The Best Intentions

Overview

The story of Ingmar Bergman's parents. How they fell in love, married against the wishes of their families, and had a difficult marriage and life in rural Sweden. Bergman's father was a pastor and poor; his mother from a well to do cultured family. It ends with the birth of Ingmar.

Network

• SVT1

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

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  Samuel Fröler

  Henrik Bergman

  4 eps

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  Pernilla August

  Anna Bergman

  4 eps

• 

  Ghita Nørby

  Karin Åkerblom

  4 eps

• 

  Börje Ahlstedt

  Carl Åkerblom

  4 eps

Themes

• forbidden love
• biography
• period drama
• theology
• semi autobiographical
• complex relationship

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