Jörgen Lindström

A nurse is put in charge of a actress who can't talk and finds that the actresses persona is melding with hers.

Two estranged sisters, Ester and Anna, and Anna's 10-year-old son, travel to a Central European country on the verge of war. Ester becomes seriously ill and the three of them move into a large hotel in a small town called Timoka. (imdb)

A young man and his fiancée visit the castle where he grew up. As the narrative, told in flashback, unfolds, it becomes clear that the boy's mother has been indulging in sexual peversity ranging from orgies to incest. Zetterling's second feature was adapted from her own novel and received sensational publicity at the time. The direct treatment of the subject matter - sex, birth and perversion - provoked something of an outcry from the press, who probably wouldn't bat an eyelid today. (Channel 4)

This made-for-television film constituted Bergman's first production of Strindberg's A Dreamplay - a play he would revisit three times more. Gunnar Ollén's Malmö crew was behind this, for its time, prestigious and costly theatre production, involving more than 40 actors and no less than 75 extras. (Ingmarbergman.se)