समाचार

No, the movie star Ingrid Bergman was never a starlet with a seven-year contract, and her stellar career didn’t begin opposite Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca. It all happened in Sweden, where she turned herself into a screen sensation in just a couple of years. Eclipse’s six-disc set shows the immediate success of the daring Bergman, but also her acting range — her sterling qualities seem fully formed even in her first features.

Ingrid Bergman’s Swedish Years: Eclipse Series 46

The Count of the Old Town, Walpurgis Night, Intermezzo, Dollar, A Woman’s Face, June Night

DVD

1935-1940 / B&W / 1:37 full frame / 82, 79, 92, 77, 100, 89 min. / Street Date April 10, 2018 / available through The Criterion Collection / 55.96

Starring: Ingrid Bergman

Directed by Edvin Adolphson & Sigurd Wallén; Gustaf Edgren; Gustaf Molander; Gustaf Molander; Gustaf Molander; Per Lindberg

With the example of Greta Garbo preceding her by a decade, Ingrid Bergman decided early on that Sweden would...