Ingmar Bergman Collection (Distinction Series) - 5-DVD Box Set ( Vargtimmen / Skammen / En passion / Das Schlangenei ) ( Hour of the Wolf / Shame / The Passion of Anna / The Serpent's Egg )

Ingmar Bergman Collection (Distinction Series) - 5-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Vargtimmen / Skammen / En passion / Das Schlangenei
Alternate Title: Hour of the Wolf / Shame / The Passion of Anna / The Serpent's Egg
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
Golden Globes
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
406 min + Extras

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Behind the scenes
Box Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1968 - 1977 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Sweden ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Ingmar Bergman

Written By:
Ingmar Bergman

Actors:
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
Liv Ullmann ..... Eva Rosenberg
Max von Sydow ..... Jan Rosenberg
Sigge Fürst ..... Filip
Gunnar Björnstrand ..... Col. Jacobi
Birgitta Valberg ..... Mrs. Jacobi
Hans Alfredson ..... Lobelius
Ingvar Kjellson ..... Oswald
Frank Sundström ..... Chief interrogator
Ulf Johansson ..... The doctor
Vilgot Sjöman ..... The interviewer
Bengt Eklund ..... Guard
Gösta Prüzelius ..... The vicar
Willy Peters ..... Elder officer
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs ..... Woman in the boat
Agda Helin ..... Merchant's wife
Max von Sydow ..... Andreas Winkelman
Liv Ullmann ..... Anna Fromm
Bibi Andersson ..... Eva Vergerus
Erland Josephson ..... Elis Vergerus
Erik Hell ..... Johan Andersson
Sigge Fürst ..... Verner
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: ..... Woman in dream
Britta Brunius ..... Police officer
Lars-Owe Carlberg ..... Woman in dream
Malin Ek ..... Woman in dream
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs ..... Verner's wife
Svea Holst ..... Woman in dream
Marianne Karlbeck ..... Katarina
Annicka Kronberg ..... Police officer
Brian Wikström ..... Woman in dream
Brita Öberg
Liv Ullmann ..... Manuela Rosenberg
David Carradine ..... Abel Rosenberg
Gert Fröbe ..... Inspector Bauer
Heinz Bennent ..... Hans Vergerus
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: ..... Girl in uniform
Isolde Barth ..... Mr. Rosenberg
Toni Berger ..... Student
Christian Berkel ..... Police officer
Richard Bohne ..... Mrs. Hemse
Paula Braend ..... Mrs. Rosenberg
Erna Brünell ..... Experiment person
Paul Burian ..... Prostitute
Hildegard Busse ..... Cabaret Comedian
Paul Bürks ..... Woman with baby
Gaby Dohm ..... Max
Hans Eichler

Synopsis:

In the history of cinema, there is perhaps no other filmmaker whose body of work evokes such a powerful response as that of Ingmar Bergman. Whether scaling the heights of human spirit or plumbing the depths of mans despair, he is an artist who strips off the outer veneer of emotion and looks so deeply into the psychological interior of the soul that his cinematic portraits take on a life of their own.
Hour of the Wolf (1968)
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.
Shame (1968)
Ingmar Bergman's psychological study of how humans react in a situation of war. The film takes place on Gotland, where invasion forces arrives.
The Passion of Anna (1969)
Andreas, a man struggling with the recent demise of his marriage and his own emotional isolation, befriends a married couple also in the midst of psychological turmoil. In turn he meets Anna, who is grieving the recent deaths of her husband and son.
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
Ingmar Bergman's The Serpent's Egg follows a week in the life of Abel Rosenberg, an out-of-work American circus acrobat living in poverty-stricken Berlin following Germany's defeat in World War I.

Hour of the Wolf (1968)
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. During 'the hour of the wolf' - between midnight and dawn - he tells his wife about his most painful memories.

Shame (1968)
During civil war, two musicians retreat to a rural island to farm. They are apolitical; a neighbor sometimes gives them a fish; wine is a luxury. They love each other, but there are problems: the war upsets Jan, he is weepy, too sensitive; Eva wants children, he does not. The war suddenly arrives: rebels attack, neighbors die. When the other side restores order, Jan and Eva are arrested as collaborators. After frightening and roughing them up, the local colonel releases them; then he begins appearing at their farmhouse: to talk or to pursue Eva? He gives her money. The rebels return; chaos ensues. Jan becomes violent and murderous; they flee. Can they escape? If so, to what?

The Passion of Anna (1969)
Liv Ullmann plays the widowed, crippled Anna Fromm, who while traveling on a remote island calls upon reclusive ex-convict Andreas (Max von Sydow) in order to use his telephone. After Anna leaves, Andreas discovers she's left her purse behind; he opens it, hoping to find some identification. A letter in the purse details Anna's unhappy marriage and the depths of her loneliness. Eventually, Anna moves in with Andreas, who has become more closely acquainted with her through the intervention of Anna's friends Ellis and Evan Vergerus (Bibi Andersson and Erland Josephson). But tensions and conflicts ensue, and threaten to destroy the burgeoning relationship between Anna and Andreas.

The Serpent's Egg (1977)
In November of 1923, in a Berlin where a pack of cigarettes costs four million marks and people has lost faith in the present and future days, the alcoholic and unemployed American acrobat Abel Rosenberg loses his brother Max, who has just committed suicide after feeling depressed for a period. Seeing the modifications in the behavior of people, but without clearly understanding the reasons, Abel moves to the room of his former sister-in-law Manuela Rosenberg, who works in a cabaret in the night and in a whorehouse in the morning. Together, they move to a small apartment near to the clinic of their acquaintance, Professor Hans Vergerus, who gives a job opportunity to Abel in his clinic. While working in the place, Abel discloses the evil truth behind the researches of Hans.

Hour of the Wolf (1968)
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.

Shame (1968)
Ingmar Bergman's psychological study of how humans react in a situation of war. The film takes place on Gotland, where invasion forces arrives.

The Passion of Anna (1969)
Andreas, a man struggling with the recent demise of his marriage and his own emotional isolation, befriends a married couple also in the midst of psychological turmoil. In turn he meets Anna, who is grieving the recent deaths of her husband and son. She appears zealous in her faith and steadfast in her search for truth, but gradually her delusions surface. Andreas and Anna pursue a love affair, but he is unable to overcome his feelings of deep humiliation and remains disconnected. Meanwhile, the island community is victimized by an unknown person committing acts of animal cruelty.

The Serpent's Egg (1977)
Ingmar Bergman's The Serpent's Egg follows a week in the life of Abel Rosenberg, an out-of-work American circus acrobat living in poverty-stricken Berlin following Germany's defeat in World War I. When his brother commits suicide, Abel seeks refuge in the apartment of an old acquaintance Professor Veregus. Desperate to make ends meet in the war-ravaged city, Abel takes a job in Veregus' clinic, where he discovers the horrific truth behind the work of the strangely beneficent professor and unlocks the chilling mystery that drove his brother to kill himself.

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