1. Wild Strawberries (1961)
Directed by Ingmar Bergman. The film is a three-act "chamber film", in which four family members act as mirrors for each other. It is the first of many Bergman films to be shot on the island of Faro. The title is from a biblical passage (1 Corinthians 13) in which seeing through a glass darkly refers to our understanding of God when we are alive; the view will only be clear when we die. The title literally means As in a Mirror, which is how the passage reads in a 1917 Swedish translation of the Bible.
2. Summer Interlude (1953)
The film's story begins in the bleak working class milieu of Stockholm. Harry (Lars Ekborg) and Monika (Harriet Andersson) are both in dead end jobs when they meet. Harry is easygoing, while Monika is adventurous, but they fall in love. When Monika gets in trouble at home, Harry steals his father's boat, and he and Monika spend an idyllic summer in the Stockholm archipelago. When the end of the summer forces them to return home, it is clear that Monika is pregnant. Harry happily accepts responsibility and settles down with Monika and their child; he gets a real job and studies to provide for his family. Monika, however, is unsatisfied with her role as homemaker. She yearns for excitement and adventure, a desire which finally leads her astray. Harry is left behind with the child.
3. Music in Darkness (1948)
It tells the story of a talented musician, Bengt, who lost his sight after being accidentally shot during his military service. After losing his sight Bengt is gripped by increasing bitterness. He develops a relationship with Ingrid, a lower-class girl who actually works as a servant in the home of Bengt's parents. The theme of blindness and of a blind's person subjective experience plays a major role in the psychological study depicted in the movie. Bergman was a music affectionate and he once said: "If I had to choose between losing my eyes or ears? I would keep my ea I can't imagine anything more terrible than to have my music taken away from me."
4. The Silence (1963)
The plot focuses on two sisters - One a fledgling woman with a young son, and the other, a terminally-ill literary translator, and their tense relationship coming to a surface whilst staying at a Central European hotel during a culminating war. The film is the last installment in Bergman's "Trilogy of Faith", preceded by Winter Light (1963) and Wild Strawberries (1961).
5. Winter Light (1963)
Bergman cited Winter Light as his favorite among his films. One of Ingmar's most intimate and autobiographical films, it deals harshly with personal elements of the director's life and worldview. Bergman claims that he only "realized who he really was" and came to terms with himself through the making of Winter Light. It is sometimes considered the second in his 'Trilogy of Faith', the first film being Through a Glass Darkly and the third The Silence.
