Mr. Sleeman Is Coming

Mr. Sleeman Is Coming
Directed by	Ingmar Bergman
Produced by	Henrik Dyfverman
Written by	Hjalmar Bergman
Starring	Bibi Andersson
Release dates	18 April 1957 (1957-04-18)
Running time	43 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

Mr. Sleeman Is Coming (Swedish: Herr Sleeman kommer) is a 1917 one-act play by the Swedish author Hjalmar Bergman. The main character is an orphaned young woman who is about to be married off to an unappealing but rich old man, Mr. Sleeman, at the instigation of her aunts who have taken charge of her. Bergman infuses the situation with overtones of rueful pessimism concerning life in general.

The play is one of his most successful pieces of theatre and has been staged many times in Sweden and also on Swedish television. In 1957, Ingmar Bergman (no relation to the author) directed the first TV adaptation.^[1]

Cast

Bibi Andersson – Anne-Marie
Jullan Kindahl – Mrs. Mina
Yngve Nordwall – Mr. Sleeman
Max von Sydow – The hunter
Naima Wifstrand – Mrs. Gina

References

↑ "Bergmanorama: Mr. Sleeman is Coming". Bergmanorama. Retrieved 2009-04-21.

External links

Mr. Sleeman Is Coming at the Internet Movie Database

Ingmar Bergman

Filmography

Films directed	Crisis (1946) It Rains on Our Love (1946) A Ship Bound for India (1947) Music in Darkness (1948) Port of Call (1948) Prison (1949) Thirst (1949) To Joy (1950) This Can't Happen Here (1950) Summer Interlude (1951) Secrets of Women (1952) Summer with Monika (1953) Sawdust and Tinsel (1953) A Lesson in Love (1954) Dreams (1955) Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) The Seventh Seal (1957) Wild Strawberries (1957) Brink of Life (1958) The Magician (1958) The Virgin Spring (1960) The Devil's Eye (1960) Through a Glass Darkly (1961) Winter Light (1963) The Silence (1963) All These Women (1964) Persona (1966) Hour of the Wolf (1968) Shame (1968) The Rite (1969) The Passion of Anna (1969) The Touch (1971) Cries and Whispers (1972) Scenes from a Marriage (1973) The Magic Flute (1975) Face to Face (1976) The Serpent's Egg (1977) Autumn Sonata (1978) From the Life of the Marionettes (1980) Fanny and Alexander (1982) After the Rehearsal (1984) The Blessed Ones (1986) In the Presence of a Clown (1997) Saraband (2003)

Films written	Torment (1944) Woman Without a Face (1947) Eva (1948) While the City Sleeps (1950) Divorced (1951) Last Pair Out (1956) The Pleasure Garden (1961) The Best Intentions (1992) Sunday's Children (1992) Private Confessions (1996) Faithless (2000)

Documentaries	The Making of Fanny and Alexander (1986)

Short films	"Daniel" (Segment in Stimulantia; 1967) Karin's Face (1986)

Television theatre	Mr. Sleeman Is Coming (1957) The Venetian (1958) Rabies (1958) The Image Makers (2000)

Related topics	Bergman Week Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie The Dove The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman Ingmar Bergman Award Bibliography

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