[Susan Foreman]

'Ingmar Bergman: Volume 1' - Limited edition (5,000 units) Blu-ray pre-order available from Amazon UK - £54.99

Release date: July 19

"Presented over 5 discs, the set features 2K restorations of eight early written or directed by Bergman. Including initial partnerships with regular collaborators (such as cinematographer Gunnar Fischer and actor Birger Malmsten), these early works exhibit his burgeoning talents, introducing themes and tones that he would continue to develop over the next five decades"

The films:

• Torment (Dir: Alf Sjöberg | Scr. Ingmar Bergman, 1944)
• Crisis (1946)
• Eva (Dir: Gustaf Molander | Scr. Ingmar Bergman, 1948)
• Music in Darkness (1948)
• Port of Call (1948)
• Prison (1949)
• Three Strange Loves (1949)
• To Joy (1950)

Special features:

• 5-disc Blu-ray set featuring 2K restorations of all 8 films
• Perfect bound book featuring new essays by Jan Holmberg (CEO of the Ingmar Bergman Foundation), Philip Kemp, Geoff Andrew, Jessica Kiang, Alexandra Heller Nicholas, Kat Ellinger, and Laura Hubner
• Ingmar Bergman: The Early Years (2021): a new video essay by writer, filmmaker and film journalist Leigh Singer
• Ingmar Bergman Guardian Interview (1982, 62, audio only): Bergman pays tribute to Alf Sjöberg, the director of Torment, discussing his influence and impact on his own career
• Newly commissioned artwork by Andrew Bannister

Other extras TBC