Cries and whispers : [Viskningar och rop] /
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 ca...
| Uniform Title: | Viskningar och rop. |
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| Corporate Authors: | , |
| Other Authors: | , , , , |
| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | Swedish |
| Language Notes: | Soundtracks: Swedish with optional English subtitles and English-dubbed. |
| Published: |
[U.S.] :
Criterion Collection/Janus Films,
[2001]
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| Edition: | RSDL dual-layer ed. |
| Series: | Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ;
101. |
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| 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. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1972 by Cinematograph AB. First released in Sweden. Aspect ratio 1.66:1; enhanced for widescreen TVs. Special feature: Lush new digital transfer, enhanced for 16x9 televisions -- Ingmar Bergman : reflections on life, death, and love with Erland Josephson (2000), a candid and revealing 52-minute interview with Bergman and long-time collaborator Erland Josephson, originally broadcast on Swedish television. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet ([6] pages ; 19 cm.) |
| Format: | DVD; Dolby digital, mono. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Sven Nykvist ; editor, Siv Lundgren ; music, Chopin and Bach. |
| ISBN: | 0780024036 : |