FACTBOX: Films of Ingmar Bergman

(Reuters) - Swedish director Ingmar Bergman died on Monday. Bergman, who had just turned 89, was famous for films which gave Sweden a reputation for melancholy.

Bergman made his debut in film in 1944 as a screenwriter to the Alf Sjberg film "Frenzy". Bergman's first film, the 1946 "Crisis", was panned by the critics and was a box office fiasco.

His first international success was "Smiles of the Summer Night" made in 1955.

Here is a short listing of some of his major films:

* "The Seventh Seal" (1956) - won prizes at the Cannes Film Festival. It explored the individual's relationship with God and the idea of Death. In the story, set in the 14th century, a knight challenges Death to a game of chess.

* "Wild Strawberries" (1957) - was considered a landmark film in Bergman's career. It dealt with the subject of man's isolation, and like in several films, Bergman used a journey as a plot structure.

* "The Virgin Spring" (1960) and "Through a Glass Darkly" (1961) both of which won Bergman Oscars.

* "Persona" (1966) - about an actress who has cut herself off from the world.

* "Cries and Whispers" (1973) - about a dying woman tended by her two sisters and a servant.