Shame
Shame
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1h 43m
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1968 • Sweden
Starring Liv Ullmann, Max von Sydow
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.
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SHAME in the News
The following brief news item shows director Ingmar Bergman and some of the cast and crew of SHAME before filming began. It was originally broadcast on Swedish television on September 9, 1967.
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Ingmar Bergman on SHAME
Director Ingmar Bergman talks about SHAME in this fifteen-minute excerpt from an interview recorded for the Swedish television program “Forum” and originally broadcast on September 19, 1968.
