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Shame

1968
Drama, War
1h 43m
Ingmar Bergman's psychological study of how humans react in a situation of war. The film takes place on Gotland, where invasion forces arrives. (imdb)
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Shame

1968
Drama, War
1h 43m
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Rated 05 Feb 2007
90
95th
An amazing psychological thriller about war seen from two normal people's point of view. Shocking and brilliant, the final act is nothing short of masterful. Nykvist, Ullman, von Sydow and Bergman in the top of their games.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
97
99th
There's a lot of great anti-war films, but I've not seen as one as effective or excellent as Shame. Its multi-faceted brutality exposes the horror of two simultaneous wars: the martial and the marital. This is, I think, the bleakest film from the master of bleak.
Rated 19 May 2008
85
81st
A different type of Bergman film, but still a very good one. It mixes his style of personal drama with the larger scope of a war film and the results, while a little odd at times, are very effective in portraying the harshness of war in a unique manner.
Rated 12 Sep 2011
70
54th
NEEDS REWATCH HARDCORE.
Rated 28 May 2009
10
96th
One of Bergman's bleakest films, no doubt, and one of the best war movies I've ever seen. The reasoning behind the war is never told and that's what makes it so effective. Rather than lecture us about the wrongdoings of a specific country, we see the tragedy both sides cause from the point of view of two innocent bystanders.
Rated 11 Apr 2010
86
96th
On finding oneself caught in someone else’s inhuman dream, and the way it exposes, amplifies and even reverses one’s original fault, the strong becoming weak and the weak ruthless, as all existence is stripped back to subsistence. Bergman greatly disliked the first half, which is too harsh a judgment, but it is true that it is the second half of this war film that makes it so much more impressive and affecting than almost all other examples of the genre.
Rated 14 Oct 2010
93
96th
An anti-war film that puts more of it's focus on the struggles between a formerly happy married couple, wonderfully played by Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow. The last few scenes are so unbearably, tortuously gloomy. This film can go fuck itself, in a good way.
Rated 05 Jul 2009
45
39th
Some might argue that Bergman was one-note, but no one captured angst and emotional despair better than he. When depicting the impact of the horrors of war on the individual however, he's out of his element, and just this once his art seems strangely whiny and bourgeois and his points too obvious.
Rated 20 Mar 2015
40
19th
Bourgeois couple facing the cruel and harsh realities of the bleak side of human violence confronts with their animalistic drives to survive and bla bla... We witness Jan's transformation to a tough guy and Liv Ullman is a hysteric character without reason as always. I insist that Bergman's movies are too theatrical and they constantly state the obvious. Tarkovsky's "Offret" surpasses this in all cinematic aspects.
Rated 05 Nov 2010
10
98th
bergman te amo
Rated 28 Dec 2008
8
84th
A bit slow the first 30 min, but then grabs hold and never lets go. The final 10-15 min. are among the very best Bergman ever made, which is - obviously - big praise indeed.
Rated 22 Jun 2013
55
19th
I found this a shallow, somewhat boring look at war.
Rated 27 Dec 2013
8
97th
war is one of the most illuminating film subjects, but only when great directors mix it with their own concerns, rather than letting veterans of the genre make stupid shit. in this case, the contrast between probing psychology and harsh survivalism is deeply disconcerting, and very powerful. the boat scene is one of the bleakest things ever put to screen.
Rated 24 Feb 2007
95
94th
Is it at all possible to compare a balls-to-the-wall war combat movie and something like this? Is there any point in trying? Shame tries to show war from a different point of view than what we're used to, and, needless to say, it succeeds. And while Bergman films are almost always depressing fare, Shame really takes the biscuit.
Rated 06 Dec 2007
75
84th
Bergman's welcome return to more straight-ahead drama (after the experimental Persona and Hour of the Wolf) is an intriguing war drama, rather more transparent than his other films, but not in a bad way. At some points I felt maybe the character Jan was a bit over the top in his harshness, but other than that this is really, really good.
Rated 08 Feb 2009
10
99th
This fucking movie... just thinking about it makes me want to kill myself. Easily one of Bergman's best, and that is a strong statement.
