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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.
3 February 1936
8 October 1949, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
8 May 1906, Rome, Lazio, Italy
18 June 1952, Rome, Lazio, Italy
29 August 1915, Stockholm, Sweden
16 December 1938, Tokyo, Japan
20 September 1938, Stockholm, Sweden
18 June 1952, Rome, Lazio, Italy
3 October 1988, Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
August 15, 2016
Such sources and archive footage (much taken by Bergman on her trusty 16mm) lend this portrait valuable authenticity.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
February 25, 2016
The film is riveting when it delves into the complex family dynamics, but it could have used some tightening.
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 12, 2016
The full force of Bergman's charm comes across in Stig Björkman's revelatory documentary Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words.
February 11, 2016
An appreciation of a remarkable artist, woman and individual.
August 08, 2016
An intimate and at times unforgiving portrait of a wife, mother and megastar.
