Cries and Whispers
| Cries and Whispers | |
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| Directed by | Ingmar Bergman |
| Produced by | Lars-Owe Carlberg |
| Written by | Ingmar Bergman |
| Starring | Harriet Andersson Kari Sylwan Ingrid Thulin Liv Ullmann Erland Josephson |
| Music by | Johann Sebastian Bach, Frédéric Chopin |
| Cinematography | Sven Nykvist |
| Editing by | Siv Lundgren |
| Release date(s) | 
December 21, 1972 March
5, 1973 |
| Running time | 106 min |
| Language | Swedish |
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Cries and Whispers (Swedish: Viskningar och rop) is a 1973 Swedish film about two sisters who watch over their third sister on her deathbed; both afraid she might die, but both hoping she does. The film was written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. It stars Harriet Andersson, Kari Sylwan, Ingrid Thulin and Liv Ullmann.
Unlike most of Bergman's films, Cries and Whispers uses saturated colour, in particular crimson. For his work on this film, Sven Nykvist won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, and the film was also nominated for Best Costume Design, Best Director, and Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced. Unusual for a foreign language film, it was also nominated for Best Picture, not for Best Foreign Language Film.
Cast
- Harriet Andersson — Agnes
- Kari Sylwan — Anna
- Ingrid Thulin — Karin
- 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
- Ingrid Bergman — Spectator (as Ingrid von Rosen)
- Lena Bergman — Maria as a child
- Lars-Owe Carlberg — Spectator
- Malin Gjörup — Anna's daughter
- Greta Johansson — Undertaker
- Karin Johansson — Undertaker
- Ann-Christin Lobråten — Spectator
- Börje Lundh — Spectator
- Rossana Mariano — Agnes as a child
- Monika Priede — Karin as a child
- Linn Ullmann — Maria's daughter
External links
- Viskningar och rop at the Internet Movie Database
- Cries and Whispers at the Arts & Faith Top100 Spiritually Significant Films list
- Criterion Collection essay by Peter Cowie
- Review of DVD of Cries and Whispers
| The films of Ingmar Bergman | |
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| 1940s | Crisis • It Rains on Our Love • A Ship to India • Music in Darkness • Port of Call • Prison • Thirst |
| 1950s | To Joy • This Can't Happen Here • Summer Interlude • Secrets of Women • Summer with Monika • Sawdust and Tinsel • A Lesson in Love • Dreams • Smiles of a Summer Night • The Seventh Seal • Wild Strawberries • Brink of Life • The Magician |
| 1960s | The Virgin Spring • The Devil's Eye • Through a Glass Darkly • Winter Light • The Silence • All These Women • Persona • Hour of the Wolf • Shame • The Rite • The Passion of Anna |
| 1970s | The Touch • Cries and Whispers • Scenes from a Marriage • The Magic Flute • Face to Face • The Serpent's Egg • Autumn Sonata |
| 1980s | From the Life of the Marionettes • Fanny and Alexander • Karin's Face • After the Rehearsal |
| 1990s | In the Presence of a Clown |
| 2000s | Saraband |
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