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Film director Bergman dies at 89
Bergman was one of the foremost film-makers of the 20th Century
Legendary film-maker Ingmar Bergman has died aged 89, according to a Swedish news agency.
One of the key figures in modern cinema, his 60-year career has spanned intense classics like Cries & Whispers, The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries.
He was nominated for nine Oscars himself, while his films won the best foreign film Oscar three times.
Bergman died at his home in Faro, Sweden, the Swedish news agency TT said, citing his daughter Eva Bergman.
The director was married five times, most recently to Ingrid von Rosen.
He fathered eight children, including one who only found out she was his daughter at the age of 22.
Unsurprisingly, his work often explored the tensions between married couples.
Acting student
Bergman was born in 1918. His father was a Lutheran chaplain to the Swedish royal family and a strict disciplinarian.
As a child, Bergman used to help a local projectionist with film screenings and trained as an actor and director at the University of Stockholm.
He eventually became director of the Helsingborg City Theatre in 1944, the same year that saw his first film script, Frenzy, brought to the big screen by Alf Sjoberg.
Bergman made his own directorial debut with Crisis in 1946, the first of more than 40 films he directed in his career.
But it was not until the appearance of two tales of all-consuming love affairs - Summer Interlude in 1951 and Summer with Monika in 1953 - that his cinematic work was celebrated.
His reputation was sealed by the international art-house hit The Seventh Seal* in 1957.
The movie, currently back in cinemas to celebrate its 50th anniversary, is famous for the often-parodied scene in which one of the characters plays chess with death.
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*The film that inspired the track Dance of Death -->
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Bergman was one of the foremost film-makers of the 20th Century
Legendary film-maker Ingmar Bergman has died aged 89, according to a Swedish news agency.
One of the key figures in modern cinema, his 60-year career has spanned intense classics like Cries & Whispers, The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries.
He was nominated for nine Oscars himself, while his films won the best foreign film Oscar three times.
Bergman died at his home in Faro, Sweden, the Swedish news agency TT said, citing his daughter Eva Bergman.
The director was married five times, most recently to Ingrid von Rosen.
He fathered eight children, including one who only found out she was his daughter at the age of 22.
Unsurprisingly, his work often explored the tensions between married couples.
Acting student
Bergman was born in 1918. His father was a Lutheran chaplain to the Swedish royal family and a strict disciplinarian.
As a child, Bergman used to help a local projectionist with film screenings and trained as an actor and director at the University of Stockholm.
He eventually became director of the Helsingborg City Theatre in 1944, the same year that saw his first film script, Frenzy, brought to the big screen by Alf Sjoberg.
Bergman made his own directorial debut with Crisis in 1946, the first of more than 40 films he directed in his career.
But it was not until the appearance of two tales of all-consuming love affairs - Summer Interlude in 1951 and Summer with Monika in 1953 - that his cinematic work was celebrated.
His reputation was sealed by the international art-house hit The Seventh Seal* in 1957.
The movie, currently back in cinemas to celebrate its 50th anniversary, is famous for the often-parodied scene in which one of the characters plays chess with death.
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*The film that inspired the track Dance of Death -->
http://forum.maidenfans.com/index.php?topic=3957.0
