Scandinavian and Iceland Film Polling!
February 10, 2022 by wondersinthedark
The new polling will surely intrigue many classic film Lovers! As always, Voting Tabulator Bill Kamberger makes all eligibility decisions, and the polling period, starting right now, will run until 5:00 P.M. on Friday, February 25th. Jan Troell’s “The Emigrants” and “The New Land” will count as ONE SUBMISSION, not two separate films. Each voter gets twenty choices, to be presented alphabetically, chronologically or in ranked order. I found it exceedingly difficult to restrict this superlative cinema to only 20 choices, but I know most will have the same problem. It killed me NOT to be able to fit in “Sir Arne’s Treasure” (1922); “Dogville,” “Breaking the Waves,” “Melancholia,” “A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence,” “Let the Right One In,” “Miss Julie,” “Patrick 1.5,” “The Match Factory Girl,” “The Hunt,” “Babette’s Feast,” “Gertrude,” and a few recent Icelandic pictures. Heck, as Bergman is my favorite director of all-time, I could have loaded this list with his films alone! Anyway, here are my twenty films, listed alphabetically:
Celebration (Festen) 1998 Denmark, Vinterberg
Cries and Whispers 1972 Sweden, Bergman
Dancer in the Dark 2000 Denmark, Von Trier
Day of Wrath 1943 Denmark, Dreyer
Elvira Madigan 1967 Sweden, Widerberg
The Emigrants/The New Land 1972/73 Sweden, Troell
Fanny & Alexander 1982 Sweden, Bergman
Haxan 1922 Sweden, Christiansen
Hunger 1966 Denmark, Carlsen
My Life as a Dog 1987 Sweden, Hallstrom
Ordet 1955 Denmark, Dreyer
Oslo, 31 August 2001 Norway, Trier
The Pathfinder 1987 Norway, Gaup
Pelle the Conqueror 1988 Denmark, August
Persona 1966 Sweden, Bergman
The Phantom Carriage 1921 Sweden, Sjostrom
The Seventh Seal 1957 Sweden, Bergman
Show Me Love 1998 Sweden, Moodysson
A Swedish Love Story 1970 Sweden, Andersson
Wild Strawberries 1957 Sweden, Bergman
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The treasury of Scandinavian films is large.
1. Persona (Ingmar Bergman)
2. The Passion of Anna (Bergman)
3. Ordet (Carl Theodor Dreyer)
4. The Phantom Carriage (Victor Sjöstrom)
5. I Am Curious (Yellow) Vilgot Sjöman
6. The Emigrants/The New Land (Jan Troell)
7. The Saga of Gösta Berling (Mauritz Stiller)
8. Hunger (Henning Carlsen)
9. The Magic Flute (Bergman)
10. Day of Wrath (Dreyer)
In random order:
Smiles of a Summer Night (Bergman)
The Flight of the Eagle (Troell)
The Parson’s Widow (Dreyer)
Sawdust and Tinsel (Bergman)
Miss Julie (Alf Sjöberg)
Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson)
Faithless (Liv Ullmann)
The Worst Person in the World (Joachim Trier)
Oslo, August 31st (Joachim Trier)
Pelle the Conqueror (Bille August)
Mark, my great friend, and cherished site regular YES the Scandinavian film treasury is surely among the richest in the world! Bergman of course is first and foremost, though for some Dreyer is considered one of the greatest directors of all-time as well. Your ever-diverse and all-encompassing list here is a Godsend, and your groupings make a telling point! Many thanks!
O.K. well I’m afraid I ‘am going expose my relative ignorance of this regions long illustrious history what with my list being virtually all Swedish or Danish productions and near half of my entries being the works of two directors , thou in my defense they are in my opinion amongst the handful of greatest in history , my no.1 and 2 films are in my top ten (ALL-TIME)
1.) ORDET (THE WORD) : (DREYER) (1955)
2.) CRIES AND WHISPERS : (BERGMAN) (1972)
3.) FESTEN (CELEBRATION) : (VINTERBERG) (1998)
4.) GERTRUD : (DREYER) (1964)
5.) EDVARD MUNCH : (WATKINS) (1974)
6.) WILD STRAWBERRIES : (BERGMAN) (1957)
7.) SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE : (BERGMAN) (1973)
8.) LET THE RIGHT ONE IN : (ALFREDSON) (2008)
9.) PERSONNA : (BERGMAN) (1966)
10.) FANNY AND ALEXANDER : (BERGMAN) (1982)
11.) TOGETHER : (MOODYSSON) (2000)
12.) YOU , THE LIVING : (ANDERSSON) (2007)
13.) ANOTHER ROUND : (VINTERBERG) (2020)
14.) DAY OF WRATH : (DREYER) (1943)
15.) BREAKING THE WAVES : (VON TRIER) (1996)
16.) AFTER THE WEDDING : (BIER) (2006)
17.) SARABAND : (BERGMAN) (2003)
18.) TORMENT (FRENZY) : (SJOBERG) (1944)
19.) THE SQUARE : (OSTLUND) (2017)
20.) BABETTE’S FEAST : (AXEL) (1987)
Your knowledge and appreciation of Scandinavian cinema is well documented here my great Kendal friend, and as always your input is vital! I do personally share a good number on my own list, and of course you give worthy attention to some of the region’s most celebrated directors! Many thanks Marco!!!
