🎬 Autumn Sonata (1978)

Ernst Ingmar Bergman (July 14, 1918 – July 30, 2007) was a Swedish filmmaker. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time, his films are known as "profoundly personal meditations into the myriad struggles facing the psyche and the soul."

Gunnar Björnstrand was a Swedish film actor best known for his long collaboration with director Ingmar Bergman. He appeared in films such as Wild Strawberries (1957) and The Seventh Seal, bringing a cool, ironic quality to roles that often concealed considerable emotional depth.

Maria Helena "Mimi" Pollak was a Swedish stage and screen actress and director. She attended the Royal Dramatic Theatre school in Stockholm, Sweden, with fellow actress Greta Garbo from 1922 to 1924. It was Mimi that came up with the name Garbo. They became friends for life. Pollak became in 1948 the first contracted …

Liv Ullmann is a Norwegian actress best known for her long collaboration with director Ingmar Bergman. In Persona (1966) she plays Elisabeth Vogler, an actress who falls silent mid-performance and refuses to speak. She received two Academy Award nominations over the course of her career.

Ingrid Bergman was a Swedish actress and one of the defining stars of Hollywood's golden age. Her role as Ilsa Lund opposite Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca (1942) made her an icon. Over her career she won three Academy Awards, for Gaslight, Anastasia, and Murder on the Orient Express.

Erland Josephson (15 June 1923 – 25 February 2012) was a Swedish actor and author. He was best known by international audiences for his work in films directed by Ingmar Bergman, Andrei Tarkovsky and Theodoros Angelopoulos.