The Arena Season 2019 Episode 5 - Bergman: A Year in the Life

Airdate: 2019-Sep-22

Episode summary:

Documentary that exposes a darker, less well-known side of film director Ingmar Bergman. Focusing on 1957, a landmark year in which Bergman directed two films and four plays, Jane Magnusson explores not only the director's filmography but also his, at times, complex and turbulent personal life.Using a wealth of previously unseen archive material, contemporary interviews and a fantastic selection of clips from Ingmar Bergman's vast body of work, this is a fascinating and unflinching study of one of the giants of world cinema.

About The Arena series:

A new storytelling franchise created to provide a thought-provoking forum for content on topics occurring on and off the court of play.