Sweden - 1957 - black and white - 91' - Swedish with English subtitles With Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Jullan Kindahl, Folke Sundquist
Professor Isak Borg, a bacteriology physician, goes on a car ride to receive an honorary award in Lund. His pregnant daughter-in-law Marianne accompanies him to the university. On the way, they meet several hitchhikers who, through a series of reveries and nightmares remind Professor Borg of his unsettling past.
Golden Bear, 1958 Berlin International Film Festival
Best Foreign Film, 1960 Golden Globes
“There were similarities between my father and Victor [Sjöström] that I wanted to get at. And of course between me and my father. And without being a carbon copy at all, the part was a blend of my father, Victor, and myself. ”
Ingmar Bergman