While vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.While vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.While vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.
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- 2 wins
Agda Helin
- von Merken's Maid
- (uncredited)
Lenn Hjortzberg
- Kreisler
- (uncredited)
Mikael Rundquist
- Boy in Dream
- (uncredited)
Folke Sundquist
- Tamino
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaIngmar Bergman originally penned the script in 1964 under the title "The Cannibals". A serious bout of pneumonia led him to reconsider the project whilst lying in hospital; he deemed it to be potentially too expensive in concept and execution. Bergman revised the script idea into a more low budget piece to accompany Persona (1966).
- Quotes
Baron von Merkens: Now you are yourself, but not yourself; an ideal state for a meeting between lovers.
- Alternate versionsThere exists an earlier version of the film with an additional, meta-cinematic framing device. In the prologue (lasting about 7 minutes), Bergman is seen on the set directing his actors. The epilogue (lasting about 1 minute) shows us the set being torn down and the crew leaving. These sequences are the only differences to the commonly seen version. Bergman has stated in an interview that he cut off these sequences himself before the general release of the film, as he came to the conclusion that they were just "self-deception". Despite this, a Swedish 35 mm print of the original, longer version does exist, although it's not available on home video in any format.
- ConnectionsEdited into 365 Days, also Known as a Year (2019)
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The Madness Process of a Disturbed Artist
The painter Johan Borg (Max von Sydow) and his wife Alma Borg (Liv Ullmann) have been married for seven years and are living in an island. Johan is haunted by nightmares of his past. Through his notes in his diary, his wife realizes his madness process. In the end, after living with him for such a long period, she questions her sanity and what is real.
This impressive and disturbing movie about the lost of sanity by a tormented artist is another magnificent work of Ingmar Bergman, again with his favorite actor (Max von Sydow) and actress (Liv Ullmann). A very Gothic and dark horror movie, it is a frightening view of the mind of a mad person. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): 'A Hora do Lobo' ('The Hour of the Wolf')
This impressive and disturbing movie about the lost of sanity by a tormented artist is another magnificent work of Ingmar Bergman, again with his favorite actor (Max von Sydow) and actress (Liv Ullmann). A very Gothic and dark horror movie, it is a frightening view of the mind of a mad person. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): 'A Hora do Lobo' ('The Hour of the Wolf')
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- Aug 1, 2004
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- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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