BFI: New 2K Restoration of Ingmar Bergman's The Touch Detailed for Blu-ray

The British Film Institute has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Ingmar Bergman's film The Touch (1971), starring Elliott Gould, Bibi Andersson, Max von Sydow, and Sheila Reid. The release will be available for purchase on April 23.

Synopsis: Happily married mother Karin (Bibi Andersson, Persona) surprises herself by responding in kind to a sudden profession of love from David (Elliott Gould, M.A.S.H), an archaeologist visiting Sweden, whom her doctor husband (Max von Sydow) has befriended. But however exhilarating, love is seldom simple and deceit – and David's volatile temperament – take their toll.

Originally released in a fully English language version, this presentation of The Touch is a new 2K restoration by the Swedish Film Institute from the original negatives of Bergman's preferred Swedish/English cut.

Special Features:

• Ingmar Bergman (1971, 53mins): on-set documentary on the making of The Touch
• In Conversation with Liv Ullman (2018, 60 mins): the actress interviewed on stage by Geoff Andrew at BFI Southbank
• Sheila Reid: The Touch (2018, 21 mins) the only British actress to appear in a Bergman film recalls working on The Touch
• Fully illustrated booklet with new writing by Geoff Andrew and Vic Pratt, and full film credits