Scener ur ett äktenskap (Scenes from a Marriage)

Scener ur ett äktenskap (Scenes from a Marriage) (1973)

  • 94% of critics liked it
    (16 reviews)

  • 93% of users liked it
    (7,745 ratings)

Widely considered one of Ingmar Bergman's best works, this intense drama follows the marriage of Marianne (Liv Ullmann) and Johan (Erland Josephson) as it deteriorates from seemingly perfect to mutual aggression and cruelty. When Marianne learns of Johan's infatuation with another woman, the… More

PG, 4 hr. 59 min.
Directed By
Ingmar Bergman
Written By
Ingmar Bergman
Genres
Art House & International, Drama
In Theaters
Apr 11, 1973 Wide
On DVD
Mar 16, 2004

Critic Reviews

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    One of the truest, most luminous love stories ever made.

  • Vincent Canby, New York Times

    It's a movie of such extraordinary intimacy that it has the effect of breaking into mysterious components many things we ordinarily accept without thought, familiar and banal objects, faces, attitudes, and emotions, especially love.

  • Don Druker, Chicago Reader

    Bergman's screenplay leaves nothing to the imagination and turns the film into a windy soap opera most of the time; what might have been a masterpiece in the TV original (although I doubt it) becomes in its truncated form mostly elegant mush.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Left so little to the imagination.

  • , TV Guide's Movie Guide

    There is little plot to speak of -- the film's chief force lying in its dramatization of marital trauma -- but viewers will be deeply moved by the marvelous acting and the honesty of Bergman's screenplay.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jim H


    This film almost tops Closer as one of the meanest films ever. Some of the dialogue and actions are so emotionally damaging that it defies description. Josephson and Ullmann are truly amazing, and it occasionally seems like there wasn't even a script - that we're just… More

  • Cassandra M


    Rarely can there have been a wordier, more intense film than Ingmar Bergman's 'Scenes from a Marriage': over three hours of near-continuous dialogue, over 90% of which is shared by just two (of a total of six) characters in what are effectively just six lengthy scenes.… More

  • Tim S


    I watched the two hour and forty-five minute version of this film and maybe I am missing a lot. Either way, the acting is amazing throughout by the two leads. There scenes are great, but very draining emotionally. The reason that I would say that I like Cassavettes more because of the… More

  • Mike T


    Despite its brutal extremity, this is probably one of the most accurate portrayals of marriage to be committed to film. The painful insight and the layers of subtext in virtually every scene ensure that this is not a movie people will forget. Inventive, powerful and profoundly… More

  • Tom S


    An incredible achievement for Bergman, Ullmann, Josephson, and all involved; An incredible experience for everyone watching.

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