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A Balasaur Score of 79 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 92%. Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 77% of the 813 1960s drama movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
While vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
575 audience votes
Key crew
- Ingmar BergmanWriter
- Ingmar BergmanDirector
- Lars Johan WerleOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Max von SydowJohan Borg
- Liv UllmannAlma Borg
- Gertrud FridhCorinne von Merkens
- Georg RydebergLindhorst
- Erland JosephsonBaron von Merkens
- Naima WifstrandOld Lady with Hat
- Ulf JohanssonHeerbrand
- Gudrun BrostGamla Fru von Merkens
- Bertil AnderbergErnst von Merkens
- Ingrid ThulinVeronica Vogler
- Agda HelinVon Merken's Maid (uncredited)
- Lenn HjortzbergKreisler (uncredited)
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Themes
islandnightmareisolationinsanityartistdiarycastleinsomniasurrealismblack and whitegothicpregnant wife
The Best Movies of 1968
Hour of the Wolf is #15 of 60
