Editing Ingmar Bergman (section)

===Aftermath following arrest===
Bergman then briefly considered the possibility of working in America; his next film, ''[[The Serpent's Egg (film)|The Serpent's Egg]]'' (1977) was a West German-U.S. production and his second English-language film (the first being ''[[The Touch (1971 film)|The Touch]]'', 1971). This was followed by a British-Norwegian co-production, ''[[Autumn Sonata]]'' (''Höstsonaten'', 1978) starring [[Ingrid Bergman]] (no relation) and [[Liv Ullmann]], and ''[[From the Life of the Marionettes]]'' (''Aus dem Leben der Marionetten'', 1980) which was a British-West German co-production.

He temporarily returned to his homeland to direct ''[[Fanny and Alexander]]'' (''Fanny och Alexander'', 1982). Bergman stated that the film would be his last, and that afterwards he would focus on directing theatre. After that he wrote several film scripts and directed a number of television specials. As with previous work for television, some of these productions were later theatrically released. The last such work was ''[[Saraband]]'' (2003), a sequel to ''Scenes from a Marriage'' and directed by Bergman when he was 84 years old.

Although he continued to operate from Munich, by mid-1978 Bergman had overcome some of his bitterness toward the Swedish government. In July of that year he visited Sweden, celebrating his sixtieth birthday on the island of Fårö, and partly resumed his work as a director at Royal Dramatic Theatre. To honour his return, the [[Swedish Film Institute]] launched a new [[Ingmar Bergman Award|Ingmar Bergman Prize]] to be awarded annually for excellence in filmmaking.<ref>Ephraim Katz, ''The Film Encyclopedia'', New York: HarperCollins, 5th ed., 1998.</ref> Still, he remained in Munich until 1984. In one of the last major interviews with Bergman, conducted in 2005 on the island of [[Fårö]], Bergman said that despite being active during the exile, he had effectively lost eight years of his professional life.<ref>{{citation|title=Ingmar Bergman: Samtal på Fårö|trans-title=Ingmar Bergman: Talks on Fårö|publisher=[[Sveriges Radio]]|date=28 March 2005|language=sv}}</ref>