---
title: 'The Touch (1971)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ingmar Bergman'
released: '1971-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 115
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Sweden'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-touch-1971'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066826/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Touch (1971)

1971 · 115 min · Drama · Sweden, United States

Original title: Beröringen

## Synopsis

The Touch is a 1971 romantic drama film directed and written by Ingmar Bergman and starring Max von Sydow, Bibi Andersson, Elliott Gould, and Sheila Reid. The film tells the story of an affair between a married woman and an impetuous foreigner. It contains references to the Virgin Mary and the Holocaust.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ingmar Bergman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ingmar-bergman)
- **Screenplay:** [Ingmar Bergman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ingmar-bergman)
- **Producer:** [Ingmar Bergman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ingmar-bergman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Carl Michael Bellman](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-michael-bellman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sven Nykvist](https://cinepixo.com/people/sven-nykvist)

## Cast

- [Aino Taube](https://cinepixo.com/people/aino-taube)
- [Elsa Ebbesen](https://cinepixo.com/people/elsa-ebbesen)
- [Sheila Reid](https://cinepixo.com/people/sheila-reid)
- [Max von Sydow](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-von-sydow)
- [Barbro Hiort af Ornäs](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbro-hiort-af-ornas)
- [Elliott Gould](https://cinepixo.com/people/elliott-gould)
- [Per Sjöstrand](https://cinepixo.com/people/per-sjostrand)
- [Bibi Andersson](https://cinepixo.com/people/bibi-andersson)

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