Viskningar Och Rop = Cries and Whispers / Cinematograph ; Svenska Filminstitutet ; En Film av [= a film by] Ingmar Bergman.

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A story of four women's search for spiritual peace. Agnes 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 is able to transcend her sisters' pettiness to remember moments o...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Criterion collection ; 101.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Main Authors: Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849 (Composer)
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Criterion Collection (Firm) (Film distributor)
Janus Films (Production company)
Sveriges television (Production company)
Cinematograph (Firm) (Production company)
Svenska filminstitutet (Production company)
Other Authors: Bergman, Ingmar, 1918-2007 (Film director, Screenwriter)
Ullmann, Liv (Actor)
Andersson, Harriet (Actor)
Thulin, Ingrid (Actor)
Sylwan, Kari (Actor)
Nykvist, Sven (Cinematographer)
Lundgren, Siv (Film editor)
Josephson, Erland, 1923-2012 (Actor)
Language:Swedish
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Swedish with optional English subtitles ; optional English-dubbed soundtrack.
Published: ©2001
©1972
Series:Criterion collection ; 101.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Sisters > Sweden > Drama.
Cancer > Drama.
Spirituality > Drama.
Cancer.
Sisters.
Spirituality.
Sweden.
Feature films.
Feature films > Sweden.
Foreign language films > Swedish.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Melodrama.
Melodrama > Feature.
Women > Feature.
Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Feature films
Foreign language films
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Melodrama.
Melodrama
Women
Feature.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (3 folded out pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Variant Title:
Cries and Whispers. [Parallel title]
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
A story of four women's search for spiritual peace. Agnes 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 is able to transcend her sisters' pettiness to remember moments of staggering beauty as well as horror.
Note:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1972.
Call Number:9W8 D0001302 VideoDVD
Playing Time:01:31:00
Audience:
MPAA rating: R.
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.
ISBN:0780024036
9780780024038
Credits:Fotograf [= cinematography], Sven Nykvist ; klippning [= editor], Siv Lundgren ; music, Chopin and Bach ; English language version produced by Titan Productions, Inc., written and directed by Paulette Rubinstein.
System Details:DVD; NTSC, region 1, full screen presentation (1.66:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital mono.
Cast:
Liv Ullmann, Harriet Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Kari Sylwan.