abandonment assessment marriage mortality old age parent–child relationship recollection self-knowledge suffering |
| genre | drama philosophical |
| keywords | baby daydream doctor jubilaris dream sequence force gather jubilee doctor love lund lund university married nightmare old man pick up plan pregnant daughter serve stockholm troubled past unhappy marriage widow young girl |
| musicBy | Erik Nordgren |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay |
| producer | Allan Ekelund |
| publisher | AB Svensk Filmindustri |
| theme | road movie |