Shame (1968)
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)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Ingmar Bergman
Written By: Ingmar Bergman
Starring: Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Liv Ullmann, Hans Alfredson, Sigge Fürst, Vilgot Sjöman, Ingvar Kjellson, Gösta Prüzelius, Birgitta Valberg, Bengt Eklund, Frank Sundström, Ulf Johansson
AKA: Skammen
Country: Sweden
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Shame belongs to 51 collections
1. 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (collaborative: moderated by kozan26 - 234 stars)
2. Criterion Collection (collaborative: moderated by caffe - 167 stars)
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5. Best of criticker: Top 250 (collaborative: moderated by avgcrtckr - 26 stars)
6. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (collaborative: moderated by Cinephile - 19 stars)
7. Best of criticker: Drama (collaborative: moderated by avgcrtckr - 18 stars)
8. Doubling The Canon (collaborative - 13 stars)
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12. Scandinavian (public: cankutozturk - 7 stars)
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MartinTeller | 97 99th |
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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.
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CCLZA | 90 95th |
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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.
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djross | 86 96th |
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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.
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PeaceAnarchy | 85 81st |
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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.
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Suture Self | 10 96th |
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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.
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Dean Franz | 45 39th |
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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.
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Neonman | 93 96th |
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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.
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schizotoast | 70 54th |
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NEEDS REWATCH HARDCORE.
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loc42 | 40 19th |
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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.
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Magb | 95 94th |
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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.
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schnofel | 29 11th |
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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.
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Moribunny | 75 84th |
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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.
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Dorkovsky | 10 99th |
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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.
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Alex Watkins | 5 91st |
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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.
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alexlma | 10 98th |
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bergman te amo
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KMcNeil | 8 84th |
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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.
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Tjekhov | 75 79th |
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"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.
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AAAutin | 82 91st |
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(SCENES BOMB A MARRIAGE)
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3dRevelation | 55 19th |
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I found this a shallow, somewhat boring look at war.
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lisa- | 8 97th |
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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.
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anilscn | 72 84th |
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İlk yarı 90, ikinci yarı malesef 50-55. Malesef
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JPFerguson | 75 80th |
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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.
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| Average Percentile 75.19% from 823 Ratings |  |