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Dominican Rep. Hour of the Wolf
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- Original title
- Vargtimmen (Hour of the Wolf)
- Year
- 1968
- Running time
- 88 min.
- Country
Sweden- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Max von Sydow
Liv Ullmann
Erland Josephson
Gertrud Fridh
Ingrid Thulin
Gudrun Brost
Naima Wifstrand- Ulf Johansson
Bertil Anderberg
Georg Rydeberg- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
Sven Nykvist (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama. Horror | Psychological Drama. Surrealism
- Synopsis
- This surreal Gothic drama by Swedish master Ingmar Bergman stars Max von Sydow as Johan, a troubled artist who is literally haunted by demons from his past, and Liv Ullmann as his loving wife Alma, who eventually experiences the same nightmarish delusions. A local aristocrat (Erland Josephson) and his clan, who reside in a forbidding castle and appear to possess supernatural powers, might have a hand in Johan’s undoing. The film is told mostly in retrospect after Johan has disappeared, leaving behind only a diary from which his mental and emotional decline (perhaps an allegory on the difficulties of the creative process, one of Bergman’s favorite themes) can be reconstructed. Borrowing stylistic elements from classic Hollywood horror movies and occasionally featuring graphic material (one scene prompted a contemporary reviewer to recommend averting one’s eyes from the screen), this unusual (black-and-white) film also retains the psychological astuteness and technical finesse that earned Bergman worldwide critical acclaim and his status as Sweden’s premier filmmaker.
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- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1969: National Board of Review: Best Actress (Liv Ullman).1968: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): Best Director.1968: National Board of Review (NBR): Best Actress.
- Critics' reviews
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"A brilliant Gothic fantasy."
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- 21 My Favorite Swedish Movies (22)
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