The Ingmar Bergman Archives

Since his release of <em>The Seventh Seal </em>and <em>Wild Strawberries</em> in 1957, <strong>Ingmar Bergman</strong> has been one of the <strong>leading figures in international cinema</strong>. In a career that spanned 60 years, he wrote, produced, and directed <strong>50 films that defined how we see ourselves</strong> and how we interact with the people we love, through works like <em>Persona</em>, <em>Scenes from a Marriage</em>, and <em>Fanny and Alexander</em>.

Before his death in 2007, Bergman gave TASCHEN and the Swedish publishing house Max Stroem <strong>complete access to his archives at the Bergman Foundation</strong> as well as permission to reprint his writings and interviews, many of which have <strong>never been seen outside of Sweden</strong>. Picture researcher <strong>Bengt Wanselius</strong>, who was Bergman's photographer for 20 years, scoured photo archives all over Sweden, discovered previously <strong>unseen images from Bergman's films</strong>, and selected unpublished images from many photographers' personal archives.

This re-edition draws from our out-of-print <em>Bergman Archives</em>, the <strong>most complete book on the director to date</strong>. For this award-winning production, TASCHEN Editor Paul Duncan gathered a team of Bergman experts who have researched and written a narrative that, <strong>for the first time, combined all of Bergman's working life in film</strong>. Such is the depth of Bergman's writings that most of the story is <strong>told in his own words</strong>. This book also features an introduction by Bergman's close friend and collaborator, actor <strong>Erland Josephson</strong>.

On November 24, 2008, Paul Duncan and Bengt Wanselius won the <strong>2008 August Prize for the Best Non-Fiction Book published in Sweden</strong>. This is the most prestigious literary prize in Sweden, voted on by booksellers and librarians throughout the country.