Overview - Private Confessions

Overview

Five conversations frame a flawed marriage in this film written by Ingmar Bergman about his parents. Guilt-ridden wife Anna (Pernilla August) divulges an extramarital affair to a priest, her uncle Jacob (Max von Sydow). He presses her to confess her sins to her husband, Henrik. As the film moves back and forth in time, the notion of truth is tested. Tomas, the lover, and Henrik will find that Anna's confessions do not absolve anyone, and have the power to inflict more pain.

Cast

• Name: Pernilla August

  Character: Anna

  Popularity: 1.1385

  

• Name: Max von Sydow

  Character: Jacob

  Popularity: 2.9607

  

• Name: Samuel Fröler

  Character: Henrik

  Popularity: 0.7231

  

• Name: Anita Björk

  Character: Karin Åkerblom

  Popularity: 0.2803

  

• Name: Thomas Hanzon

  Character: Tomas Egerman

  Popularity: 0.6816

  

• Name: Gunnel Fred

  Character: Märta Gärdsjö

  Popularity: 1.27

  

• Name: Hans Alfredson

  Character: Biskop Agrell

  Popularity: 0.4766

  

• Name: Vibeke Falk

  Character: Fröken Nylander

  Popularity: 0.1552