Kari Sylwan

Acting

Kari Sylwan

Born

1940-10-15 (86)

Place of birth

Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Known for

Acting

Credits

10 titles

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kari Sylwan (born 15 October 1940) is a Swedish actress, dancer and choreographer. Sylwan started as a dancer in 1956 at the Royal Swedish Ballet and at the Cullberg Ballet. She later played in the Ingmar Bergman films Cries and Whispers and Face to Face. From 1996 to 2005 she was the vice-chancellor of the University College of Dance in Stockholm. In 2005 she was awarded the H. M. The King's Medal of the 12th order for her contributions to dance. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kari Sylwan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Cries and Whispers poster
7.9

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs.

Cries and Whispers

1972

Face to Face poster
8.3

A psychiatrist temporarily separated from her family begins to experience severe psychological distress while working at a mental hospital and returning to her childhood home. As her professional responsibilities and personal relationships intersect, she undergoes a breakdown that forces her to confront long-suppressed memories and fears. (Note: This entry refers to the 1976 four-part Swedish television miniseries. A condensed theatrical feature edited from the same material was released separately in 1976.)

Face to Face

1976

Face to Face poster
7.2

A psychiatrist temporarily separated from her family begins to experience severe psychological distress while working at a mental hospital and returning to her childhood home. As her professional responsibilities and personal relationships intersect, she undergoes a breakdown that forces her to confront long-suppressed memories and fears. (Note: This entry refers to the 1976 theatrical feature film (approximately 135 minutes), created by condensing and re-editing the four-part Swedish television miniseries originally produced the same year.)

Face to Face

1976

Children's Island poster
6.3

Reine is supposed to go to a summer camp called Children's Island but decides to remain in Stockholm over the summer while his mother is working at a hospital. She thinks he is at the camp, and he tells her he is. We then follow him around Stockholm that summer and see what he encounters on the path of life.

Children's Island

1980

Cries and Whispers: On-Set Footage poster
NR

The behind-the-scenes documentary for Ingmar Bergman's 1972 masterpiece Cries and Whispersdirected by Bergman’s long-time collaborator, script girl Katinka Farago, it was shot on the set at Taxinge-Näsby Castle in Sweden. The documentary features a narration by Bergman scholar Peter Cowie

Cries and Whispers: On-Set Footage

1972

Nallar och människor poster
10.0

A group of teddybears awaken in the attic after years of storage. Store-Nalle (Big Teddy) explains the history of the species, from the very first teddybears manufactured in Germany. Other segments include dramatizations of the directors' childhood memories, as well as interviews with several stuffed animal owners.

Nallar och människor

1989

Film credits

1970s · 3 titles

1950s · 3 titles

Series credits