Hour of the Wolf (1968)
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The Hour of the Wolf (original Swedish title: Vargtimmen) is Ingmar Bergman's spin on the demons that plague his fellow creative artists. Max von Sydow plays a painter who, while spending a summer in seclusion with his pregnant wife Liv Ullmann, is visited by bizarre and disturbing visions. Before long, Ullmann is also experiencing her husband's hallucinations; one of these, an old, faceless woman, advises Ullmann to read Von Sydow's diary. Doing so, Ullmann discovers that her husband has been cheating on her with Ingrid Thulin. In the subsequent domestic squabble, Von Sydow shoots and wounds his wife. The artist's punishment for this behavior is to have his lover, now dead, spring back to life and humiliate him in full view of Ullmann. Hour of the Wolf has something to say about the dangers of artists becoming too self-centered and self-involved; one hopes that most artists are not as thoroughly punished (or punishable) as Max Von Sydow. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Liv Ullmann - Alma
- Erland Josephson - Baron Von Merkens
- Bertil Anderberg - Ernst Von Merkens
- Ulf Johansson - Curator Heerbrand
- Lenn Hjortzberg - Kreisler
- Folke Sundquist - Tamino in puppet theater
- Mona Seilitz - Corpse in mortuary
- Agda Helin - Maid at the von Merkens'
- Max von Sydow - Johan
- Gertrud Fridh - Corinne Von Merkens
- Georg Rydeberg - Lindhorst
- Naima Wifstrand - Lady with the hat
- Gudrun Brost - Gamla Fru von Merkens
- Ingrid Thulin - Veronica Vogler
- Mikael Rundquist - Boy in dream
- Director(s):
- Ingmar Bergman
- Writer(s):
- Ingmar Bergman
- Producer(s):
- Lars-Owe Carlberg
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- 1968 - Hour of the Wolf - National Board of Review - Best Actress
- 1968 - Hour of the Wolf - National Society of Film Critics - Best Director
