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Writer:
Ingmar Bergman (writer)
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Release Date:
23 December 1968 (USA) more
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Ingmar Bergman's psychological study of how humans react in a situation of war. The film takes place on Gotland, where invasion forces arrives. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 8 wins more
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Cast

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Liv Ullmann ... Eva Rosenberg

Max von Sydow ... Jan Rosenberg
Sigge Fürst ... Filip
Gunnar Björnstrand ... Col. Jacobi
Birgitta Valberg ... Mrs. Jacobi
Hans Alfredson ... Lobelius
Ingvar Kjellson ... Oswald
Frank Sundström ... Chief interrogator
Ulf Johansson ... The doctor
Vilgot Sjöman ... The interviewer
Bengt Eklund ... Guard
Gösta Prüzelius ... The vicar
Willy Peters ... Elder officer
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs ... Woman in the boat
Agda Helin ... Merchant's wife
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Shame (USA)
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Runtime:
103 min
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Certification:
Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:12 (video rating) (2004) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:R
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Fun Stuff

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Continuity: Eva is not wearing any socks when Jacobi arrives but several times during his visit she can be seen wearing a couple of black socks and no socks at all again. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in En passion (1969) more

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Beautiful and ugly, 17 July 2005
Author: (futures@exis.net) from Ronn Ives/FUTURES Antiques, Norfolk, VA.

"Shame" ("Skammen") (Swedish, 1968): Definitely one of Ingmar Bergman's masterworks, with cinematography by Sven Nyquist (who did most of Bergman's, and some of Woody Allen's films). "Shame" is less symbolic than some of Bergman's works, and, an intense, psychological study of a married couple, Jan and Eva, (Max von Sydow & Liv Ullmann) who have their personal problems like anyone else, but suddenly find their otherwise quiet Swedish island life completely upset by a civil war. Faced with increasing losses and degradations, we watch them struggle not only against circumstances, but their own psyches. The number of "shames" depicted is huge. This story may have influenced Lina Wertmuller's film "Swept Away". Just a guess. "Shame" is an ULTIMATE in gorgeous b/w photography, and ugly psychological horror.

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