''Karin's Face'' ( Swedish title: ''Karins ansikte'') is a 14-minute film directed by

Ingmar Bergman Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film and theatre director and screenwriter. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential film directors of all time, his films have been described as "profoun ...

and focusing on Bergman's mother, Karin.

Content

The film consists of still photos of Bergman's mother and other family members shown over a simple piano score by Bergman's former wife, Käbi Laretei, with no

narration Narration is the use of a written or spoken commentary to convey a story to an audience. Narration is conveyed by a narrator: a specific person, or unspecified literary voice, developed by the creator of the story to deliver information to the ...

Production

It was photographed by Bergman's longtime collaborator and neighbour, Arne Carlsson. It was completed in 1983 but first publicly shown on

Swedish Television Sveriges Television AB ("Sweden's Television aktiebolag, Stock Company"), shortened to SVT (), is the Sweden, Swedish national public broadcasting, public television broadcaster, funded by a public service tax on personal income set by the Riksd ...

on 29 September 1986.

References

External links

Ingmar Bergman Foundation about the film
* 1986 short documentary films 1986 films Films directed by Ingmar Bergman Films with screenplays by Ingmar Bergman Films without speech 1980s Swedish-language films Swedish short documentary films 1980s Swedish films {{1980s-Sweden-film-stub