Miniseries · SVT1
Scenes from a Marriage
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Liv Ullmann
Marianne
6 eps
Erland Josephson
Johan
6 eps
Bibi Andersson
Katarina
1 eps
Jan Malmsjö
Peter
1 eps
Anita Wall
Fru Palm, journalist
1 eps
Rossana Mariano
Eva, 12 år
1 eps
Lena Bergman
Karin, syster till Eva
1 eps
Gunnel Lindblom
Eva
2 eps
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs
Fru Jacobi
1 eps
Bertil Norström
Arne
1 eps
Wenche Foss
Modern
1 eps
Ingmar Bergman
Pressfotografens röst (voice, uncredited)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Scenes from a Marriage actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Scenes from a Marriage reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Johan and Marianne's marriage appears stable, but their relationship begins to unravel when Johan reveals an affair. Over several years, we follow their separation, divorce, and continued interactions as they form new relationships while remaining emotionally bound to one another.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 6 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Miniseries
19736 episodes
5.4IMDbJohan and Marianne's marriage appears stable, but their relationship begins to unravel when Johan reveals an affair. Over several years, we follow their separation, divorce, and continued interactions as they form new relationships while remaining emotionally bound to one another.
Best episode · S01E05 The Illiterates
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Latest Episodes
S01E06
In the Middle of the Night in a Dark House Somewhere in the World
- Directed by Ingmar Bergman
- Written by Ingmar Bergman
S01E05
The Illiterates
- Directed by Ingmar Bergman
- Written by Ingmar Bergman
S01E04
The Vale of Tears
- Directed by Ingmar Bergman
- Written by Ingmar Bergman
S01E02
The Art of Sweeping Things Under the Rug
- Directed by Ingmar Bergman
- Written by Ingmar Bergman
S01E01
Innocence and Panic
- Directed by Ingmar Bergman
- Written by Ingmar Bergman
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Lars-Owe CarlbergProducer
Writing
- Ingmar BergmanWriter
Direction
- Ingmar BergmanDirector
Cinematography
- Sven NykvistDirector of Photography
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