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Fårö was also home to Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman who first came to the island in 1960 looking for locations for “Through a Glass Darkly” and then returned here in 1965 to make the film “Persona”. It was during this time that he had a house built here with panoramic views of the sea.
Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007)
Photo: Robban Andersson/XP/Scanpix
If you are Bergman film buff you should not miss Bergman Week June 23 - 28 2009. The event has previously attracted 2,000 people to a week of seminars, exhibitions, film viewings at Sudersandsbion (Sudersand Cinema) and visits to film locations used in his films. Perhaps a visit will help you to better understand the now deceased great man’s work, perhaps it won’t. The very least you will take from a trip here are memories of a unique, ancient Baltic Sea isle.
Bergman made 6 films and a television series on Fårö and he surely derived inspiration from the barren, stony landscapes here. Why not visit Fårö for some inspiration?
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