Autumn Sonata

Infobox Film
name = Autumn Sonata


amg_id = 1:3378
imdb_id = 0077711
director = Ingmar Bergman
writer = Ingmar Bergman
starring = Ingrid Bergman
Liv Ullmann
Lena Nyman
Halvar Björk
producer of English language version = Richard Brick| music = Johann Sebastian Bach
cinematography = Sven Nykvist
distributor = New World Pictures
released = flagicon|Sweden October 8, 1978
flagicon|USA October, 1978
runtime = 99 min.
language = Swedish

"Autumn Sonata" ( _sv. Höstsonaten) is a 1978 Academy Award nominated Swedish language film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The film stars Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann and Lena Nyman. It tells the story of a famous pianist who is confronted by her neglected daughter.

The film was shot in Norway because of Ingmar Bergman's tax problems with the government of Sweden. [http://reel.com/movie.asp?MID=1917&buy=closed&PID=10074570&Tab=reviews&CID=18] It was Ingrid Bergman's last performance in a major feature film that had a theatrical release.

The film won the 1979 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It was also nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Ingrid Bergman) and Best Original Screenplay.

Cast

* Ingrid Bergman - Charlotte Andergast
* Liv Ullmann - Eva
* Lena Nyman - Helena
* Halvar Björk - Viktor
* Marianne Aminoff - Charlotte's private secretary
* Arne Bang-Hansen - Uncle Otto
* Gunnar Björnstrand - Paul
* Erland Josephson - Josef
* Georg Løkkeberg - Leonardo
* Mimi Pollak - Piano instructor
* Linn Ullmann - Eva as a child

Remakes

*Rituparno Ghosh's "Unishe April" (1994), an Indian film in Bengali, is loosely based on this movie.
*"Tehzeeb" (2003) is a Hindi film based on "Autumn Sonata".
* The film was mentioned in Pedro Almodóvar's film "High Heels" that also deals with a troubled mother-daughter relationship.
* In September 2008 a theatrical version entitled "Sonata de otoño" is being performed in Madrid.

References

External links

*imdb title | id=77711 | title=Autumn Sonata
*tcmdb title | id=67803 | title=Autumn Sonata
*rotten-tomatoes | id=autumn_sonata | title=Autumn Sonata
* [http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=60&eid=75&section=essay Criterion Collection essay by Peter Cowie]

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title=Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film
years=1979
before="A Special Day"
after="La Cage aux Folles"