Cries and Whispers

Name: Cries and Whispers
Genre: Drama
Released: 1972-12-21
Duration: 1 h 35 min
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Liv Ullmann, Ingrid Thulin, Kari Sylwan, Harriet Andersson, Erland Josephson

Four women dressed in white in a mansion painted red... haunted by whispers and cries.

Viskningar och rop (1972)

Timing: 1:35 (95 min)

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Video for the film Cries and Whispers — Cries & Whispers (1972) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

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Release date

1972-12-21

Country

Sweden

Production

Svenska Filminstitutet, Cinematograph AB

Genre

Drama

Budget

$400 000

Box office

$1 522

Website

Director

Ingmar Bergman

Actors

Liv Ullmann, Ingrid Thulin, Kari Sylwan, Harriet Andersson, Erland Josephson, Georg Årlin, Anders Ek, Henning Moritzen, Ingmar Bergman, Ingrid Sandell
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Scenario

Producer

Ingmar Bergman, Lars-Owe Carlberg

Camera operator

Sven Nykvist

Composer

Artist

Marik Vos-Lundh

Audition

Editing

Siv Lundgren
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Short description

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs.

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This is how Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) himself explained the use of red in the film: “'Cries and Whispers' is an exploration of the soul; for me, the soul has always appeared as a moist membrane of various shades of red.”
This is how Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) himself explained the use of red in the film: "The film 'Whispers and Cries' is an exploration of the soul; to me, the soul has always appeared as a moist membrane of various shades of red."