All These Women 1964  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: Now About All These Women
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Jarl Kulle, Harriet Andersson, Bibi Andersson, Allan Edwall, Georg Funkquist, Eva Dahlbeck, Gertrud Fridh, Karin Kavli, Mona Malm, Carl Billquist
A classical musician is compelled to have sex with every woman he meets and agrees to a deal with a music critic who plans to write his biography.
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Babette's Feast 1987  G, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: Gabriel Axel
Cast: Stephane Audran, Birgitte Federspiel, Bodil Kjer, Vibeke Hastrup, Hanne Stensgaard, Jean-Philippe Lafont, Bibi Andersson, Jarl Kulle, Ghita Norby, Asta Esper Hagen Andersen, Thomas Antoni, Gert Bastian, Viggo Bentzon, Therese Hojgaard Christensen, Pouel Kern
This winner of an Oscar for Best Foreign Film is set in the 19th century and concerns two elderly Danish sisters–Philippa and Martine (Birgitte Federspiel and Bodil Kjer)–who take in a Parisian political refugee, Babette (Stephane Audran). Through flashbacks, the story shows young Philippa and Martine (played by Hanne Stensgaard and Vibeke Hastrup) giving up their chances at romance and following their father's desire for them to remain with him and to serve their church. Years after their father dies, Philippa and Martine celebrate what would have been his 100th birthday and agree to let Babette prepare a grand feast for the elders of their church. At the celebration, Babette offers the sisters a wonderful surprise that will give them a second chance at life.
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The Devil's Eye 1960 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Jarl Kulle, Bibi Andersson, Stig Jarrel, Nils Poppe, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Stur Lagerwall, Gertrud Fridh, Georg Funkquist, Gunnar Sjoberg, Torsen Winge, Axel Duberg, Kristina Adolphson, Allan Edwall
Satan recruits Don Juan (Jarl Kulle) and sends him on a mission of seducing the beautiful virgin, Britt Marie (Bibi Andersson).
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Fanny and Alexander 1982  R, 200 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Mystery
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Ewa Froling, Bertil Guve, Pernilla Allwin, Gunn Wallgren, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Erland Josephson, Harriet Andersson, Borje Ahlstedt, Christina Schollin, Allan Edwall, Jarl Kulle, Mona Malm, Pernilla Wahlgren, Jan Malmsjo, Kerstin Tidelius
Oscar (Allan Edwall)and Emilie (Ewa Froling) are successful entertainers, until Oscar dies leaving widowed Emilie to raise their two children, Fanny (Pernilla Allwin) and Alexander (Bertil Guve). Emilie remarries, and she and the children move into the austere home of her new husband, Bishop Vergerus (Jan Malmsjo). Lacking the comforts that Fanny and Alexander had known, the children are very unhappy–until their grandmother (Gunn Wallgren) takes them into her home and showers them with affection. Now, at last, the children find refuge. This film won four Academy Awards, including Best Foreign Film. Ingmar Bergman was also nominated for Best Director.
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Secrets of Women 1952 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: Waiting Women
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Anita Bjork, Maj-Britt Nilsson, Eva Dahlbeck, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Karl Arne Homsten, Birger Malmsten, Ingmar Bergman, Jarl Kulle, Naima Wifstrand, Aino Taube, Hakan Westergren
Women at a summer house share stories about their sexual relationships in this comedy that was written and directed by Ingmar Bergman.
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Smiles of a Summer Night 1955  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Romance
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Ulla Jacobsson, Eva Dahlbeck, Margit Carlqvist, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Harriet Andersson, Jarl Kulle, Bibi Andersson, Naima Wifstrand, Birgitta Valberg, Ake Fridell
This story was the seed for Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music." It is the tale of the love affairs of a middle-aged lawyer (Gunnar Bjornstrand), his young wife (Ulla Jacobsson), and his mistress (Eva Dahlbeck) and is among the greatest of romantic comedies made to date. Woody Allen's "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" is also a take-off.
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| 1. All These Women (1964)
aka: Now About All These Women
2. Babette's Feast (1987)
3. The Devil's Eye (1960)
4. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
5. Secrets of Women (1952)
aka: Waiting Women
6. Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
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