| Description |
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 101 |
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Criterion collection
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| System Details |
DVD; NTSC, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Cast |
Liv Ullmann, Harriet Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Kari Sylwan. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
A story of four women's search for spiritual peace. Agnes, a spinster who lives with her housekeeper, 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, tortured by cancer, is able to transcend her sisters' pettiness to remember moments of staggering beauty as well as horror. |
| Contents |
Special feature: Ingmar Bergman: Reflections on life, death and love, with Erland Josephson (c2000, TV4 AB Sweden, director, Stefan Brann ; col., ca. 52 min., Swedish with English subtitles ; 1999 interview of Ingmar Bergman and Erland Josephson by Swedish journalist Malou von Sivers). |
| 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. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1972 by Cinematograph AB. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R. |
| Language |
Swedish with optional English subtitles ; optional English-dubbed soundtrack. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Local Note |
WNPLFFDVD |
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Some of the Simsbury Public Library items are are part of the Hayes Collection. |
| Subject |
Sisters -- Sweden -- Drama.
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Sisters -- Drama.
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Cancer -- Drama.
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Spirituality -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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| Added Author |
Bergman, Ingmar, 1918-2007.
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Ullmann, Liv.
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Andersson, Harriet.
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Thulin, Ingrid.
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Sylwan, Kari.
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Nykvist, Sven.
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Lundgren, Siv.
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Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849.
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Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
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Josephson, Erland, 1923-2012.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Janus Films.
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Sveriges television.
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Cinematograph (Firm)
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Svenska filminstitutet.
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| Added Title |
Cries and whispers |
| Note |
Title on container and disc surface: Cries & whispers |
| Added Title |
Ingmar Bergman : reflections on life, death, and love with Erland Josephson
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| ISBN |
0780024036 |
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9780780024038 |
| Standard No. |
037429156322 |
| Music No. |
CRI070 Criterion Collection |
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