#A24: BERGMAN, Ingmar: Hour of the Wolf (1968)

BERGMAN, Ingmar (Sweden)
Hour of the Wolf [1968]
Spine #A24
Blu-ray


The strangest and most disturbing of the films Ingmar Bergman shot on the island of Fårö, Hour of the Wolf stars Max von Sydow as a haunted painter living in voluntary exile with his wife (Liv Ullmann). When the couple are invited to a nearby castle for dinner, things start to go wrong with a vengeance, as a coven of sinister aristrocrats hastens the artist's psychological deterioration. This gripping film is charged with a nightmarish power rare in the Bergman canon, and contains dreamlike effects that brilliantly underscore the tale's horrific elements.

88 minutes
Black & White
Monaural
in Swedish
1:37:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2018
Director/Writer


Ingmar Bergman was 50 when he directed Hour of the Wolf.

Other Bergman films in the Collection:


The Film


The Extras

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

The Complete Criterion Collection By Director

The Complete Criterion Collection By Spine #

#1271: LONERGAN, Kenneth: You Can Count On Me (2000)