In this film directed by Liv Ullmann from a screenplay by Ingmar Bergman, loosely based on the legendary Swedish director’s own experiences of adultery, Faithless looks at an aging director named Bergman (Erland Josephson) as he conjures a character, Marianne,
In the second film directed by Liv Ullmann (1995), based on the classic novel by Sigrid Undset, Kristin is the daughter of a prominent landowner in medieval Norway, who has grown up in harmony with the ideals of the time:
Based on the powerful play by Ruth Wolff about Queen Christina, who abdicated the throne to convert to Catholicism, Liv Ullmann and Academy Award-winner Peter Finch (Network) star as a queen and cardinal who share a forbidden love in this
When the hardboiled late 19th-century rancher Zandy (Gene Hackman) decides to take a mail-order bride, he isn’t especially interested in love; instead, he wants a woman who can bear his child and aid him in the daily struggles of country
Scenes From A Marriage explores the disintegration of the marriage between Marianne (Liv Ullmann), a family lawyer specializing in divorce, and Johan (Erland Josephson), spanning a period of 10 years. Despite seeming to have it all, Marianne and Johan’s happiness is
In this epic sequel to the 1971 film The Emigrants, Karl-Oskar (Max von Sydow) and his wife Kristina (Liv Ullmann), having journeyed to America from Sweden, are now living in the wilderness of Minnesota. While building a farmhouse and clearing and
In this monumental mid-19th century epic by Jan Troell, based on the first two books of Swedish novelist Vilhelm Moberg’s Upon a Good Land, Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydown star as Kristina and Kar Oskar Nilsson, a Swedish couple
In this adaptation of the Norwegian trilogy Bread of Night by Johan Falkberget, the young An-Magritt has cultivated exceptional survival skills from a young age. Orphaned by her mother’s suicide following public humiliiation for an affair with a soldier — and raised
In celebration of Liv Ullmann, recipient of the 2019 ASF Gold Medal, Scandinavia House presents two special evenings with the acclaimed actress and director, followed by a retrospective of her roles and work with leading auteurs. At tonight’s event, Liv