Directed by:
Ingmar BergmanScreenplay:
Ingmar BergmanCinematography:
Sven NykvistCast:
Elliott Gould, Bibi Andersson, Max von Sydow, Per Sjöstrand, Barbro Hiort af Ornäs, Elsa Ebbesen, Aino Taube, Sheila Reid, Bengt Ottekil, Åke Lindström (more)Plots(1)
With his first English-language film, a critical and box-office disaster, Ingmar Bergman delivered a compelling portrait of conflicting desires. In The Touch, a chance encounter between seemingly contented housewife Karin (Bibi Andersson) and David (Elliott Gould), an intense American archaeologist scarred by his family’s past, leads to the initiation of a torrid and tempestuous affair, one that eventually threatens the stability of Karin’s marriage to a respected local surgeon (Max von Sydow). Upon its release, the filmmaker declared this emotionally complex and sensitively performed film to be his first real love story. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
Elliott Gould
USA
Best movies:
American History X (1998)
Barbra: The Concert (1994) (concert)
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Bibi Andersson
Sweden
Best movies:
Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Max von Sydow
Sweden
Best movies:
Shutter Island (2010)
Awakenings (1990)
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
Per Sjöstrand
Sweden
Best movies:
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Who Saw Him Die (1968)
The Touch (1971)
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs
Sweden
Best movies:
Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
Shame (1968)
So Close to Life (1958)
Elsa Ebbesen
Sweden
Best movies:
The Communicants (1963)
The Wonderful Adventure of Nils (1962)
The Touch (1971)
Aino Taube
Denmark
Best movies:
Face to Face (1976)
Waiting Women (1952)
The Touch (1971)
Sheila Reid
UK
Best movies:
Othello (1965)
The Dresser (1983)
Brazil (1985)
Bengt Ottekil
Sweden
Best movies:
The New Land (1972)
The Touch (1971)
The Softening of the Egg (1975)
Åke Lindström
Sweden
Best movies:
The Touch (1971)
Miss Julie (1951)
The Girls (1968)
Alan Simon
USA
Best movies:
The Touch (1971)
Staffan Hallerstam
Sweden
Best movies:
The Touch (1971)
Pippi in the South Seas (1970)
Pippi Goes On Board (1969)
Margaretha Byström
Sweden
Best movies:
Pettson and Findus 3 - Pettson's Promise (2005)
The Touch (1971)
White Trash (2006)
Mimmo Wåhlander
Sweden
Best movies:
The Touch (1971)
Maria Nolgård
Best movies:
The Touch (1971)