It's the windswept sanctuary where one of the world's greatest directors got the inspiration for his movies, a spot so intricately associated with the introspective mood of his work that it attracts legions of film fans every year. But now, the home of Ingmar Bergman, on the Baltic Sea island of Fårö, is under threat.
The house and its contents are expected to be auctioned off by Christie's next year unless sponsors can be found to fund a cultural centre that would preserve the home as it is. "The nightmare scenario is that the house is sold off and everything inside goes with it," explains Jannike Åhlund, one of the organisers of a project to turn Bergman's house into a home for artists.
Like Woody Allen, who is closely associated with Manhattan, Bergman is inextricably linked with Fårö, an outcrop situated about 87 miles off Sweden's south-east coast. The island's barren landscape has featured in at least seven of his movies, including Through a Glass Darkly, Scenes from a Marriage and Persona, contributing to their existentialist mood.
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