Here are my 20 in alphabetical order, I tried to restrict the number of Bergmans !
Day of Wrath (Dreyer)
Ditte Child of Man (Bjarne Henning-Jensen)
Edvard Munch (Peter Watkins)
Eight Deadly Shots (Mikko Niskanen)
The Emigrants + The New Land (Jan Troell)
Festen (Thomas Vinterberg)
Girl with Hyacinths (Hasse Ekman)
Hunger (Henning Carlsen)
The Kingdom (Lars von Trier)
Oslo, 31 August 2001 (Joachim Trier)
Pelle the Conqueror (Bille August)
Persona (Bergman)
The Phantom Carriage (Sjostrom)
Saga of Gosta Berling (Stiller)
Scenes from a Marriage – TV version (Bergman)
The Seventh Seal (Bergman)
Songs from the Second Floor (Roy Andersson)
Torment (Sjoberg)
The White Reindeer (Erik Blomberg)
Wild Strawberries (Bergman)
James my very good friend, it is never easy when considering this region to hold down the number of Bergmans, I do well know. He is my personal favorite film director of all-time. I share ten (10) of your own choices on my own list, which is more than any other person. 🙂 Thank you as always, and trust all is well with you.
In order:
1 Day of Wrath (Dreyer)
2 Fanny and Alexander (Bergman)
3 The Phantom Carriage (Sjostrom)
4 Wild Strawberries (Bergman)
5 The Emigrants/The New Land (Troell)
6 The Pathfinder (Gaup)
7 Edvard Munch (Watkins)
8. A Swedish Love Story (Andersson)
9. Breaking the Waves (Von Trier)
10 The Magic Flute (Bergman)
11 Cries and Whispers (Bergman)
12 Ordet (Dreyer)
13 Dancer in the Dark (Von Trier)
14 The Celebration (Vinterberg)
15. Persona (Bergman)
16. The Seventh Seal (Bergman)
17. Miss Julie (Sjoberg)
18. Let the Right One In (Alfredson)
19 Pelle the Conqueror (August)
20 My Life as a Dog (Hallstrom)
Storm, my friend, thanks again for another splendid and diverse listing. I share so many favorites with you here!
Here is my list of favorites:
1. Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966, Sweden)
2. The Emigrants/The New Land (Jan Troell, 1971/1972, Sweden)
3. The Phantom Carriage (Victor Sjöstrom, 1922, Sweden)
4. Hope (Maria Sødahl, 2019, Norway)
5. The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman, 1957, Sweden)
6. Melancholia (Lars von Trier, 2011, Denmark)
7. Songs from the Second Floor (Roy Andersson, 2000, Sweden)
8. Force Majeure (Ruben Östlund, 2014, Sweden)
9. The Match Factory Girl (Aki Kaurismäki, 1990, Finland)
10. Insomnia (Erik Skjoldbjærg, 1997, Norway)
11. Häxan (Benjamin Christensen, 1922, Sweden)
12. Summer with Monika (Ingmar Bergman, 1953, Sweden)
13. Babette’s Feast (Gabriel Axel, 1987, Denmark)
14. Woman at War (Benedikt Erlingsson, 2018, Iceland)
15. The Five Obstructions (Jørgen Leth and Lars von Trier, 2003, Denmark)
16. The Black Power Mix-Tape, 1967–1975 (Göran Olsson, 2011, Sweden)
17. Trollhunter (André Øvredal, 2010, Norway)
18. Kitchen Stories (Bent Hamer, 2003, Norway)
19. The County (Grímur Hákonarson, 2019, Iceland)
20. Searching for Sugar Man (Malik Bendjelloul, Sweden, 2012)
Thanks once again, Marilyn, for bringing a region’s cinema into acute focus with diversity in era, style and of course comprehensive country representation! It seems we are in glorious accord with that pole position Bergman choice and your Number 2, which for me would be the default choice if someone held the proverbial gun to my head. Love seeing the mention of “Summer with Monika.” There are two films on your list I am sorry and embarrassed to say I have not yet seen (your number 4 and your number 19. On another matter, Lucille and I will FINALLY be seeing “Drive My Car” later today in a scenic spot along the boardwalk in Asbury park, New Jersey, where a small arthouse multiplex stands. Wishing you a great weekend!
