40 Carats 1973  PG, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Forty Carats
Director: Milton Katselas
Cast: Liv Ullmann, Eddie Albert, Gene Kelly, Binnie Barnes, Deborah Raffin, Billy Green Bush, Nancy Walker, Rosemary Murphy, Don Porter, Natalie Schafer
This film adaptation of the Broadway smash is about an older woman and her young daughter who both experience May/December romances.
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The Abdication 1974  PG, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Harvey
Cast: Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann, Cyril Cusack, Michael Dunn, Paul Rogers, Kathleen Byron, Graham Crowden, James Faulkner, Harold Goldblatt, Noel Trevarthen
Set in the 17th century, Sweden's Queen Christina converts to Roman Catholicism and abdicates her throne. Love with a Cardinal follows in this so-so historical drama.
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The Bay Boy 1984  R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Liv Ullmann, Kiefer Sutherland, Peter Donat, Alan Scarfe, Mathieu Carriere, Chris Wiggins, Thomas Peacocke, Isabelle Mejias, Stephane Audran, Leah Pinsent
In 1937, a hardworking Nova Scotia mother (Liv Ullmann) wants her son, Donald (Kiefer Sutherland), to become a priest. But after witnessing a murder and then being involved in a sexual encounter with his girlfriend, Donald questions the wisdom of choosing the priesthood for his future.
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A Bridge Too Far 1977 PG, 175 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Laurence Olivier, Elliott Gould, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Robert Redford, Maximilian Schell, Edward Fox, Hardy Kruger, Ryan O'Neal, Liv Ullmann, Denholm Elliott
This is a detailed examination of the logistical complications behind World War II's failed "Operation Market-Garden" that dropped Allied troops behind enemy lines in preparation for battle. The plan involves British Major General Robert Urquhart (Sean Connery) and American Brigadier General James Gavin (Ryan O'Neal) leading paratroopers on a mission to take over a road and five bridges through Holland to Germany. Meanwhile, Lt. Col. John Frost (Anthony Hopkins) will hold the critical bridge at Amhem so that British Gen. Brian Horrocks (Edward Fox) and Lt. Col. Joe Vandeleur (Michael Caine) will be able to lead troops across the bridge. However, plans go awry, and the mission turns into a disaster.
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Cold Sweat 1970 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Charles Bronson, Liv Ullmann, James Mason, Jill Ireland, Michel Constantin, Gabriele Ferzetti, Jean Topart, Luigi Pistilli, Yannick Delulle, Paul Bonifas, Sabine Sun, Roger Mailles, Nathalie Varallo, Remo Mosconi, Dominique Crosland
Based on Richard Matheson's "Ride the Nightmare," this action film finds an American, Joe (Charles Bronson), living a peaceful life in France with his wife Fabienne (Liv Ullmann) and stepdaughter Michelle (Yannick Delulle). All goes well–until gang members Captain Ross (James Mason), Katnaga (Jean Topart), Whitey (Michel Constantin), and Faustountil (Luigi Pistilli) reappear in Joe's life and kidnap his family. Their purpose is to force Joe into drug smuggling. In turn, Joe kidnaps Ross' mistress (Jill Ireland), and battles ensue.
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Dangerous Moves 1984  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Richard Dembo
Cast: Michel Piccoli, Alexandre Arbatt, Leslie Caron, Liv Ullmann, Daniel Olbrychski, Michel Aumont, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Bernhard Wicki, Wojciech Pszoniak, Jacques Boudet
This story centers on a world chess championship as competitors, the old master (Michel Piccoli) and a young admirer (Alexandre Arbatt), become more and more obsessed with winning. The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
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The Emigrants 1971  PG, 151 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jan Troell
Cast: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, Sven-Olof Bern, Aina Alfredsson, Allan Edwall, Hans Alfredson, Halvar Bjork, Monica Zetterlund, Pierre Lindstedt, Ulla Smidje, Eva-Lena Zetterlund, Gustaf Faringborg, Ake Fridell, Agneta Prytz
This is an excellent story of the trials and tribulations of Swedish emigrants Kristina and Karl-Oskar (Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow). After one of their children starves to death, they leave their famine-ravaged native home in Sweden and come to America in the 1850s, searching for a better life. They travel by steamer, train, and on foot with other emigrants to find a new home on the fertile land of Minnesota. The film received Academy Award nominations as Best Foreign Film, Picture, Actress (Ullmann), Director, and Writing.
