PRESSRELEASE September 2017

NEW EXHIBITION! Bergman à la mode Film costumes for leading ladies

The exhibition Bergman à la mode will open at the Museum Hallwyl on November 10th. It will start the celebration of , who would have celebrated his 100th birthday on July 14th.

The exhibition will connect to those of Bergman’s films, set during the late 19th century and the early 20th century. These productions also correspond timewise with the period during which the Hallwyl family lived and worked in their palace, before it was turned into a museum. Bergman à la mode pictures the central roles of women in Ingmar Bergman’s vast film pro- duction. The women in his films are sometimes referred to as the “Bergman female”.­­­­ In his films, women bring in the colour, while the men make up a dark background, literally ­­­ illuminating the women.

A lot of characters join together to form the ”Bergman female”. Those are introduced through selected costumes from the films, displayed in the sleeping chambers of the museum. We will meet Bergman as a person and as an artist. Family pictures from his own childhood and growth display the parallels between Bergman’s life and the imaginary world he created. –The film costumes of Bergman have never before been displayed in this way. There is consi- derable research behind this exhibition. We have found costumes that have never been on display in public since the films were made. We are extra pleased to be able to exhibit costumes from Bergman’s black and white movies. No one ever knew what colour they actually were, says , set designer, costume designer and co-producer of the exhibition.

Historical costume drama and turn of the century bourgeoisie The Hallwyl Palace frames the turn of the century and the ”discrete charm” of the bourgeoisie. The connection to the museum and the life that was once lived here is obvious: the ever-present maid, the young fashionista and the ageing matriarch. There are a lot of similarities between Wilhelmina von Hallwyl and the woman (grandmother or aunt) that so often take a central position in the narrative of Bergman. Wilhelmina can be compared to Helena Ekdahl (Gun Wållgren) in or Anna Åkerblom (Ghita Nørby) in . Family and household is in her hands. She is a strong and inde- pendent women who is in control of her assets. Costumes, preserved drawings and film stills form a condensed image, of the textile ­­­­ craft of the dresses but also of the context and the making of the movies. A good cos- tume is like a second skin that grows into its character.

The exhibition displays costumes from the following films, of which most are written and directed by Ingmar Bergman: (1953); (1955); Wild Strawberries (1957); (1960); The Pleasure Garden (1961, directed by Alf Kjellin, written by Ingmar Bergman); (1964); (1973); Fanny­ and Alexander­­­ (1982); The Best Intentions (1991, directed by , written by Ingmar­­­ Bergman); Sunday’s Children (1992, directed by , written by Ingmar Bergman); In the presence of a clown (1997).

The exhibition is on show between November 10th 2017 – to March 18th 2018. Invitation to the press event with a guided tour of the exhibition will be sent out in October.

Idea and exhibition design: set designer and costume designer and Nils Harning, teacher of Costume/Props at Stockholm University of the Arts. Co-produced with SCFI/Stockholm Costume & Fashion Institute

A catalogue is produced: Bergman á la mode. It features texts by Anna Bergman and Nils Harning. Editor: Lotta Lewenhaupt, author and fashion journalist. There will also be talks and other events in connection with the exhibition.

About Hallwylska museet/The Hallwyl House Once it was a home of Count and Countess Walther and Wilhelmina von Hallwyl – today: one of Stockholm’s most eccentric and engaging museums. This palatial residence was built as a winter home for the immensely rich couple, completed in 1898. Read more: http://hallwylskamuseet.se/en/explore/palace

#Bergman100 Ingmar Bergman was a world-famous filmmaker, legendary theatre director and exceptional writer. Ingmar Bergman was born in Uppsala on the 14th of July, 1918, and the Hundred-Year Jubilee – starting in autumn­­­ 2017 and contin­ uing throughout 2018 – will take place over the entire world. Ingmar Bergman Founda­tion have a mission to administer, preserve and distribute information on Ingmar Bergman­­­ and his works. http://www.ingmarbergman.se/en/ingmar-bergman-foundation