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Mr. Sleeman Is Coming (1957)

43m

Running Time

Mr. Sleeman Is Coming (1957)

Name: Mr. Sleeman Is Coming
Genre: Drama
Released: 1957-04-18

43m

Running Time

April 18, 1957
Release Date

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Plot.

Herr Sleeman kommer is a 1917 one-act play by the Swedish author Hjalmar Bergman. The main character is an orphaned young woman who is about to be married off to an unappealing but rich old man, Mr. Sleeman, at the instigation of her aunts who have taken charge of her. Bergman infuses the situation with overtones of rueful pessimism concerning life in general.

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Cast & Crew.

Bibi Andersson

Anne-Marie

Jullan Kindahl

Mrs. Mina

Yngve Nordwall

Mr. Sleeman

Max von Sydow

Hunter

Naima Wifstrand

Mrs. Gina

Börje Lundh

Makeup Artist

Carl Magnusson

Makeup Artist

Ingmar Bergman

Director

Hjalmar Bergman

Writer

Henrik Dyfverman

Producer

Martin Ahlbom

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Details.

Release Date
April 18, 1957

Original Name
Herr Sleeman kommer

Status
Released

Running Time
43m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-27

Wiki.

Mr. Sleeman Is Coming (Swedish: Herr Sleeman kommer) is a 1917 one-act play by the Swedish author Hjalmar Bergman. The main character is an orphaned young woman who is about to be married off to an unappealing but rich old man, Mr. Sleeman, at the instigation of her aunts who have taken charge of her. Bergman infuses the situation with overtones of rueful pessimism concerning life in general.

The play is one of his most successful pieces of theatre and has been staged many times in Sweden and also on Swedish television. In 1957, Ingmar Bergman directed the first TV adaptation.