Yvonne, Princess of Burgundy (Prinzessin von Burgund)
Not until this, his fifth production in Munich, did Bergman manage to woo the German critics.
'A chilling, comical interpretation of human vanity in its most bitter form...'Dietmar N Schmidt, Frankfurter Rundschau
Reviews and comments
Through his previous Munich productions, Bergman had established himself as a psychological stage realist. It was a professional persona considered a bit conventional; in the words of Gerhard Pörtl, 'the man from Sweden has not seemed eccentric enough'. Bergman's staging of Yvonne...was however more of 'a bravura staging'; in fact, several critics termed the Gombrowiez production Bergman's best work in Munich, with excellent instruction of the actors.
Sources
- The Ingmar Bergman Archives.
- Birgitta Steene, Ingmar Bergman: A Reference Guide, (Amsterdam University Press, 2005).
Collaborators
- Andrea-Maria Wildner, Yvonne
- Klaus Guth, King Ignacy
- Gaby Dohm, Queen Margareta
- Robert Atzorn, Prince Filip
- Hans Zander
- Rita Russek, Iza
- Erich Hallhuber, Cyril
- Ingmar Bergman, Director
- Heino Hallhuber, Choreography
- Johannes Kaetzler, Assistant director
- Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss, Designer
- Heidi Scherer, Prompter
- Heinrich Kunstmann, Translation
- Reinhard Hempelt , Stage manager
- Rudolf G. Knabl, Music
- Witold Gombrowicz, Author