Artists often speak of themselves in their artistic creations. Their creative effort may be used to overcome and resolve inner conflict. Such was the case with Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries, the work of a great cinematographer. Unlike many of his films, this film ends with a subtle but clearly “happy ending”. It describes the process of transformation in the portrait of a man during a voyage that took place under special conditions on a single day at a moment of great importance in his life. The intent of this paper is to illustrate the potential for important character change in the context of crisis that takes place in a facilitating environment as revealed in the film. In this regard it offers a model for understanding the dynamic ingredients of personality change during crisis in a work of art and in its creator. I will document how the film represents an effort by Bergman to unconsciously master and resolve conflict with his parents, particularly with his rigid and controlling father, this especially intense at the time he made this film. Years later as he reviewed the film in the context of the new crisis, he was able to recognize e the attempt at resolution though he had not been aware of it at the time he made the film.