It’s an idiosyncratic list, for sure, but I went with favorites as opposed to conventional wisdom. And I’m really glad you’re going to see DRIVE MY CAR. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it.
Hi Sam,
Here is my list ranked roughly in order:
1. The Seventh Seal (1957, Sweden, Ingmar Bergman)
2. The Emigrants / The New Land (1971/1972, Sweden, Jan Troell)
3. Babette’s Feast (1987, Denmark, Gabriel Axel)
4. Ordet (1955, Denmark, Carl Theodor Dryer)
5. The Phantom Carriage (1921, Sweden, Victor Sjöström)
6. Wild Strawberries (1957, Sweden, Ingmar Bergman)
7. The Celebration (1998, Denmark, Thomas Vinterberg)
8. Songs from the Second Floor (2000, Sweden, Roy Andersson)
9. A Winter Light (1963, Sweden, Ingmar Bergman)
10. Dancer in the Dark (2000, Denmark, Lars von Trier)
11. The Man Without a Past (2002, Finland co-production, Aki Kaurismäki)
12. Shame (1968, Sweden, Ingmar Bergman)
13. Scenes from a Marriage (1973, Sweden, Ingmar Bergman)
14. Breaking the Waves (1996, Denmark, Lars von Trier)
15. Pusher (1996, Denmark, Nicolas Winding Refn)
16. Children / Parents (2006/2007, Iceland, Ragnar Bragason)
17. Show Me Love (1998, Sweden, Lukas Moodysson)
18. Force Majeure (2014, Sweden, Ruben Östlund)
19. Pelle the Conqueror (1987, Denmark/Sweden, Bille August)
20. Steam of Life (2010, Finland, Joonas Berghäll/Mika Hotakainen)
Sachin, my esteemed friend and international film expert, once again your bring scope and comprehensiveness to a polling endeavor. I do share eight (8) of your choices, but all the others were basically in the running with the sole exception of your Number 20, a film I have yet to watch. I do absolutely love your Number 18, and regret not including it. Your Top choices are by my reckoning supreme masterpieces! And Bergman absolutely deserves the special treatment you have afforded him here!
Ordered:
1) The Seventh Seal
2) Persona
3) Day of Wrath
4) Pelle the Conqueror
5) Breaking the Waves
6) Show Me Love
7) The Celebration
8) Patrick 1.5
9) The Phantom Carriage
10) Wild Strawberries
11) Sawdust and Tinsel
12) Shame
13) The Pathfinder
14) The Emigrants – The New Land
15) Face to Face
16) Ordet
17) Dancer in the Dark
18) A Swedish Love Story
19) Babette’s Feast
20) Woman at War
An absolutely splendid and diverse list here Ricky, my longtime friend and cherished site regular! I dare say there are 10 or 11 of your choices I agree with, so you are right there with James on that front!
In order of preference:
1 Persona (Sweden)
2 Wild Strawberries (Sweden)
3 Nine Lives (Norway)
4 Fanny and Alexander (Sweden)
5 Raven’s End (Sweden)
6 Lake of the Dead (Norway)
7 Cries and Whispers (Sweden)
8 The Unknown Soldier (1955, Sweden)
9 Day of Wrath (Denmark)
10 The Celebration (Sweden)
11 The Emigrants – The New Land (Sweden)
12 The Seventh Seal (Sweden)
13 A Swedish Love Story (Sweden)
14 The Match Factory Girl (Finland)
15 Melancholia (Denmark)
16 The Pathfinder (Norway)
17 Sir Arne’s Treasure (Sweden)
18 Ordet (Denmark)
19 Pelle the Conqueror (Denmark)
20 I Am Curious Yellow (Sweden)
Alphabetical:
Another Round (Vinterberg)
Breaking the Waves (Von Trier)
The Celebration (Vinterberg)
Cries and Whispers (Bergman)
Day of Wrath (Dreyer)
Edvard Munch (Watkins)
The Emigrants/The New Land (Troell)
Fanny and Alexander (Bergman)
Force Majeure (Ostlund)
Haxan (Christiansen)
Intermezzo (Molander)
The Match Factory Girl (Kaurismaki)
Ordet (Dreyer)
Oslo, August 31st (Trier)
Persona (Bergman)
The Phantom Carriage (Sjostrom)
Sawdust and Tinsel (Bergman)
The Seventh Seal (Bergman)
Wild Strawberries (Bergman)
The Worst Person in the World (Trier)