Shame
(1968)
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Shame
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| Liv Ullmann | ... |
Eva Rosenberg
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| Max von Sydow | ... |
Jan Rosenberg
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Sigge Fürst | ... |
Filip
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| Gunnar Björnstrand | ... |
Col. Jacobi
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Birgitta Valberg | ... |
Mrs. Jacobi
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Hans Alfredson | ... |
Lobelius
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Ingvar Kjellson | ... |
Oswald
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Frank Sundström | ... |
Chief interrogator
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Ulf Johansson | ... |
The doctor
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Vilgot Sjöman | ... |
The interviewer
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Bengt Eklund | ... |
Guard
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Gösta Prüzelius | ... |
The vicar
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Willy Peters | ... |
Elder officer
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Barbro Hiort af Ornäs | ... |
Woman in the boat
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Agda Helin | ... |
Merchant's wife
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During civil war, two musicians retreat to a rural island to farm. They are apolitical; a neighbor sometimes gives them a fish; wine is a luxury. They love each other, but there are problems: the war upsets Jan, he is weepy, too sensitive; Eva wants children, he does not. The war suddenly arrives: rebels attack, neighbors die. When the other side restores order, Jan and Eva are arrested as collaborators. After frightening and roughing them up, the local colonel releases them; then he begins appearing at their farmhouse: to talk or to pursue Eva? He gives her money. The rebels return; chaos ensues. Jan becomes violent and murderous; they flee. Can they escape? If so, to what? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
"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.