Face to Face (1976)
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- R
- 1h 54min
- Drama, Fantasy
- 05 Apr 1976 (USA)
- Movie
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 3 nominations.
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| Liv Ullmann | ... |
Jenny Isaksson
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| Erland Josephson | ... |
Tomas Jacobi
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| Aino Taube | ... |
The Grandmother
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| Gunnar Björnstrand | ... |
The Grandfather
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| Kristina Adolphson | ... |
Nurse Veronica
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| Marianne Aminoff | ... |
Jenny's Mother
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| Gösta Ekman | ... |
Mikael Strömberg
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Helene Friberg | ... |
Anna Isaksson
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| Ulf Johansson | ... |
Helmuth Wankel
(as Ulf Johanson)
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| Sven Lindberg | ... |
Eric Isaksson
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| Jan-Erik Lindqvist | ... |
Jenny's Father
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| Birger Malmsten | ... |
Rapist
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| Sif Ruud | ... |
Elisabeth Wankel
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| Göran Stangertz | ... |
Rapist
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Mona Andersson | ... |
Patient (uncredited)
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Daniel Bergman | ... |
Boy in Concert (uncredited)
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Donya Feuer | ... |
Patient (uncredited)
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| Käbi Laretei | ... |
Pianist (uncredited)
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| Lena Olin | ... |
Shop Assistant (uncredited)
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Rebecca Pawlo | ... |
Shop Assistant (uncredited)
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| Margareta Pettersson | ... |
Girlfriend (uncredited)
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Tore Segelcke | ... |
The Woman (uncredited)
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Kari Sylwan | ... |
Maria Jacobi (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Ingmar Bergman | ||
Written by
| Ingmar Bergman | ... | () |
Produced by
| Lars-Owe Carlberg | ... | producer |
| Dino De Laurentiis | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
| Sven Nykvist | ||
Editing by
| Siv Lundgren | ||
Production Design by
| Anne Hagegård | ||
| Peter Krupenin | ... | (as Peter Kropenin) |
Set Decoration by
| Peter Krupenin | ... | (props stand by) (as Peter Kropenin) |
Makeup Department
| Cecilia Drott | ... | makeup artist |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Peter Lagenskiold | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| Owe Svensson | ... | sound mixer / sound |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Arne Carlsson | ... | still photographer |
| Bengt Franzen | ... | assistant camera |
| Lars Karlsson | ... | assistant camera |
Music Department
| Käbi Laretei | ... | musician: piano |
Script and Continuity Department
| Kerstin Eriksdotter | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
| David E. Van Houten | ... | release publicist |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Cinematograph AB (1981) (World-wide) (TV version, four-part mini-series 176 min:)
- Sveriges Radio (1976) (Sweden) (tv) (TV version)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1976) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Paramount Pictures (1976) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Titanus (1976) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Cinematograph AB (1980) (Sweden)
- Hafbo (1976) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Cinematograph AB (1976) (Norway)
- Distrifilms (1977) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Cinematograph AB (1976) (Denmark)
- Filmes Lusomundo (1979) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- Cinematograph AB (1976) (Finland)
- Video Classics (1981) (Australia) (video)
- Toho-Towa (1982) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
- Olive Films (2010) (United States) (DVD) (subtitled)
- Olive Films (2010) (Canada) (DVD) (subtitled)
- Roadshow Films (1976) (Australia) (theatrical) (as 'Face to Face')
- Weird Wave (2020) (Greece) (theatrical)
- Paramount Home Entertainment (United States) (VHS)
- Tohokushinsha Film Corporation (TFC) (Japan) (VHS)
- VPS Film-Entertainment GmbH (West Germany) (VHS)
- Video Box (Japan) (VHS)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
With her husband Eric at a medical congress in Chicago and their fourteen year old daughter at riding camp for the summer, psychiatrist Dr. Jenny Isaksson has emptied out their old house while their new house is being built, and has moved in with her grandparents in the house in which she grew up, she having temporarily assumed the role of senior physician at a psychiatric hospital filling in for a vacationing colleague. She is having a casual, meaningless affair with a man named Martin, while she believes that Tomas Jacobi, who she meets at a party, also is making sexual advances toward her. Regardless of if her assumption about Tomas is correct, the two become friends and frequent companions. In watching her grandmother lovingly take care of her ailing grandfather, remembering back to her childhood with her grandparents, spending time with Tomas, and processing an event associated with one of her more severe cases, that of a young woman named Maria, Jenny, in a fragile mental state, begins to have a nervous breakdown. In a semi-lucid state while conscious, and in semi-consciousness regarding reality when she dreams in her sleep, Jenny may begin to process her fragile mental state, especially if it is better to be alive or dead. Written by Huggo |
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| Taglines | A woman's most intimate encounter with the one person she didn't know. Herself. See more » |
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| Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The TV version is a four-part mini-series: 1. Uppbrottet (The Separation); 2. Gränsen (The Border); 3. Skymningslandet (The Twilight Land); 4. Återkomsten (The Return). A total of 176 minutes compared to the film's 130 minutes (25 fps). See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in The 34th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1977). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Fantasy in C-minor K. 475 See more » |
| Quotes |
Dr. Jenny Isaksson:
What do you mean by "real"? Dr. Tomas Jacobi: To hear a human voice and trust that it comes from a human who is made like me, to touch a pair of lips and at the same time know that it is a pair of lips. See more » |