Winter Light
A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God.
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Cast
18 people
Ingrid Thulin
Märta Lundberg
Known for
Wild Strawberries
Cries and Whispers
Gunnar Björnstrand
Tomas Ericsson
Known for
The Seventh Seal
Persona
Gunnel Lindblom
Karin Persson
Known for
The Seventh Seal
The Virgin Spring
Max von Sydow
Jonas Persson
Known for
Shutter Island
Minority Report
Allan Edwall
Algot Frövik
Known for
Fanny and Alexander
The Sacrifice
Kolbjörn Knudsen
Knut Aronsson
Also in
General von Döbeln
Maj på Malö
Olof Thunberg
Fredrik Blom
Also in
Bamse i Trollskogen
Dubbelsvindlarna
Elsa Ebbesen-Thornblad
Magdalena Ledfors
Known for
The Touch
Tor Borong
Johan Åkerblom (uncredited)
Known for
The Virgin Spring
Bertha Sånnell
Hanna Appelblad (uncredited)
Helena Palmgren
Doris Appelblad (uncredited)
Eddie Axberg
Johan Strand (uncredited)
Known for
The Emigrants
Ingmar Bergman Director · Evald Andersson Composer Sven Nykvist Cinematographer
United States release November 20, 2018 · Produced in Sweden · Production Svensk Filmindustri
Production
SF Studios
Production
Svensk Filmindustri
Production
Sweden
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Languages
Original title
Nattvardsgästerna
Original language
Swedish
Spoken on screen
Swedish
Release dates
Sweden · February 9, 1963
Premiere · Stockholm
Sweden · February 11, 1963
Theatrical
United States · November 20, 2018
Physical · Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema Blu-ray
Denmark
February 11, 1963 · Theatrical
Finland
April 12, 1963 · Theatrical
France
April 30, 1965 · Theatrical
June 10, 2015 · Theatrical · Restoration re-release
Germany
February 15, 1963 · Theatrical
Greece
August 21, 2025 · Theatrical · Re-Release
Netherlands
September 23, 2004 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
March 13, 1964 · Theatrical
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