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Faithless 2000 N/R, 155 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Liv Ullmann
Cast: Lena Endre, Erland Josephson, Krister Henriksson, Thomas Hanzon, Michelle Gylemo, Juni Dahr, Philip Zanden, Therese Brunnander, Marie Richardson, Stina Ekblad
Told through flashbacks representing the memories of a writer named Bergman (Erland Josephson), this is the story of how the marriage between Marianne (Lena Endre) and Markus (Thomas Hanzon) becomes unhinged. When Marianne takes part in an adulterous affair with Markus' best friend (Krister Henriksson), a bitter divorce and fight for custody of nine-year-old Isabelle (Michelle Gylemo) follows.
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For Better, for Worse 1974  PG, 116 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Zandy's Bride
Director: Jan Troell
Cast: Gene Hackman, Liv Ullmann, Eileen Heckart, Susan Tyrrell, Harry Dean Stanton, Sam Bottoms, Joe Santos, Frank Cady, Bob Simpson, Vivian Gordon
Zandy Allan (Gene Hackman) orders Hannah Lund (Liv Ullmann) as his mail-order bride. After abusing her, he learns that there are true feelings between them and he exerts compassion instead of cruelty. A total waste of two great actors.
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Kristin Lavransdatter 1995 N/R, 150 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Liv Ullmann
Cast: Elisabeth Matheson, Bjorn Skagestad, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Henny Moan, Rut Tellefsen, Erland Josephson, Lena Endre, Anne Kokkinn, Gisken Armand, Berard Arno, Jorgen Langhelle, Svein Tindberg
In 14th-century Norway, Kristin (Elisabeth Matheson) is residing in a convent awaiting her arranged marriage to a wealthy landowner (Jorgen Langhelle) when she meets and falls in love with a dashing knight (Bjorn Skagestad). Now Kristin must decide between the two men, and after much religious and social turmoil, Kristin follows her heart.
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 Lost Horizon 1973 G, 145 min.
Genre: Musical / Fantasy / Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Charles Jarrott
Cast: Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann, Sally Kellerman, George Kennedy, Michael York, Olivia Hussey, Bobby Van, James Shigeta, Charles Boyer, John Gielgud, John Van Dreelen, Kent Smith, Larry Duran, Hedley Mattingly, Michael Bernal
A revolution is taking place in Southeast Asia, and a group of refugees, led by Richard Conway (Peter Finch) and his brother George (Michael York), evacuate on a plane that crashes in the Himalayas. The survivors find refuge in Shangri-La, which is ruled by the High Lama (Charles Boyer), and discover a new world of peace and tranquility. But, their new-found happiness results in more than a few conflicts between the survivors. Musical production numbers with songs by Burt Bacharach and Hal David are interspersed with the drama.
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The New Land 1972 PG, 157 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jan Troell
Cast: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, Hans Alfredson, Halvar Bjork, Allan Edwall, Per Oscarsson, Monica Zetterlund, Pierre Lindstedt, Agneta Prytz, Tom C. Fouts, Peter Lindgren, Oscar Ljung, Karin Nordstrom, Larry Clementson
This sequel to "The Emigrants" follows in the excellent tradition as it chronicles the Minnesota phase of the Swedish emigrants Kristina and Karl-Oskar (Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow). While settling into their new home, they must deal with the Sioux tribes and their bloody uprising. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Film.
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The Ox 1991 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Sven Nykvist
Cast: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Stellan Skarsgard, Ewa Froling, Lennart Hjulstrom, Bjorn Granath, Erland Josephson
For all but the aristocracy, life in mid-1800's Sweden was a constant struggle. This is the story of this struggle by a poor family to survive. Jan Troell's "The Emigrants" and "The New Land," based on a true story, were filmed several years earlier and told of those who left the Swedish famine and emigrated to the U.S. Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann also starred in those movies.
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Pope Joan 1972 PG, 132 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Devil's Imposter
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: Liv Ullmann, Keir Dullea, Robert Beatty, Jeremy Kemp, Patrick Magee, Lesley-Anne Down, Olivia de Havilland, Franco Nero, Maximilian Schell, Trevor Howard
A woman (Liv Ullmann) disguises herself as a man, rises to power in the Catholic Church, and becomes Pope. Set in the modern era, this story is based on a ninth-century legend. "The Devil's Impostor" is a recut version.
