Vargtimmen (1968)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.8/10   

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:

Artist | Nightmare | Island | Insanity | Possession

Awards:

2 wins

Avis des utilisateurs:

Depressing but Captivating

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)
L'heure du loup (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) | West Germany:16 (original rating) | Singapore:NC-16 | France:-16 | Ireland:18 | 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: Now you are yourself, but not yourself; an ideal state for a meeting between lovers.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Gongdong gyeongbi guyeok JSA (2000)

Depressing but Captivating

I don't know why I'm so fascinated with Ingmar Bergman. When I was in college, I went to a film society screening of this film. I hadn't seen Wild Strawberries or The Seventh Seal at the time and this was a real mind blower. There are all those shades of darkness. There are those depressed looking people, haunted by those personal demons. There is Bergman's island, so lonely, so cold. The other inhabitants always seem so threatening. The artist, writing about affairs, assaults, murder, and we don't know whether any of it is true. I suffer through the party with all those pretentious people and their angst. This party is only eclipsed by the one in Alice in Wonderland . The people are truly beasts. Bergman is about bad dreams. The camera pulls us through our deepest fears and dumps us in that dark, evil swamp. I know this is often seen as one of his minor films, but his getting ready to meet his former lover, putting on that makeup to look younger and recapture his past virility, is so gut wrenching. This is a depressed feast for the eyes and it puts mental illness into corporeal form.