''Mr. Sleeman Is Coming'' () is a 1917 one-act play by the Swedish author
Hjalmar Bergman. The main character is an orphaned young woman who is about to be married off to an unappealing but rich old man, Mr. Sleeman, at the instigation of her aunts who have taken charge of her. Bergman infuses the situation with overtones of rueful pessimism concerning life in general.
The play is one of his most successful pieces of theatre and has been staged many times in Sweden and also on
Swedish television. In 1957,
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 ...
directed the first TV adaptation.
Cast
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Bibi Andersson as Anne-Marie
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Jullan Kindahl as Mrs. Mina
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Yngve Nordwall as Mr. Sleeman
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Max von Sydow as The hunter
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Naima Wifstrand as Mrs. Gina
References
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1917 plays
Swedish plays adapted into films
Works by Hjalmar Bergman
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