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Private Confessions 1996 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Liv Ullmann
Cast: Pernilla August, Max von Sydow, Samuel Froler, Anita Bjork, Vibeke Falk, Thomas Hanzon, Kristina Adolphson, Hans Alfredson
Set in 1925, this is an intimate look into the director Ingmar Bergman's parents' troubled marriage. Divided into five conversations concerning Anna's (Pernilla August) affair with a young theology student, Tomas Egerman (Thomas Hanzon), this story is really about loneliness and how Anna's attempt at sexual happiness leads to nothing more than a tragic entrapment in lies.
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The Rose Garden 1989 PG-13, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fons Rademakers
Cast: Liv Ullmann, Maximilian Schell, Peter Fonda, Jan Niklas, Kurt Hubner, Hanns Zischler, Gila Almagor
An elderly man (Maximilian Schell) attacks a German businessman, and the defense attorney (Liv Ullmann) uncovers the story of the past lives of the assailant, who was a Holocaust survivor, and the businessman, who commanded the Nazi concentration camp in which his attacker's family was killed.
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Scenes from a Marriage 1973 PG, 168 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Bibi Andersson, Jan Malmsjo, Gunnel Lindblom, Anita Wall, Barbro Hiort af Ornas, Rosanna Mariano, Lena Bergman, Wenche Foss
Told in six episodes, this film captures the emotions involved in a marriage that is failing. Ingmar Bergman and Liv Ullmann at their best.
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The Serpent's Egg 1977 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Liv Ullmann, David Carradine, Gert Frobe, Heinz Bennent, James Whitmore, Glynn Turman, Toni Berger, Christian Berkel, Paula Braend, Erna Bruenell
An American Jewish couple, Manuela (Liv Ullmann) and Abel Rosenberg (David Carradine), are trapeze artists caught in Berlin as Hitler rises to power. A rare Bergman misfire.
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Shame 1968  R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Birgitta Valberg, Sigge Furst, Vilgot Sjoman, Hans Alfredson, Ingvar Kjellson, Frank Sundstrom, Ulf Johansson, Bengt Eklund, Gosta Pruzelius, Raymond Lundberg, Willy Peters, Axel Duberg
Jan (Max von Sydow) and Eva Rosenberg (Liv Ullmann) are a middle-class couple who flee the perils of war as their civilized society crumbles. Both are former concert violinists but now settle on an island off the coast of their country where they work on their island farm selling lingonberries. Invasion is imminent. After a military plane crashes on their island, soldiers land, and the war is in their backyard. Eva and Jan are arrested, but Col. Jacobi (Gunnar Bjorstrand) offers to have them released if Eva will have sex with him. Eva obliges, but more traumas and shame follow until Eva and Jan leave their home hoping for shelter on another island nearby.
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Sofie 1992 N/R, 145 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Sophie
Director: Liv Ullmann
Cast: Karen-Lise Mynster, Erland Josephson, Ghita Norby, Jesper Christensen, Torben Zeller, Henning Moritzen, Stig Hoffmeyer, Kirsten Rolffes, Lotte Hermann, Anne Werner Thomsen
This family saga took place during the early 1900s. Sofie (Karen-Lise Mynster) is a young Jewess who lived in Sweden and fell in love with a Gentile artist (Jesper Christensen). Their romance was not approved of by her family, and Sofie bowed to their wishes and married her cousin. Religious intolerance is the theme for this film as Sofie raises her son in a world filled with prejudice.
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| 1. 40 Carats (1973)
aka: Forty Carats
2. The Abdication (1974)
3. Autumn Sonata (1978)
4. The Bay Boy (1984)
5. A Bridge Too Far (1977)
6. Cold Sweat (1970)
7. Cries and Whispers (1972)
8. Dangerous Moves (1984)
9. The Emigrants (1971)
10. Face to Face (1976)
11. Faithless (2000)
12. For Better, for Worse (1974)
aka: Zandy's Bride
13. Hour of the Wolf (1968)
14. Kristin Lavransdatter (1995)
15. Lost Horizon (1973)
16. Lumiere and Company (1995)
17. The New Land (1972)
18. The Ox (1991)
19. A Passion (1969)
aka: The Passion of Anna
20. Persona (1966)
21. Pope Joan (1972)
aka: The Devil's Imposter
22. Private Confessions (1996)
23. The Rose Garden (1989)
24. Saraband (2003)
25. Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
26. The Serpent's Egg (1977)
27. Shame (1968)
28. Sofie (1992)
aka: Sophie
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