Wild Strawberries (1957)
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
An elderly professor drives from Stockholm to Lund to receive an honorary degree, and the day's detours past his childhood summer home and his old practice stir up memories and dreams.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Isak's home≈ 00:00:00Stockholm, SwedenStated on screen
After a nightmare Isak decides to drive rather than fly to Lund, and his daughter-in-law Marianne comes along.
- 2Isak Borg's childhood summer house (fictional)≈ 00:12:00Stated on screenFictional
Isak revisits the family summer house and its wild strawberry patch, daydreams of his youth, and meets a young hitchhiker also called Sara with two friends.
- 3Åkerman's gas station≈ 00:40:00Countryside near Lake Vättern, SwedenInferred
A grateful station owner refuses payment, remembering Isak as the district doctor who once served the area.
- 4Hotel terrace lunch above the lake≈ 00:43:00Gyllene Uttern, Gränna, SwedenInferred
Over lunch with a lake view the young travellers argue about God and Isak recites a poem.
- 5Isak's mother's house≈ 00:50:00Countryside near Lake Vättern, SwedenInferred
Isak and Marianne visit his cold, ancient mother, who shows them old family keepsakes.
- 6Lund Cathedral ceremony and Evald's house≈ 01:12:00Lund, SwedenStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 802 km
- Places
- 5
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 6
- Car: 802 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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