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Cries & Whispers

Year:
Duration:
91 min
Genres:
Drama
IMDB rate:
8.1
Director:
Ingmar Bergman
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 24 wins & 8 nominations
Details
Country: Sweden
Release Date: 1973-03-05
Filming Locations: Taxinge-Näsby estate, Mariefred, Södermanlands län, Sweden
Earnings
Budget: $400,000
Gross: SEK 2,130,705 (Sweden) ( 1973)
Cast
Actor
Character
Ingrid Thulin
Ingrid Thulin
Cries & Whispers
Harriet Andersson
Agnes
Kari Sylwan
Anna
Liv Ullmann
Maria (and her mother)
Anders Ek
Isak, the priest
Inga Gill
Story teller
Erland Josephson
David, the doctor
Henning Moritzen
Joakim, Maria's husband
Georg Årlin
Fredrik, Karin's husband
Ingmar Bergman
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Ingrid Bergman
Spectator (uncredited)
Lena Bergman
Maria as a child (uncredited)
Lars-Owe Carlberg
Spectator (uncredited)
Malin Gjörup
Anna's daughter (uncredited)
Greta Johansson
Undertaker (uncredited)
Karin Johansson
Undertaker (uncredited)
Ann-Christin Lobråten
Spectator (uncredited)
Börje Lundh
Spectator (uncredited)
Rossana Mariano
Agnes as a child (uncredited)
Monika Priede
Karin as a child
Linn Ullmann
Maria's daughter (uncredited)
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Trivia
Bergman, who produced the film with his own money, could not find an American distributor as they felt it was too uncommercial. Roger Corman, who had just left American-International Pictures to set up his own New World releasing company, was in the market for a prestige picture to give his new operation some class.
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Ingmar Bergman explained the use of the color red in this film: "'Cries and Whispers' is an exploration of the soul, and ever since childhood, I have imagined the soul to be a damp membrane in varying shades of red."
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The mansion where the film was shot, Taxinge-Nasby, had not been inhabited for years, and the repainting of the walls with glossy red paint, and the half run-down condition of the place, meant that it had to be extensively renovated by the new caretakers.
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Goofs
You can briefly see Agnes take a breath after she has died, just before the scene changes.
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Quotes
Karin: [to Maria] You look so disconcerted. You thought our talk would be different, didn't you? Do you realize I hate you and how foolish I find your insipid smile and your idiotic flirtatiousness?
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David: Come over here Maria. Look at yourself in the mirror. You are beautiful... but you have changed. These days you cast rapid, calculating, sidelong glances. You're gaze used to be direct, open, and without any disguise. Your mouth is an expression of discontent and hunger. It used only to be soft. Your complexion has become pallid, you use make-up. Your fine, broad forehead now has four creases above each eyebrow... And this fine contour from the ear to the chin... it's no longer quite so evident. That's where complacency and indolence reside... Look here, at the bridge of the nose, why do you sneer so often, Maria?... Beneath your eyes, those sharp, barely visible wrinkles of boredom and impatience.
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Karin: It's true. I think... about suicide. I've often thought about it. It's... it's disgusting. It's very degrading and everlastingly the same.
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Photos from cast
Ingrid Thulin
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