no attempt to objective best-of list
just a collection of those films seeming Most Magic and/or has touched my Feelings Deepest (in order of how strong)
also mention for each work the Role character I most clearly Remember
1. PERSONA
with Liv Ullmann as the silent actress Elisabet Vogler
2. SÅSOM I EN SPEGEL
[THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY]
with Harriet Andersson as from mental hospital homecoming Karin
3. ANSIKTET
[THE FACE //THE MAGICIAN]
with Naima Wifstrand as a kind of Witch sorceress, granny Vogler
4. DET REGNAR PÅ VÅR KÄRLEK
[IT RAINS ON OUR LOVE]
with Gösta Cederlund as the mysterious Guide with an umbrella
5.
TYSTNADEN
[THE SILENCE]
with Ingrid Thulin as the ill, older sister Ester
6. FÖR ATT INTE TALA OM ALLA DESSA KVINNOR
[not to speak about ALL THESE WOMEN]
with Jarl Kulle as the critic journalist Cornelius
7. SKEPP TILL INDIA LAND
[A SHIP BOUND FOR INDIA]
with Birger Malmsten as the returned sailor Johannes Blom
8. SMULTRONSTÄLLET
[WILD STRAWBERRIES]
with Bibi Andersson as Sara (who reminds old Isak of his cousin)
9. GYCKLARNAS AFTON
[SAWDUST & TINSEL]
with Anders Ek as the Clown Frost
10. HÖSTSONATEN
[AUTUMN SONATA]
with Liv Ullmann as the still piano practicing daughter Eva
11. ANSIKTE MOT ANSIKTE
[FACE TO FACE]
with Erland Josephson as Tomas Jacobi
(potential lover or just doctor to Ullmann's miss Isaksson)
(potential lover or just doctor to Ullmann's miss Isaksson)
12. RABIES
with Tor Isedal as Knut Mosterson
written by Olle Hedberg
13. SÅNT HÄNDER INTE HÄR
[THIS CAN'T HAPPEN HERE]
with Ulf Palme as Atkä Natas
written by Herbert Grevenius
14. BILDMAKARNA
[THE IMAGE MAKERS]
with Elin Klinga as the photograhped actress Tora Teje
(much younger than author Selma)
written by Per Olov Enquist
15. KVINNODRÖM
[Women's DREAM]
with Eva Dahlbeck as the model boss Susanne
16. UR MARIONETTERNAS LIV
[FROM THE LIFE OF THE MARIONETTES]
with Rita Russek as Katarina Krafft
made in Germany
17. ETT DRÖMSPEL
[DREAM PLAY]
with Allan Edwall as the lawyer Axel
written by August Strindberg
18. TILL GLÄDJE
[TO JOY]
with Margit Carlqvist as Nelly Bro
19. SARABAND
with Julia Dufvenius as the cello-playing daughter Karin
= Regarding everything Ingmar has ever Directed (and often written)
with almost always Sven Nykvist behind the camera
among both big cinematic movies and smaller theatrical settings for television
