''Mr. Sleeman Is Coming'' ( sv, Herr Sleeman kommer) is a 1917 one-act play by the Swedish author

Hjalmar Bergman Hjalmar Fredrik Elgérus Bergman (19 September 1883 in Örebro, Sweden – 1 January 1931 in Berlin, Germany) was a Swedish writer and playwright. Biography The son of a banker in Örebro, Bergman briefly studied philosophy at Uppsala Un ...

. 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 Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

television. In 1957,

Ingmar Bergman Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film director, screenwriter, Film producer, producer and playwright. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time, his films are known ...

directed the first TV adaptation.

Cast

* Bibi Andersson as Anne-Marie * Jullan Kindahl as Mrs. Mina * Yngve Nordwall as Mr. Sleeman * Max von Sydow as The hunter * Naima Wifstrand as Mrs. Gina

References

External links

* 1957 films 1950s Swedish-language films 1957 drama films Swedish black-and-white films Swedish television films Films directed by Ingmar Bergman 1950s Swedish films {{1950s-Sweden-film-stub