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CHRONOLOGY: 1970s
1970
 The Fårö Document, TV production. (January)
A Dream Play (August Strindberg), Lilla scenen, Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm. (March)
Bergman's father dies. (April)
Hedda Gabler (Henrik Ibsen) National Theatre, London. (June)
Films The Touch (first English-language film). (September-November)
1971
Gun Hagberg (then known as Gun Grut) killed in car crash in Yugoslavia.
Show (Lars Forssell), Stora scenen, Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm. (March)
Liv Ullmann accepts Irving Thalberg Memorial Award on Bergman's behalf at the Oscars in Hollywood. (April)
The Touch opens. (August)
Films Cries and Whispers. (fall)
Marries Ingrid von Rosen. (November)
Moves into apartment in Karlaplan, Stockholm.
1972
The Wild Duck (Henrik Ibsen), Stora scenen, Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm. (March)
Films Scenes from a Marriage (for TV). (summer and fall)
Svensk Filmindustri announces that Bergman will make lavish screen version of The Merry Widow, starring Barbra Streisand. The project founders.
Cries and Whispers opens (in United States). (December)
1973
The Ghost Sonata (August Strindberg), Stora scenen, Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm. (January)
Cries and Whispers opens (in Sweden). (March)
Scenes From a Marriage (own script), TV production, aired in six weekly episodes. (April-May)
The Misanthrope (Jean-Baptiste Molière), Danish Royal Theatre, Copenhagen. (April)
Bergman attends Cannes Festival, with Cries and Whispers. (May)
A Little Night Music, based on Smiles of a Summer Night, opens on Broadway.
1974
To Damascus (August Strindberg), Stora scenen, Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm. (February)
Sven Nykvist wins Academy Award for Cinematography on Cries and Whispers. (April)
Films The Magic Flute (for TV). (spring)
1975
The Magic Flute (W.A. Mozart), TV production. (January)
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare), Stora scenen, Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm. (March)
Bergman flies to United States to meet Dino De Laurentiis, who agrees to finance Face to Face.
Films Face to Face (for TV). (April-July)
Writes screenplay entitled The Petrified Prince (not filmed to date).
Bergman given Honorary Ph.D. at Stockholm University.
1976
Bergman arrested for alleged tax evasion during rehearsals for The Dance of Death. (January)
Bergman leaves Sweden in voluntary exile. (April)
Face to Face (own script), TV production, aired in four weekly episodes. (April-May)
Bergman given contract at Residenztheater, Munich.
Bergman wins Goethe Prize. (August)
Moves into apartment in Munich. (September)
Films The Serpent's Egg in Bavaria Studios, Munich. (fall)
1977
Paradise Place opens (film produced by Bergman, directed by Gunnel Lindblom). (February)
A Dream Play (August Strindberg), Residenztheater, Munich. (May)
The Serpent's Egg opens. (October)
Films Autumn Sonata in Oslo. (September-October)
1978
Three Sisters (Anton P. Chekhov), Residenztheater, Munich. (June)
Bergman celebrates 60th birthday on Fårö with all his children in attendance. (July)
The Dance of Death (August Strindberg), resumes rehearsals at Royal Dramatic Theatre, but is again halted due to mortal illness of Anders Ek. (August)
Autumn Sonata opens. (October)
1979
Tartuffe (Jean-Baptiste Molière), Residenztheater, Munich. (January)
Hedda Gabler (Henrik Ibsen), Residenztheater, Munich. (April)
Writes screenplay for Fanny and Alexander. (summer)
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare), is re-opened at Stora scenen, Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm. (August)
Films From the Life of the Marionettes. (October)
Bergman officially exonerated in tax affair. (November)
The Fårö Document 1979, TV production. (December)
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