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)VOD (2)
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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](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/451/164451780_39ac11.jpg)
Elliott Gould
USA
Best movies:
American History X (1998)
Barbra: The Concert (1994) (concert)
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
![Bibi Andersson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271222_0c1e00.jpg)
Bibi Andersson
Sweden
Best movies:
Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
![Max von Sydow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267824_9f437d.jpg)
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)
Brink of Life (1958)
![Elsa Ebbesen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/814/163814809_311809.jpg)
Elsa Ebbesen
Sweden
Best movies:
Winter Light (1963)
The Wonderful Adventure of Nils (1962)
The Touch (1971)
![Aino Taube](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/485/163485419_c5cc12.png)
Aino Taube
Denmark
Best movies:
Face to Face (1976)
Waiting Women (1952)
The Touch (1971)
![Sheila Reid](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/448/160448040_0b72d3.png)
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)