Actor Stellan Skarsgard calls legendary director a ‘Nazi’

• Stellan Skarsgård claimed that the late director Ingmar Bergman was "the only person I know who cried when Hitler died."
• Skarsgård, who worked with Bergman in Swedish theatre and television, described him as manipulative and "not a very nice guy."
• Despite Bergman's personal character, Skarsgård argued that it is possible to separate the greatness of his work from his Nazi beliefs.
• Bergman admitted in later life to holding Nazi beliefs during the war, influenced by seeing Hitler speak during a 1936 exchange trip to Germany.
• The director stated he disavowed these beliefs after learning about the realities of the Holocaust and seeing images of concentration camps.

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Stellan Skarsgard says ‘Nazi’ Ingmar Bergman ‘cried when Hitler died’