Spanning her Swedish childhood through her international film career, this collaborative memoir details Ingrid Bergman’s professional rise and the public scandal surrounding her departure from Hollywood. Using her personal diaries and letters, the text documents her early training at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, her collaborations with directors like Alfred Hitchcock and Roberto Rossellini, and the intense moral backlash following her pregnancy outside of marriage. Bergman and Burgess organize the narrative around her constant travels and the tension between her commitment to acting and the demands of her personal relationships and family life.
This book is intended for students of mid-century cinema and readers interested in the internal logistics of a high-profile acting career. It provides a detailed account of how the studio system managed stars and how an individual navigate public condemnation while maintaining a creative practice. Readers gain a chronological understanding of the technical transitions in filmmaking and an unvarnished perspective on the trade-offs required to work across different national film industries during the twentieth century.
- Published
- 1980
- Language
- EN
