Shame

Drama · 1968R

Shame was both Ingmar Bergman’s examination of the violent legacy of World War II and his 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 Sven Nykvist’s handheld camera work, the two are faced with uncomfortable moral choices. This film, which contains some of the greatest scenes in Bergman’s oeuvre, shows the devastating impact of war on individual lives.

Starring

Katinka Faragó, Liv Ullmann, Ingmar Bergman, Max von Sydow, Sigge Fürst, Ingmar Bergman, Ingmar Bergman, P.A. Lundgren, Gunnar Björnstrand, Sven Nykvist, Birgitta Valberg

Director

Ingmar Bergman