Ingmar BergmanIngmar Bergman is Sweden's most famous director of film and theatre. He has worked in many of the Swedish theatres; for example he was the head of The Helsingborg Theatre between 1944-1946, director in Gothenburg 1946-1949, in Malmö 1953-1959 and in Stockholm at The Royal Dramatic Theatre 1960-1976 and he was its chief 1963-1966. His debut in the filmindustry was in 1944 when he wrote the script to the film "Hets". His first international breakthrough came in 1955 with "Sommarnattens Leende". He often describes "ordinary" people's most profound problems; life and death, God and religion. In 1976 he moved to Munich after a controversy with the tax-authorities and continued his film productions, and at the same time also worked with drama at the Rezidenstheatre in Munich. In 1981 he returned to Sweden to film "Fanny and Alexander". Other famous films are for example "Det sjunde inseglet (The Seventh Seal)" (1957), "SmultronstäIlet (The Wild Strawberries)" (1957), "Tystnaden (The Silence)" (1963), "Persona" (1966), "Viskningar och Rop (Cries and Whispers)" (1973) and "Höstsonaten (Autumn Sonata)" (1978). You can Search The Internet Movie Database for further information! 
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