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1412:Eva Bergman
1400:Dag Bergman
1276:Stimulantia
1267:Short films
970:The Silence
746:Filmography
392:completed,
352:Brita Öberg
348:as Katarina
304:Sigge Fürst
280:Liv Ullmann
164:101 minutes
92:Liv Ullmann
70:Produced by
52:Directed by
1458:1969 films
1452:Categories
1438:(daughter)
1426:(daughter)
1414:(daughter)
696:(contains
646:15 January
623:7 December
480:References
378:Production
334:Svea Holst
198:En passion
148:1969-11-10
62:Written by
18:En passion
1402:(brother)
1229:Faithless
1026:The Touch
761:Accolades
456:garnered
444:Reception
306:as Verner
298:Erik Hell
116:Edited by
27:1969 film
1408:(sister)
1396:(father)
1358:The Dove
1173:Divorced
1122:Saraband
1010:The Rite
579:11 March
418:(1968),
322:Malin Ek
177:Language
80:Starring
1197:The Lie
1141:Torment
986:Persona
680:at the
429:Persona
213:at the
193:Swedish
180:Swedish
169:Country
146: (
1387:Family
1330:(2000)
1322:(1958)
1319:Rabies
1314:(1958)
1306:(1957)
1287:(1986)
1279:(1967)
1259:(1984)
1251:(1970)
1232:(2000)
1224:(1996)
1216:(1992)
1208:(1992)
1200:(1970)
1192:(1961)
1184:(1956)
1176:(1951)
1168:(1950)
1160:(1948)
1152:(1947)
1144:(1944)
1125:(2003)
1117:(1997)
1109:(1986)
1101:(1984)
1093:(1982)
1085:(1980)
1077:(1978)
1069:(1977)
1061:(1976)
1053:(1975)
1045:(1973)
1037:(1972)
1029:(1971)
1021:(1969)
1013:(1969)
1005:(1968)
997:(1968)
989:(1966)
981:(1964)
973:(1963)
965:(1963)
957:(1961)
949:(1960)
941:(1960)
933:(1958)
925:(1958)
917:(1957)
909:(1957)
901:(1955)
893:(1955)
890:Dreams
885:(1954)
877:(1953)
869:(1953)
861:(1952)
853:(1951)
845:(1950)
837:(1950)
834:To Joy
829:(1949)
826:Thirst
821:(1949)
818:Prison
813:(1948)
805:(1948)
797:(1947)
789:(1946)
781:(1946)
778:Crisis
503:9 June
408:Themes
172:Sweden
1432:(son)
1420:(son)
1002:Shame
474:Film4
434:Shame
420:Shame
390:Shame
385:Shame
248:Shame
203:drama
671:IMDb
648:2017
625:2013
581:2021
505:2017
432:and
422:and
394:Fårö
267:Cast
221:Plot
1157:Eva
669:at
448:On
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611:.
572:.
566:.
542:^
513:^
496:.
452:,
436:,
195::
727:e
720:t
713:v
700:)
650:.
627:.
583:.
507:.
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