''Private Confessions'' ( sv, Enskilda samtal) is a 1996 Swedish

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directed by Liv Ullmann and written by Ingmar Bergman. It was screened in the

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section at the

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. ''Private Confessions'' is also a short TV series in two parts, premiering on Sveriges Television in 1996. ''Private Confessions'' can be seen as the last part of a loosely united trilogy - with the SVT series ''

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'' (1992) directed by Bille August and Daniel Bergman's directed film '' Söndagsbarn'' (1992) as the previous work - based on Ingmar Bergman's stories about his parents complicated relationship life in his marriage and also some of his own childhood memories (all in a somewhat rewritten form). It was the first of the two works that Liv Ullmann was asked to direct on Ingmar Bergman's manuscript; followed by the film '' Trolösa'' (2000). The series is divided into two parts of long film length, a total of 195 minutes, and is produced by Sveriges Television in cooperation with the other Nordic national public service broadcasters.

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was awarded a number of international film prizes.

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, Bergman's long-standing cinematographer, shot the film. As an independent continuation of the longer series, the story beings with the main couple, the clergyman Henrik (Samuel Fröler) and his wife Anna (Pernilla August), a few years later in the 20th century. The two have begun to grow apart from one another. Anna meets a young student, Tomas Egerman (Thomas Hanzon), and a secret love is born between them. Many years later, Anna, consumed by contradictory feelings and guilty of the deceit against her husband, confides in her old confirmation clergyman, Jacob (Max von Sydow). Through the series, Anna has various profound, existential conversations with the people around her: Jacob, Henrik, Tomas, her mother Karin Åkerblom (Anita Björk) and her friend Märta (Gunnel Fred).

Cast

as Anna *

Max von Sydow Max von Sydow ( , ; born Carl Adolf von Sydow; 10 April 1929 – 8 March 2020) was a Swedish-French actor. He had a 70-year career in European and American cinema, television, and theatre, appearing in more than 150 films and several television ...

as Jacob *

Samuel Fröler Per Samuel Fröler (born 24 March 1957) is a Swedish actor. His break-through was in the TV series Tre Kärlekar in 1989. He played the protagonist in the drama series ''Skärgårdsdoktorn'', and has also acted in several films. At the 28th Guldb ...

as Henrik * Anita Björk as Karin Åkerblom *

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as Ms. Nylander, housekeeper * Thomas Hanzon as Tomas Egerman *

Kristina Adolphson Kristina Adolphson (born 2 September 1937) is a Swedish film actress. She was born in Stockholm, Sweden. She is the daughter of the actor Edvin Adolphson and the actress Mildred Mehle, and the sister of the singer Olle Adolphson. She was marrie ...

as Maria *

Gunnel Fred Gunnel Elisabet Fred (born 29 August 1955) is a Swedish film actress. Selected filmography * ''Midsommar'' (2019) * ''Saraband'' (2003) * '' Details'' (2003) * ''In the Presence of a Clown ''In the Presence of a Clown'' ( sv, Larmar och gör ...

as Märta Gärdsjö *

Hans Alfredson Hans Folke "Hasse" Alfredson (28 June 1931 – 10 September 2017) was a Swedish actor, film director, writer, and comedian. He was born in Malmö, Sweden. He is known for his collaboration with Tage Danielsson as the duo Hasse & Tage and their p ...

as Bishop Agrell * Bengt Schött as Stille, verger

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