SHAME (THE CRITERION COLLECTION)

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• Release Year: 1968
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Directed by Ingmar Bergman, Shame (Skammen) is at once an examination of the violent legacy of World War II and a scathing response to the escalation of the conflict in Vietnam. Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann star as musicians living in quiet retreat on a remote island farm, until the civil war that drove them from the city catches up with them there. Amid the chaos of the military struggle, vividly evoked by pyrotechnics and by cinematographer Sven Nykvist’s handheld camera work, the two are faced with impossible moral choices that tear at the fabric of their relationship. This film, which contains some of the most devastating scenes in Bergman’s oeuvre, shows the impact of war on individual lives.
• Cast: Liv Ullmann, Max Von Sydow, Sigge Fürst, Gunnar Björnstrand, Birgitta Valberg, Hans Alfredson, Ingvar Kjellson, Frank Sundström, Ulf Johansson, Vilgot Sjöman, Bengt Eklund, Gösta Prüzelius, Willy Peters, Barbro Hiort af Ornäs, Agda Helin, Ellika Mann, Rune Lindström, Axel Düberg, Lars Amble, Per Berglund, Jan Bergman, Karl-Arne Bergman, Lilian Carlsson, Gregor Dahlman, Nils Fogeby, Karl-Axel Forssberg, Åke Jörnfalk, Eivor Kullberg, Monica Lindberg, Stig Lindberg, Frej Lindqvist, Raymond Lundberg, Börje Lundh, Georg Skarstedt, Björn Thambert, Nils Whiten, Brian Wikström, Brita Öberg, Ingmar Bergman
• Director: Ingmar Bergman
• Runtime: 1:43
• Company: The Criterion Collection, Janus Films, AB Svensk Filmindustri
• Media Format: Movie