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Shame

Original title: Skammen
  • 19681968
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  • 1h 43m
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Shame (1968)
Drama
In the midst of a civil war, former violinists Jan and Eva Rosenberg, who have a tempestuous marriage, run a farm on a rural island. In spite of their best efforts to escape their homeland, ... Read allIn the midst of a civil war, former violinists Jan and Eva Rosenberg, who have a tempestuous marriage, run a farm on a rural island. In spite of their best efforts to escape their homeland, the war impinges on every aspect of their lives.In the midst of a civil war, former violinists Jan and Eva Rosenberg, who have a tempestuous marriage, run a farm on a rural island. In spite of their best efforts to escape their homeland, the war impinges on every aspect of their lives.
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
14K
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    • Director
      • Ingmar Bergman
    • Writer
      • Ingmar Bergman
    • Stars
      • Liv Ullmann
      • Max von Sydow
      • Sigge Fürst
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Ingmar Bergman
    • Writer
      • Ingmar Bergman
    • Stars
      • Liv Ullmann
      • Max von Sydow
      • Sigge Fürst
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    • 69User reviews
    • 43Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 10 wins & 5 nominations

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    Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann in Shame (1968)
    Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann in Shame (1968)
    Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, and Liv Ullmann in Shame (1968)
    Shame (1968)
    Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann in Shame (1968)
    Max von Sydow in Shame (1968)
    Max von Sydow in Shame (1968)
    Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann in Shame (1968)
    Liv Ullmann in Shame (1968)
    Liv Ullmann in Shame (1968)
    Liv Ullmann in Shame (1968)

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    Liv Ullmann
    Liv Ullmann
    • Eva Rosenberg
    Max von Sydow
    Max von Sydow
    • Jan Rosenberg, Evas man
    Sigge Fürst
    Sigge Fürst
    • Filip, gerillaledare
    Gunnar Björnstrand
    Gunnar Björnstrand
    • överste Jacobi, borgmästare
    Birgitta Valberg
    Birgitta Valberg
    • fru Jacobi
    Hans Alfredson
    Hans Alfredson
    • Fredrik Lobelius, antikhandlare
    Ingvar Kjellson
    Ingvar Kjellson
    • Oswald, lärare i förhörslokalen
    Frank Sundström
    Frank Sundström
    • Förhörsledaren
    Ulf Johansson
    Ulf Johansson
    • Läkaren i förhörslokalen
    Vilgot Sjöman
    Vilgot Sjöman
    • Tv-intervjuaren
    Bengt Eklund
    Bengt Eklund
    • vakten på Jacobis expedition
    Gösta Prüzelius
    Gösta Prüzelius
    • Kyrkoherden i förhörslokalen
    Willy Peters
    Willy Peters
    • En äldre officer
    Barbro Hiort af Ornäs
    Barbro Hiort af Ornäs
    • Kvinna i flyktingbåten
    Agda Helin
    Agda Helin
    • Handlarfrun
    Ellika Mann
    • En kvinnlig fångvaktare i förhörslokalen
    Rune Lindström
    Rune Lindström
    • Den tjocke herrn
    Axel Düberg
    Axel Düberg
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    • Director
      • Ingmar Bergman
    • Writer
      • Ingmar Bergman
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    • Trivia
      Although generally regarded as one of Ingmar Bergman's finest films, the director himself was largely unhappy with the film. In his book "Images: My Life in Film", Bergman wrote that he felt the script was uneven, resulting in a poor first half.
    • Goofs
      Considering the bomb explosions near the house and the greenhouse, it is odd that some many glass windows are still present later.
    • Quotes

      Eva Rosenberg: Sometimes everything seems just like a dream. It's not my dream, it's somebody else's. But I have to participate in it. How do you think someone who dreams about us would feel when he wakes up. Feeling ashamed?

    • Connections
      Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Le contrôle de l'univers (1999)

    User reviews69

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    Top review
    9/10
    Bergman's only "sci-fi"
    'Shame' as it is best known world wide, is probably most underrated Bergman movie at the moment. Or perhaps little seen is more correct term, as most people who have seen it consider 'Shame' to be among the Bergman's bests. And the film is too great for such unnoticed film.

    Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow star as wife and husband getting caught in the horrors of war. Although the war is shown mostly without epic battle scenes, rather shown just by soldiers marching by and fighter jets flying over, the sound of imminent doom is in every frame. 'Shame' is wonderful character study and what war does to a peoples' psychology. Max von Sydow's Jan is intelligent, but somewhat cowardly man. Some can even call him weak, while Liv Ullmann's Eva is strong and independent woman, who really cares about her husband. The character descriptions seem simple at first - strong wife, weak husband - but there's much more hidden in these people. Although Jan is not your typical macho guy, his intelligence compensate lot of his cowardice. And Eva, although strong woman, is still in need of some support from her husband. While the war comes closer and closer we see their relationship starting to fall apart, and then getting stronger again, until they get right into the middle of war horrors, with both sides riding over their farm. They both grow cold and stay together just for habit. Jan becomes cruel and violent, while Eva becomes not exactly submissive, but rather distant.

    Bergman has stated his dissatisfaction with the film in several occasions, and never considered it his best work, but 'Shame' is must see film.
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    • Release date
      • December 23, 1968 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Sweden
    • Language
      • Swedish
    • Also known as
      • Sramota
    • Filming locations
      • Visby, Gotland, Sweden
    • Production companies
      • Cinematograph AB
      • Svensk Filmindustri (SF)
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    • Budget
      • SEK 2,800,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 43 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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