Vargtimmen (1968)

Réalisateur:

Ingmar Bergman

Scénariste:

Ingmar Bergman (writer)

Release Date:

9 avril 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Drame | Horror

Accroche:

"The Hour of the Wolf" is the hour between night and dawn. It is the hour when most people die. It is the hour when the sleepless are haunted by their deepest fear, when ghosts and demons are most powerful.

Plot:

An artist in crisis is haunted by nightmares from the past in Ingmar Bergman's only horror film, which takes place on a windy island...

Plot Keywords:

Homosexual Subtext | Homosexual Demon | Walk On Ceiling | Psychological Torment | Opera Aria

Awards:

2 wins

Avis des utilisateurs:

Most hauntingly surreal

Ensemble

Max von Sydow	...	Johan Borg
Liv Ullmann	...	Alma Borg
Gertrud Fridh	...	Corinne von Merkens
Georg Rydeberg	...	Lindhorst, archivist
Erland Josephson	...	Baron von Merkens
Naima Wifstrand	...	Old Lady with Hat
Ulf Johansson	...	Therapist Heerbrand
Gudrun Brost	...	Gamla Fru von Merkens
Bertil Anderberg	...	Ernst von Merkens
Ingrid Thulin	...	Veronica Vogler

Autre(s) titre(s) :

Hour of the Wolf (USA)
Heure du loup, L' (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]

Durée:

90 min | Sweden:99 min (original version)

Pays:

Sweden

Langue:

Suédois | Nynorsk

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Germany:12 (re-rating) (2006) | Singapore:NC-16 | France:-16 | West Germany:16 (original rating) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | Argentina:16 | UK:15 (video rating) (2004) | UK:X (original rating) | Australia:M

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Hovs Hallar - Naturreservat, Skåne län, Sweden

Company:

Svensk Filmindustri (SF)

Guillemet:

Baron von Merkens: You see what you want to see!

Connexions De Film:

References Bande à part (1964)

Most hauntingly surreal

This film is extremely delicate. It deals within that thin line between genius and madness, reality and imagination as one and the same thing. Artist Johan Borg is haunted by demons of both past and present. His wife Alma loves him so intimately that she is prepared to dive deep into his inner world, desperate to help him, shares in his hallucinations, which is great but futile in the long run to where he must go alone. To me Bergman, along with Tarkovsky and only a few others like Fellini deal so splendidly with our most inner selves, our conscious and subconscious as in 'The Hour of the Wolf'. Here as in Fellini's 'Juliet of the Spirits' that which is real and that which is not is hardly the point. What matters here is the stirrings of the soul, hence Borg's fear of the dark and lack of sleep until the day breaks and he can finally get some rest.