Scenes from a Marriage 1973 PG, 168 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance
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, Bertil Norstrom
Told in six episodes, this film captures the emotions involved in a marriage that is failing. College professor Johan (Erland Josephson) and Marianne (Liv Ullmann) appear to be happily married until Johan becomes involved with another woman. They split for awhile and then try to reconcile their differences. Meanwhile, their friends Peter (Jan Malmsjo) and Katarina (Bibi Andersson) are experiencing their own marital problems. John and Marianne do split and marry others but still continue seeing each other despite many arguments.
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Song of Norway 1970 G, 142 min. Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: Andrew L. Stone Cast: Florence Henderson, Toralv Maurstad, Christina Schollin, Frank Porretta, Edward G. Robinson, Robert Morley, Oskar Homolka, James Hayter, Harry Secombe, Aline Towne, Robert Morley, Richard Wordsworth, Bernard Archard, John Barrie, Wenche Foss
Toralv Maurstad plays the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg who is living in poverty when he marries his cousin Nina (Florence Henderson). Later, Grieg has an affair with wealthy Theresa Berg (Christina Schollin) who convinces her father to arrange a concert for Grieg. As he finds success as a composer in Rome, Grieg realizes that he misses long-suffering Nina and Norway, and he returns to his homeland.
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