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Cries and Whispers


Legendary director Ingmar Bergman creates a testament to the strength of the soul-and a film of absolute power in his film Cries and Whispers. Karin and Maria come to the aid of their dying sister, Agnes, but jealousy, manipulation, and selfishness come before empathy. Agnes, tortured by cancer, transcends the pettiness of her sisters' concerns to remember moments of being-moments that Bergman, with the help of Academy Award™-winning cinematographer Sven Nykvist, translates into pictures of staggering beauty and unfathomable horror. Starring: Harriet Andersson, Kari Sylwan, Ingrid Thulin, Liv Ullmann, Anders Ek, Inga Gill, Erland Josephson, Henning Moritzen and Georg Årlin.

DVD - The Criterion Collection

  • Audio Tracks: Swedish and English
  • Available subtitles: English
  • Short documentary: Ingmar Bergman: Reflections on Life, Death and Love with Erland Josephson (1999) - a candid and revealing 52 minute interview with Bergman and long-time collaborator Erland Josephson, originally broadcast on Swedish television
  • Widescreen anamorphic format


Curator's Comments:
Read Roger Ebert's essay on this DVD Classic.

Director: Ingmar Bergman
Color
91 minutes
Released: 1972
Rated: R

Country: Sweden
Language: Swedish (with English audio or subtitles available)
Genre: Drama

 

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