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The strangest and most disturbing of the films Ingmar Bergman shot on the island of Fårö, Hour of the Wolf stars Max von Sydow as a haunted painter living in voluntary exile with his wife (Liv Ullmann). When the couple are invited to a nearby castle for dinner, things start to go wrong with a vengeance, as a coven of sinister aristocrats hastens the artist’s psychological deterioration. This gripping film is charged with a nightmarish power rare in the Bergman canon, and contains dreamlike effects that brilliantly underscore the tale’s horrific elements.
Original Release
02/19/1968
US Release
04/08/1968
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Max von Sydow | Johan Borg |
Liv Ullmann | Alma Borg |
Gertrud Fridh | Corinne von Merkens |
Georg Rydeberg | Lindhorst |
Erland Josephson | Baron von Merkens |
Naima Wifstrand | Old Lady with Hat |
Ulf Johansson | Heerbrand |
Gudrun Brost | Gamla Fru von Merkens |
Bertil Anderberg | Ernst von Merkens |
Ingrid Thulin | Veronica Vogler |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Max von Sydow | Johan Borg |
Liv Ullmann | Alma Borg |
Gertrud Fridh | Corinne von Merkens |
Georg Rydeberg | Lindhorst |
Erland Josephson | Baron von Merkens |
Naima Wifstrand | Old Lady with Hat |
Ulf Johansson | Heerbrand |
Gudrun Brost | Gamla Fru von Merkens |
Bertil Anderberg | Ernst von Merkens |
Ingrid Thulin | Veronica Vogler |
Agda Helin | von Merken's Maid |
Lenn Hjortzberg | Kreisler |
Mikael Rundquist | Boy in Dream |
Folke Sundquist | Tamino |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Lars-Owe Carlberg | Producer |