Cries & Whispers

film by Bergman [1972]

Also known as: “Viskingar och rop”, “Viskningar och rop”

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Cries and Whispers (1972) is a film by Swedish director Ingmar Bergman. Bergman is renowned for his distinctive visual style and fragmented narratives, often exploring themes of loneliness, vulnerability, and torment.

Cries and Whispers is noted for its intense focus on intimate family relationships and its profound spiritual and intellectual depth, characteristic of Bergman's work. The film is part of a series of later works by Bergman that confirmed his status as a significant religious artist.12

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Roger Corman
New World Pictures
…foreign films, including Ingmar Bergman’s Cries and Whispers (1972), Federico Fellini’s Amarcord (1973), and Volker Schlöndorff’s The Tin Drum (1979). Corman sold New World Pictures in 1983 and founded Concorde-New Horizons, a company devoted strictly to movie production.
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…foreign films, including Ingmar Bergman’s Cries and Whispers (1972), Federico Fellini’s Amarcord (1973), and Volker Schlöndorff’s The Tin Drum (1979). Corman sold New World Pictures in 1983 and founded Concorde-New Horizons, a company devoted strictly to movie production.
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Sven Nykvist
…including Viskningar och rop (1972; Cries and Whispers) and Fanny och Alexander (1982; Fanny and Alexander), for both of which he won Oscars in cinematography.
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…including Viskningar och rop (1972; Cries and Whispers) and Fanny och Alexander (1982; Fanny and Alexander), for both of which he won Oscars in cinematography.
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Liv Ullmann
…Shame); Viskningar och rop (1972; Cries & Whispers); Scener ur ett äktenskap (1973; Scenes from a Marriage), a TV miniseries; and Höstsonaten (1978; Autumn Sonata). Their other credits included Ansikte mot ansikte (1976; Face to Face), for which Ullmann received an Academy Award nomination, and the TV movie Saraband (2003).
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…Shame); Viskningar och rop (1972; Cries & Whispers); Scener ur ett äktenskap (1973; Scenes from a Marriage), a TV miniseries; and Höstsonaten (1978; Autumn Sonata). Their other credits included Ansikte mot ansikte (1976; Face to Face), for which Ullmann received an Academy Award nomination, and the TV movie Saraband (2003).
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