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CHRONOLOGY: 1950s
1950
 Supplies synopsis for While the City Sleeps (directed by Lars-Erik Kjellgren).
To Joy opens. (February)
Divine Words (Ramón María del Valle-Inclán), Stora scenen, Gothenburg City Theatre. (February)
Films Summer Interlude. (April-June)
Films This Can't Happen Here (directs only). (July-August)
The Threepenny Opera (Bertolt Brecht), Intiman Theatre, Stockholm. (October)
This Can't Happen Here opens. (October)
A Shadow (Hjalmar Bergman) and Medea (Jean Anouilh), double bill at Intiman Theatre, Stockholm. (December)
Divorces Ellen Lundström.
1951
Writes screenplay for Divorced (directed by Gustaf Molander).
Marries Gun Hagberg.
Light in the Hovel (Björn-Erik Höijer), Lilla scenen, Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm. (April)
Son, Ingmar, born. (May)
The City [Staden] (own play), radio production directed by Olof Molander. (May)
Summer (Björn-Erik Höijer), radio production. (August)
Summer Interlude opens. (October)
The Rose Tattoo (Tennessee Williams), Norrköping City Theatre. (November)
During studio shutdown in Sweden, Bergman directs various cinema commercials for "Bris" soap.
The People of Värmland (Fredrik A. Dahlgren), radio production. (December)
1952
The Guiltburden of the Night (Alberto Perrini), radio production. (January)
Crimes and Crimes (August Strindberg), radio production. (January)
The Murder in Barjärna [Mordet i Barjärna] (own play), Intiman, Malmö City Theatre. (February)
Blood Wedding (Frederic Garcia Lorca), radio production. (March)
Easter (August Strindberg), radio production. (April)
Appointed a director at Malmö City Theatre.
The Day Ends Early (own play), radio production directed by Bengt Ekerot. (June)
Films Secrets of Women. (June-July)
Films Summer with Monika. (August)
Relationship with Harriet Andersson begins.
The Crown Bride (August Strindberg), Stora scenen, Malmö City Theatre. (November)
Secrets of Women opens. (November)
Restless Heart (Jean Anouilh), radio production. (December)
1953
Summer with Monika opens. (February)
Films Sawdust and Tinsel. (February-June)
Unto My Fear (own play), radio production directed by Åke Falck. (March)
A Bonfire (Alfred de Musset), radio production. (April)
Films A Lesson in Love. (July-September)
Sawdust and Tinsel opens. (September)
The Dutchman (August Strindberg), radio production. (October)
Six Characters in Search of an Author (Luigi Pirandello), Intiman, Malmö City Theatre. (November)
The Castle (Franz Kafka/Max Brod), Intiman, Malmö City Theatre. (December)
1954
The Ghost Sonata (August Strindberg), Stora scenen, Malmö City Theatre. (March)
Films Dreams. (June-August)
Wood Painting (own play), radio production. (September)
A Lesson in Love opens. (October)
The Merry Widow (Franz Lehár), Stora scenen, Malmö City Theatre. (October)
The Apple-Tree Table (Herman Melville), radio production. (December)
1955
Don Juan (Jean-Baptiste Molière), Intiman, Malmö City Theatre. (January)
The Teahouse of the August Moon (John Patrick), Stora scenen, Malmö City Theatre. (February)
Wood Painting [Trämålning] (own play), Intiman, Malmö City Theatre. (March)
The Ball (Carlo Fruttero), radio production. (May)
Films Smiles of a Summer Night. (June-August)
Relationship with Bibi Andersson begins.
Dreams opens. (August)
The Monk Strolls in the Meadow (Carl Gandrup), radio production. (September)
Leah and Rachel (Wilhelm Moberg), Intiman, Malmö City Theatre. (October)
Wood Painting [Trämålning] (own play), directed by Bengt Ekerot, Lilla scenen, Royal Dramatic Theatre. (fall)
Smiles of a Summer Night opens. (December)
1956
Grandma and Our Lord (Hjalmar Bergman), radio production. (January)
The Dowerless Bride (Alexander Ostrovsky), Intiman, Malmö City Theatre. (January)
Writes screenplay for Last Couple Out (directed by Alf Sjöberg).
Everyman (Hugo von Hoffmanstahl), radio production. (April)
Smiles of a Summer Night wins Special Jury Prize at Cannes Festival. (May)
The Tunnel (two one act plays by Pär Lagerkvist and Hjalmar Bergman), radio production. (May)
Films The Seventh Seal. (July-August)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Tennessee Williams), Stora scenen, Malmö City Theatre. (October)
Portrait of a Madonna (Tennessee Williams), radio production. (December)
Erik XIV (August Strindberg), Stora scenen, Malmö City Theatre. (December)
1957
The Seventh Seal opens. (February)
Peer Gynt (Henrik Ibsen), Stora scenen, Malmö City Theatre. (March)
Mr. Sleeman's Coming (Hjalmar Bergman), Bergman's first TV production. (April)
The Prisoner (Bridget Boland), radio production. (April)
The Seventh Seal wins Special Jury Prize at Cannes Festival. (May)
Films Wild Strawberries. (July-August)
Cardsharpers (Nikolaj V. Gogol), radio production. (November)
Films Brink of Life. (November-December)
The Misanthrope (Jean-Baptiste Molière), Stora scenen, Malmö City Theatre. (December)
1958
The Venetian (anon.), TV production. (February)
Films The Magician at intervals. (February-August)
The Legend (Hjalmar Bergman), Intiman, Malmö City Theatre. (April)
Brink of Life wins three prizes at Cannes Festival. (May)
Wild Strawberries wins Golden Bear at Berlin Festival. (June)
The Legend (Hjalmar Bergman), radio production. (September)
Urfaust (Johann W. Goethe), Stora scenen, Malmö City Theatre. (October)
Rabies (Olle Hedber), TV production. (November)
He Who Nothing Owns (Bengt Anderberg), radio production. (November)
The People of Värmland (Fredrik A. Dahlgren), Stora scenen, Malmö City Theatre. (December)
The Magician opens. (December)
1959
Joins Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm, as a director.
Films The Virgin Spring (directs only). (May-July)
Marries Käbi Laretei. (September)
Films The Devil's Eye. (October-January 1960)
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