A melancholic and surreal road trip through an aging professor's memories, where dreams and reality blur, revealing a lifetime of emotional detachment and a late chance for redemption.
Wild Strawberries
Smultronstället
"All along the line, there's nothing but cold and death and loneliness"
Director:
Ingmar Bergman
Cast:
Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Jullan Kindahl
Drama
Wild Strawberries - Easter Eggs & Hidden Details
Easter Eggs
The hearse in Isak's opening nightmare is a direct visual reference to Victor Sjöström's own classic silent film, "The Phantom Carriage" (1921).
This is a deliberate homage from Bergman to his lead actor and cinematic mentor, Victor Sjöström. "The Phantom Carriage" was a highly influential film for Bergman, and including this reference adds a layer of intertextuality and acknowledges the passing of a cinematic era, embodied by Sjöström himself.