Say anything you want against The Seventh Seal. My fear of death — this infantile fixation of mine — was, at that moment, overwhelming. I felt myself in contact with death day and night, and my fear was tremendous. When I finished the picture, my fear went away. I have the feeling simply of having painted a canvas in an enormous hurry — with enormous pretension but without any arrogance. I said, 'Here is a painting; take it, please.

During the next ten years he wrote and directed more than a dozen films including The Devil's Wanton/Prison (Fängelse) in 1949 and The Naked Night/Sawdust and Tinsel (Gycklarnas afton) and Summer with Monika (Sommaren med Monika) both from 1953. 11 November 1971 – 20 May 1995 to Ingrid von Rosen (maiden name Karlebo) (widowed).

Bergman was active for more than six decades. He also directed over one hundred and seventy plays. His major subjects were death illness faith betrayal bleakness and insanity.