THE TOUCH - DUAL FORMAT EDITION

Product Description

The Touch (DVD + Blu-ray)
Directed by Ingmar Bergman

Unavailable for decades, the BFI is proud to present Ingmar Bergman's The Touch for its first Blu-ray release anywhere in the world.

Happily married mother Karin (Bibi Andersson, Persona) surprises herself by responding in kind to a sudden profession of love from David (Elliott Gould, Mash), an archaeologist visiting Sweden, whom her doctor husband (Max von Sydow) has befriended. But however exhilarating, love is seldom simple and deceit - and David's volatile temperament - take their toll.

Bergman's first film made with an established Hollywood star was originally released in an entirely English-language version, this presentation of The Touch is a restoration by the Swedish Film Institute from the original negative of Bergman's preferred Swedish-English cut.

Special features

• Presented in High Definition and Standard Definition
• Ingmar Bergman (1971, 53mins): on-set documentary on the making of The Touch
• In Conversation with Liv Ullman (2018, 60 mins): the actress interviewed on stage by Geoff Andrew at BFI Southbank
• Sheila Reid: The Touch (2018, 21 mins) the only British actress to appear in a Bergman film recalls working on The Touch
• Fully illustrated booklet with new writing by Geoff Andrew and Vic Pratt, and full film credits

Sweden, USA | 1971 | colour | 113 minutes | English and Swedish languages, with English subtitles | original aspect ratio 1.85:1 | Cert 15 (sexualised nudity, infrequent very strong language) | BD50: 1080p, 24fps, 2.0 PCM mono audio (48kHz/24-bit), region B | DVD9: PAL, 25fps, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio (320kbps), region 2

Review

'Bergman's forgotten masterpiece' --Senses of Cinema

'Very rare and very beautiful' --Richard Brody, New Yorker