Through intimate conversations and personal encounters, legendary filmmaker Ingmar Bergman revealed a profound, previously undocumented fascination with Judaism and Jewish theology. Drawing upon two direct meetings and insights from actor Erland Josephson, whose father led Stockholm's Jewish community, Chief Rabbi Emeritus Morton H. Narrowe illuminates an unexplored dimension of Bergman's intellectual life. The research challenges long-standing assumptions about Bergman's alleged anti-Semitism and his family's supposed Nazi sympathies mentioned in "Laterna Magica," presenting contradictory evidence through autobiographical narrative and first-hand accounts. Analysis of Bergman's limited portrayal of Jewish characters, particularly Isaac in "Fanny and Alexander," is supplemented by detailed records of discussions between Bergman and Narrowe about Jewish eschatology and the afterlife. Their collaboration on George Tabori's "Goldberg Variations" at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, coupled with Bergman's remarkable request to become an "honorary Jew," reveals a complex relationship with Jewish identity that significantly revises scholarly understanding of the director's religious and cultural perspectives.