The Touch (1971)
July 14, 1971Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Elliott Gould
David Kovac
Bibi Andersson
Karin Vergerus
Max von Sydow
Andreas Vergerus
Sheila Reid
Sara Kovac
Margaretha Byström
Secretary to Andreas Vergerus
Elsa Ebbesen-Thornblad
Hospital Matron
Åke Lindström
Dr. Holm
Dennis Gotobed
English Civil Servant
Mimmo Wåhlander
Nurse
Staffan Hallerstam
Anders Vergerus
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs
Karin's Mother
Ingmar Bergman
Director
Carl Michael Bellman
Composer
Peter Covent
Composer
Jan Johansson
Composer
Sven Nykvist
Cinematographer
Siv Lundgren
Editor
Ann-Christin Lobråten
ProductionDesigner
P.A. Lundgren
ProductionDesigner
Mago
Costume Design
Lars-Owe Carlberg
Producer
Lennart Engholm
Sound Designer
Berndt Frithiof
Sound Mixer
Cecilia Drott
Makeup Artist
Ethel Sjöholm
Costume Design
Harry Engholm
Sound Designer
Per Sjöstrand
Bengt Ottekil
Makeup Artist
Alan Simon
Carol Zavis
Erik Nyhlén
Maria Nolgård
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Release DateJuly 14, 1971
Original NameBeröringen
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 52m
Budget$6,900,000
Box Office$6,530,000
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The Touch (Swedish: Beröringen) is a 1971 romantic drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring Max von Sydow, Bibi Andersson, Elliott Gould, and Sheila Reid. The film tells the story of an affair between a married woman and an impetuous foreigner. It contains references to the Virgin Mary and the Holocaust.
Produced by ABC Pictures, The Touch was Bergman's first English-language film, but made in two versions - one in Swedish and English, the other wholly in English. It was shot on the island of Gotland in Sweden in 1970. Cinematographer Sven Nykvist shot it in Eastmancolor. Gould, cast over Paul Newman and Robert Redford, believed Bergman's screenplay was semi-autobiographical.
The film received mixed to negative reviews and failed at the box office. It has since had a limited rerelease by the Film Society of Lincoln Center in 2011 and a home media release by The Criterion Collection in 2018.