Cries and whispers [videorecording] = [Viskningar och rop] / a film by Ingmar Bergman.
2001
PN1997 .V58 2001
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Title
Cries and whispers [videorecording] = [Viskningar och rop] / a film by Ingmar Bergman.
Uniform Title
Viskningar och rop.
ISBN
0780024036
9780780024038
9780780024038
Publication Details
[U.S.] : Criterion Collection/Janus Films, c2001.
Language
Swedish
Language Note
Swedish with optional English subtitles and optional English-dubbed soundtrack.
Description
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Item Number
037429156322
Call Number
PN1997 .V58 2001
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.43/72
Distributor No.
CRI070 Criterion Collection
Summary
A story of four women's search for spiritual peace. Agnes, a spinster who lives with her housekeeper, is dying of cancer, and is visited one last time by her two sisters, Karin and Maria. These two become entangled in feelings of jealousy, manipulation and selfishness. Yet Agnes, tortured by cancer, is able to transcend her sisters' pettiness to remember moments of staggering beauty as well as horror.
Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1972 by Cinematograph AB.
Special feature: Reflections on life, death and love, an interview with Ingmar Bergman by Erland Josephson.
Special feature: Reflections on life, death and love, an interview with Ingmar Bergman by Erland Josephson.
Access Note
Authorized for private home use only.
Credits
Director of photography, Sven Nykvist ; editor, Siv Lundgren ; music, Chopin and Bach.
Performer
Liv Ullmann, Harriet Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Kari Sylwan.
Cast
Liv Ullmann, Harriet Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Kari Sylwan.
Audience
MPAA rating: R.
System Details Note
DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital.
Awards
New York Film Critics Award: Best picture, Director, Screenplay and Actress (Liv Ullmann); Academy Award: Best cinematography; National Board of Review: Best director, Best foreign film; National Society of Film Critics: Best screenplay, Best cinematography.
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Series
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 101.
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