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Grouchy, stubborn, and egotistical Professor Isak Borg is a widowed 78-year-old physician who specialized in bacteriology. Before specializing, he served as a general practitioner in rural Sweden.
Jun 11, 2013 · Isak Borg, the protagonist, and Ingmar Bergman, the director, share the same initials, but they are not otherwise linked in obviously discoverable ways—indeed, it is strange to learn, given how memorably the aged actor stamps the part as his own, that the role of Isak was not even written with Sjöström in mind.
Aug 2, 2016 · During a road trip from Stockholm to Lund, 78-year-old physician Professor Isak Borg reminisces about his past life through nightmares, memories and lucid dreams and finds out that most of it has been pointless subject to his inability to truly love and care for others.
Wild Strawberries. Traveling to accept an honorary degree, Professor Isak Borg—masterfully played by the veteran filmmaker and actor Victor Sjöström—is forced to face his past, come to terms with his faults, and make peace with the inevitability of his approaching death.
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Isak Borg. Writer: Algorithm: BLISS. Borg was born on a humble farm in Sweden in 1964. After an accident left him orphaned, he was adopted by Texas cattle ranchers who found him on the streets of Stockholm.
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Opening with a starkly symbolic dream sequence, the film follows Professor Isak Borg as he journeys by car in the company of his daughter-in-law Marianne (Ingrid Thulin) to collect an award from his former university.
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Dec 13, 2002 · Professor Isak Borg (played by silent cinema actor/director Victor Sjöström) is a 78-year-old widower. He embarks on a car journey from Stockholm to Lund, where he is to receive a honorary ...
