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One of the most interesting narratives in the film is Bergman's public transformation. She famously described her life as going from "". Review: INGRID BERGMAN: IN HER OWN WORDS

In 1949, Bergman committed the unforgivable sin of 20th-century celebrity: she left her husband, Dr. Petter Lindström, and her daughter, Pia, to run off with Italian director Roberto Rossellini. She was pregnant out of wedlock.

After conquering Swedish and German cinema, Bergman received a telegram from Hollywood. She writes in her diary:

The documentary was born from a chance meeting between Stig Björkman and Ingrid’s daughter, Isabella Rossellini, who suggested making a film about her mother. Unlike many stars of her era who guarded their privacy, Bergman was an avid chronicler of her own life. She kept a "treasure trove" of archival materials, including Super 8 and 16 mm footage she shot herself. 'Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words' Review - WSJ Ingrid Bergman- In Her Own Words

That stubbornness—the refusal to be molded—is the through line of her life. When she arrived in California, the studio system tried to break her. Louis B. Mayer called her "fat" and "too tall." In a letter to her German director, Gustaf Molander, Bergman wrote:

“If I win, I want to say: ‘Forgive me for being human.’ But I won’t say that. Because I have nothing to be forgiven for. So I will say nothing. I will just cry and thank the Academy. Let them guess what I am thinking.”

The 2015 documentary (originally titled Jag är Ingrid ) offers a rare, intimate look at one of cinema's most radiant and controversial icons. Directed by Stig Björkman, the film bypasses the standard "greatest hits" montage of Hollywood retrospectives, choosing instead to let Bergman tell her own story through her personal diaries, letters, and extensive home movie collection. A Life Captured on Film One of the most interesting narratives in the

. Rather than a standard career retrospective, the film uses Bergman’s own extensive personal archives—including letters, diary entries, and rare Super 8 home movies —to reveal the woman behind the Hollywood legend. Key Documentary Features

“The doctor says I am brave. I am not brave. I am simply unwilling to live a lie. I would rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not.”

Watch Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words (2015) starring Alicia Vikander as the voice of Bergman’s diaries. Pair it with her films Autumn Sonata (1978) for her most mature performance, and Casablanca (1942) for the mask the world fell in love with. Petter Lindström, and her daughter, Pia, to run

“June 12th, 1975. London. The morphine makes the lines blurry. I read my diary from 1942. That girl had so much energy. She was terrified of everything, but she did it anyway. I want to be her again. But my body is a traitor now.”

“They are building a cage for me. Golden bars, but bars nonetheless. They want me to be a ‘love goddess.’ I am not a goddess. I am a working actress. I want to play ugly women. I want to play farmers. I want to play thieves. They just want me to cry prettily into a man’s shoulder.”

“They want me to screen test. They say I have the wrong name, the wrong height, the wrong eyebrows. They want me to pluck them. I wrote back: ‘No. I would rather go back to the Royal Dramatic Theatre than change my face.’”