Rated 14 Feb 2007
29
11th
There really is no decency in inventing a war just to humiliate your characters. It all carries the same signs of depression that drives von Trier to his tirades against humanity.
Rated 06 Sep 2011
75
79th
"It's not my dream. It's someone elses dream that I have to participate in. What happens when the one who dreamt us wakes up and feels ashamed". This is the core of what Bergman wants to project, and he does so with such beauty - a compliment to Nykvist who is by far one of the greatest cinematographers to grace our planet. Otherworldly images. This, and stellar performances by Ullman and Sydow makes this an interesting voyages, where Bergman, again, explores downside of human nature.
Rated 17 Jul 2010
5
91st
One of the leanest, meanest films Bergman ever made - it's totally bleak and uncompromising and moves along with incredible momentum, never pausing for relief or giving us a moment to catch our own breath. As harrowing as they come, and one of Bergman's best.
Rated 24 Jul 2020
75
82nd
War is hopeless. It debases all of us. There is something appealingly Watkins-esque about the disturbingly real yet clearly fictional/artificial depiction of war that Bergman achieves in this powerful yet uneven film. The stunning black and white photography makes the downfall of civilisation seem beautiful and almost desirable.
Rated 06 Dec 2021
82
91st
(SCENES BOMB A MARRIAGE)
Rated 28 Nov 2021
75
89th
İlk yarı 90, ikinci yarı malesef max 55. Malesef
Rated 29 Oct 2014
80
97th
Bergman shows us a situation of war and the strain it puts on human relationships and personalities in a more obvious work of his.
Rated 11 Jul 2008
94
95th
Not a typical Bergman film. Shame takes place in the present, during war time, and in depthly shows how the lives of two normal human beings change over the course of the war. The war is not only on the battlefield, but indoors within the relationship of von Sydow and Ullman. von Sydow does an incredible job as Jan, a sensitive lover of music, who in a matter of moments transforms into a monster. Shame is definitely an under-appreciated Bergman. von Sydow and Ullman shine, A Masterpiece.
Rated 24 Sep 2017
81
85th
Capricórnio.
Rated 26 Aug 2013
84
91st
Shame has moments of both horrible beauty and shocking violence - not just in what people do to others, but what they must do to themselves in order to do it. Astounding action shots considering when and where it was made too. At the same time I can't quite shake the feeling that Bergman's using it all as a metaphor for what would become Scenes From a Marriage.
Rated 03 Apr 2014
80
73rd
A different work from Bergman which, after a first viewing, left me wondering whether I liked it or not. The style-repetitions began to grate in the end and I feel strangely ambivalent on the effectiveness of a relationship-approach in exploring the psychological effects of war. Surely, seeing a relationship deteriorate is a perfect metaphor for the world crumbling around them, but considering Bergman's other work, I was longing for something more.
Rated 06 Mar 2007
90
91st
booyah
Rated 16 Jun 2009
60
27th
A timeless and thought-provoking film about the immorality and horrors of war as experienced by the "Rosenbergs" of rural Sweden. Bleak and nihilistic, and therefore of questionable value. But well-made as you would expect of Ingmar Bergman and cinematographer Sven Nykvist.
Rated 27 Jun 2013
90
81st
Pesado, bonito, fim incompreensível.
Rated 14 Jul 2011
90
85th
So this is Ingmar Bergman making a war movie? Wow, how depressing. People throw around phrases like "the reality of war" quite often, but this might actually be it. I love both Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann. I mean, I love them in everything, but also specifically in this. It's one of the most believable dysfunctional-but-loving relationships I've ever seen on film. Or maybe they don't love each other. I think they do, but this being Bergman I'll probably change my mind on my next viewing.
Rated 02 Oct 2013
84
79th
83.500
Rated 29 Apr 2017
60
50th
The film is at its best when it's just Sydow and Ullmann. But Bergman is clearly out of his comfort zone here, and the scenes subjecting the couple to the terrors of war don't come across as nearly as convincing as their relationship.
Rated 02 Jan 2015
50
0th
Ingmar Bergman #1
Rated 19 May 2007
80
68th
Good Bergman doom-and-gloom movie, this time about innocent bystanders in the middle of a war zone
Rated 23 Apr 2010
93
87th
Revisto em 27 de agosto de 2023
Rated 16 Dec 2010
86
50th
Sort of strange for a Bergman movie. It's almost science fiction, in the sense that it takes place during a fictional war in a non descript place.
