Scenes from a Marriage story
Scenes from a Marriage (Swedish: Scener ur ett äktenskap) is a 1973 Swedish Television miniseries written and directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson. The story explores the disintegration of the marriage between Marianne, a family lawyer specializing in divorce, and Johan, spanning a period of 10 years. Bergman's teleplay draws on his own experiences, including his relationship with Ullmann. It was shot on a small budget in Stockholm and Fårö in 1972.
13 total · 4 choice · 4 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| disintegrating romantic relationship | choice | Marianne and Johan's marriage fell to pieces and we saw the process in great detail |
| husband and wife | choice | Marianne and Johan |
| man vs. woman | choice | we saw an extremely turbulent relationship and they were cinematically forward in talking about their feelings |
| the battle of the sexes | choice | we saw an extremely turbulent relationship and they were cinematically forward in talking about their feelings |
| coming to terms with things | major | the second half of the story was about Marianne and Johan coming to terms with their new reality |
| divorce | major | Peter and Katarina discussed divorce; Marianne and Johan |
| extramarital affair | major | Johan confessed that he had been seeing someone else, maybe for six months, and wanted to break up with Marianne; later they cheate on their respective partners with each other |
| family financial problem | major | money was a recurring issue that may not have been central in most of the talks, but seemed to aggravate all the problems |
| absentee father | minor | Johan had no hand in raising the children and complained about how much he was paying |
| depression | minor | Johan clearly fell deeper into depression after the initial euphoria of separation |