Wild Strawberries

Smultronstället (1957)

Timing: 1:31 (91 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1957-08-28

Country

Sweden

Production

SF Studios

Genre

Drama

Budget

$0

Revenue

$20 652

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Director

Ingmar Bergman

Actors

Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Jullan Kindahl, Folke Sundquist, Björn Bjelfvenstam, Naima Wifstrand, Gunnel Broström, Gertrud Fridh
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Scenario

Producer

Allan Ekelund

Operator

Gunnar Fischer

Composer

Erik Nordgren

Artist

Audition

Editing

Oscar Rosander
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• The initials of the main character 'I.B' (Isaac Borg) are identical to the initials of the director and screenwriter (Ingmar Bergman).
• Like many other Bergman films, this one is largely autobiographical.
• "Strawberry Fields" – a strawberry patch. Alternatively, this phrase can be interpreted as "a memory (recollection) associated with strawberries," which largely corresponds to the content of the film.
• The performer of the main role, Victor Sjöström, died two years and a week after the film's release.
• Bergman wrote the script for this film while in the hospital.
• In Sweden, "Strawberry Patch" is a slang term for psychiatric hospitals.
• "Smultronstället" literally translates from Swedish as "Wild Strawberry Patch".
• The music for "Strawberry Fields" was written by Erik Nordgren several years earlier – for Bergman's film "Summer Interlude" (1951).
• Naima Wifstrand, who played Isaac Borg's mother, was actually 11 years younger than the actor who played that role, Victor Sjöström.
• In Sweden, "Strawberry Patch" is a slang term for psychiatric hospitals.
• "Smultronstället" literally translates from Swedish as "Wild Strawberry Place".
• The music for "Strawberry Patch" was composed by Erik Nordgren several years earlier – for Bergman’s film "Summer Interlude" (1951).