Category: Great Swedish Directors

• The Nameless God: Ingmar Bergman’s Mythical Tale “The Virgin Spring”

  

    Ingmar Bergman’s The Virgin Spring is an adaptation of a thirteen century Swedish ballad. Christanity became a state religion in Sweden in the twelfth century, while the process of Christianization of Sweden began roughly in the ninth century. This means that the tale we witness on the screen, portrays an age in which Christianity…

  Vigour of Film Lines

  January 24, 2020

  Cinema of the World, European cinema, Great Swedish Directors, Ingmar Bergman, Swedish cinema

  Christianity, Cinematography, Essay, Ethics, Ideas, Movies, Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Writing