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Why did Ingmar Bergman’s film career pause in 1951?

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Ingmar Bergman’s film career did not pause in 1951 due to personal or professional choice; rather, it came to an abrupt halt because of a major economic crisis in Sweden that affected nearly the entire Swedish film industry at that time.1

Bergman resumed his filmmaking career in 1952 with the release of Kvinnors väntan (Waiting Women, or Secrets of Women).1