Swedish film director, Ingmar Bergman who died on July 30th, was buried on Saturday, August 18, in his home island in the Baltic Sea. He was 89. The funeral ceremony was attended only by his relatives and close friends. Reportedly, Bergman died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Faro Island.
The Swedish film, stage and opera director is regarded as one of the most important masters of modern cinema. He directed 62 films and also wrote the scripts for many of these films. He directed over 170 plays.
He began his career in films in 1941 by rewriting scripts. He became popular as a writer when he wrote the script for Torment/ Frenzy (Hets), a film directed by Alf Sjoberg in 1944. In the following years, he wrote and directed several films, including The Devil’s Wanton/ Prison (Fangelse) in 1949 and The Naked Night/ Sawdust and Tinsel (Gycklarnas afton) in 1953.
His successful films, which also won various awards, include Smiles of a Summer Night, The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries.
He was married five times and had nine children (four sons and five daughters).
