Media gallery for
Through a Glass Darkly

Harriet Andersson accepted the Oscar on Bergman’s behalf when Through a Glass Darkly was awarded as Best International Feature Film.

Karin (Harriet Andersson) draws Minus (Lars Passgård) into her strange world of religious and sexual ecstasy.

Bergman’s concept of the artist as a cannibal is explored in David’s (Gunnar Björnstrand) exploitation of his daughter Karin’s (Harriet Andersson) psychosis as material for his book.

Minus (Lars Passgård) and Karin (Harriet Andersson).

From the trailer to Through a Glass Darkly. Ingmar Bergman, Max von Sydow, Lars Passgård, Gunnar Björnstrand and Harriet Andersson.

Martin (Max von Sydow) begins a hopeless battle with God to win back his wife Karin (Harriet Andersson).

The film team during filming of Through a Glass Darkly on Fårö.

Gunnar Björnstrand appeared in more Bergman films than any other actor and was a congenial interpreter of roles with clear features of Bergman himself.

Martin och (Max von Sydow) and David (Gunnar Björnstrand).

David (Max von Sydow): ’You are empty but skilled. And now you’re trying to fill your void with Karin’s extinction. But how will God fit into that? It must make him more inscrutable than ever.’

Handwritten script for Through a Glass Darkly with the working title The Wallpaper. Dated Djursholm April 26th, 1960.

Page from the handwritten script for Through a Glass Darkly. Dated Djursholm April 26th, 1960.

Handwritten script draft for the films trailer.

The embryo of what would become Through a Glass Darkly can be found on the last page of Bergman's shooting script for The Virgin Spring.

Minus (Lars Passgård): ’For you, love and God are the same thing.’

Gunnar Björnstrand and Lars Passgård in Through a Glass Darkly.

Gunnar Björnstrand and Harriet Andersson in Through a Glass Darkly.

Harriet Andersson and Lars Passgård in Through a Glass Darkly.