Mr. Sleeman Is Coming

Mr. Sleeman Is Coming
Directed by	Ingmar Bergman
Produced by	Henrik Dyfverman
Written by	Hjalmar Bergman
Starring	Bibi Andersson
Release date(s)	18 April 1957 (1957-04-18)
Running time	43 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

Mr. Sleeman Is Coming (Swedish: Herr Sleeman kommer) is a 1917 one-act play by the Swedish author Hjalmar Bergman. The main character is an orphaned young woman who is about to be married off to an unappealing but rich old man, Mr. Sleeman, at the instigation of her aunts who have taken charge of her. Bergman infuses the situation with overtones of rueful pessimism concerning life in general.

The play is one of his most successful pieces of theatre and has been staged many times in Sweden and also on Swedish television. In 1957, Ingmar Bergman directed the first tv adaptation.^[1] The director and the writer were not relatives; Bergman is a common family name in Sweden.

Cast

• Bibi Andersson – Anne-Marie
• Jullan Kindahl – Mrs. Mina
• Yngve Nordwall – Mr. Sleeman
• Max von Sydow – The hunter
• Naima Wifstrand – Mrs. Gina

References

1. ^ "Bergmanorama: Mr. Sleeman is Coming". Bergmanorama. http://www.bergmanorama.com/tv/mr_sleeman.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-21. 

External links

• Mr. Sleeman Is Coming at the Internet Movie Database