Swedish director Ingmar Bergman achieved lasting fame with his dark films portraying themes of religious and psychological doubt, alienation and isolation. His 40 movies are considered the work of a distinguished master. They include The Seventh Seal (1957) and the trilogy of Through a Glass Darkly, Winter Light and The Silence (1961 - 63). Bibliography: Bergman, Ingmar ; translated from the Swedish by Marianne Ruuth. Images: My Life in film. New York : Arcade Pub. : Distributed by Little, Brown, c1994. Steene, Brigitta. Ingmar Bergman: A Guide To References and Resources. Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, 1987. Livingston, Paisley. Ingmar Bergman and the Rituals of Art. Ithaca,Cornell University Press, 1982.