Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xiii
4. The Early Years
5. The Depths of Childhood 1
6. A Foothold in Theater 19
7. The 'Forties Films
8. Learning to Make Movies 37
9. Fictions About the Self: 'A Shorter Tale" 49
10. Torment 58
11. Crisis 65
12. Woman Without a Face 70
13. Prison 74
14. Eva 83
15. ToJoy 87
16. Playwright Bergman
17. The Death of Punch, Tivoli, Jack Among the Actors 97
18. Rakel and the Cinema Doorman 104
19. The Day Ends Early, To My Terror . .. , Kamma Noll 108
20. Joakim Naked: The City, "The Story of the Eiffel Tower," "The Fish" 119
21. The Murder in Barjiirna 131
22. The Lengthening Shadows of Summer
23. Summergame 142
24. The Early Comedies: Womens Waiting and A Lesson in Love 149
25. The Summer with Monilm 158
26. Evening of the Jesters 162
27. Dreams 173
28. Smiles of the Summer Night 180
29. Quests
30. The Seventh Seal 196
31. Wild Strawberries 211
32. Close to Life 227
33. The Face 229
34. The Virgin Spring 240
35. The Devils Eye 253
36. God's SHence
37. Through a Glass Darkly 267
38. The Communicants 280
39. The Silence 295
40. Not to Speak of All These Women 307
41. A Twilight World
42. Persona 320
43. Hour of the Wolf 344
44. Shame 356
45. The Rite 366
46. A Passion 376
47. ''Accelerating Necrosis"
48. The Touch 402
49. Cries and Whispers 408
50. The Preserve and Scenes from a Marriage 422
51. The Magic Flute 434
52. Face to Face 440
53. The Petrified Prince 454
54. The Final Phase
55. The Serpent's Egg 471
56. Autumn Sonata 481
57. From the Life of the Marionettes 486
58. Fanny and Alexander 494
59. Postlude: After the Rehearsal 507
60. Translation of Titles 513
61. Recurrent Names 516
62. Filmography 521
63. Notes 533
64. Index 541