Rated 08 Jul 2008
90
91st
Brilliant, depressing and dirty stuff, leaving one with an adamant feeling of bitter impotency. This film is boiling from the first image to the last - it yearns for fresh air all the way through, and only seem to find it in the characters' dreams... The first 45 minutes include so many scenes of lyrical beauty and keen insight; the scene in where Eva and Jan are buying wine in town and the salesman pitch his loneliness, is particularly gripping.
Rated 23 Mar 2017
95
93rd
Viewed March 22, 2017. Not just about how the horrors of love can equal the horrors of war, but instead something more complicated and despairing, a bleak rumination on what it means to really love someone when your world is falling apart around you. Emotional desolation mixed with physical destruction. The Swedish countryside has burned down to the ground. Two lovers intertwined, enveloped in smoke.
Rated 14 Sep 2019
72
57th
"bazen her şey tıpkı bir rüya gibi geliyor. benim gördüğüm bir rüya değil, rol almak zorunda olduğum, bir başkasının rüyası. peki bizi rüyasında gören kişi uyandığında ve utanç duyduğunda ne olacak?"
Rated 03 Dec 2014
85
92nd
By keeping a background info and details about the war unknown, Bergman succeeds in making a touching movie that's purely about the innocent people caught up in a conflict.
Rated 03 Feb 2015
85
96th
Similar to 'The human Condition' in its themes, atmosphere and execution (which is a great compliment). It is surprisingly accessible and comprehensible compared to some of Bergman's other films and the ending is absolutely great. There is also no constant whining about 'the absence of god' which I can surely appreciate. He finally got over it, I suppose.
Rated 12 Jul 2018
92
91st
Mês especial do centenário de Ingmar Bergman filme #12. Um dos mais sólidos tratados sobre alienação em tempos de guerra e de como a maioria das pessoas que estão na mesma vão do embotamento à desintegração num piscar de olhos. Coleção Versátil Ingmar Bergman Volume 7
Rated 11 Mar 2020
5
93rd
Torn from their small existence, a shapeless war the exacerbation of pent up resentments, an impetus to vacate morality and act on base impulse. Jan becomes a monster, and Eva is helpless. The tender early sequences in this film ensure its descent is that much more disheartening. Of all the great performances the Bergman troupe gave the world, I'm not sure a better chemistry was ever achieved than what Ullmann and von Sydow find here.
Rated 28 Mar 2019
70
54th
while it starts off extremely promising Skammen doesnt manage to keep the quality throughout the movie. liv ullman overacts and the pacing is off. it does manage to recover a little with the ending scene, though (minus the dream). the main attraction here is their relationship and every other scene really only distracts from that.
Rated 22 Jun 2019
95
86th
çok iyi
Rated 04 Jul 2020
85
64th
About how people and their relationships, including sexual ones, get influenced and in a sense distorted by extremely strong power situations in a war.
Rated 22 Jan 2021
90
87th
Liv Ullman and Max von Sydow are a couple, former musicians, living in semi-isolation on a rural island due to an ongoing war that surrounds them. They bicker, but seem to be in love, but their marriage and their moral fiber collapses as they are caught between both sides of the conflict. Both are, as to be expected, particularly von Sydow who gradually loses track of his boundaries and is reduced to a shell of his former self.
Rated 01 Jul 2022
80
85th
It's a movie about war but it's not a war movie. War is simply a method of peeling off layers from the characters and exposing the issues in their relationship and their moments of self-loathing and the extent of being selfish. The other characters are more faceless, either they are sad or they are cruel or simply victims. It is an interesting study of a person caught in the turmoil that war brings and feels very important in the current time of 2022. Very bleak and kind of depressing.
Rated 14 Jul 2023
85
85th
The first half of this is absolutely stunning. The second half loses a bit of steam in my view but is still very good. Both Ullmann and von Sydow are their usual brilliant selves. Great stuff.
Rated 14 Feb 2024
93
80th
Second tier Bergman, which means it's still quite good.

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