The Dove

5.919680h 15mReleased

Comedy

Overview

De Düva is a 1968 Oscar-nominated American short film that parodies the films of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, including Wild Strawberries and The Seventh Seal. The film borrows heavily from the plot lines of some of Bergman's most famous films. The dialogue, seemingly in Swedish, is actually a Swedish-accented fictional language based on English, German, Latin, and Swedish, with most nouns ending in "ska." The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

StatusReleased

Release Date1968-12-31

Runtime0h 15m

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

Keywords

parody

ingmar bergman

Cast & Crew

David Zirlin

as Chauffeur

George Coe

as Viktor

Pamela Burrell

as Inga

Peter Turgeon

as Uncle Anders

Madeline Kahn

as Sigfried

Tom Stone

as Gustav

Stan Rubinstein

as Olin

Sidney Davis

as Death

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Dec 20, 2025

7/10

I wonder if Ingmar Bergman ever saw this? I think he might have enjoyed it’s quite flattering homage to a couple of his better known features - all set to a charming “Swenglish” dialogue that just putssk ask onsk everythingsk and is then delivered in a thick Swedish accent. Most of us would probably agree we think best on the toilet, without or wit…

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