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Hour of the Wolf

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Hour of the Wolf (1968)

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Reviews Counted: 15

Fresh: 13

Rotten:2

Average Rating: 7.5/10

Runtime: 89 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: This surreal Gothic drama by Swedish master Ingmar Bergman stars Max von Sydow as Johan, a troubled artist who is literally haunted by demons from his past, and Liv Ullmann as his loving wife Alma,... This surreal Gothic drama by Swedish master Ingmar Bergman stars Max von Sydow as Johan, a troubled artist who is literally haunted by demons from his past, and Liv Ullmann as his loving wife Alma, who eventually experiences the same nightmarish delusions. A local aristocrat (Erland Josephson) and his clan, who reside in a forbidding castle and appear to possess supernatural powers, might have a hand in Johan's undoing. The film is told mostly in retrospect after Johan has disappeared, leaving behind only a diary from which his mental and emotional decline (perhaps an allegory on the difficulties of the creative process, one of Bergman's favorite themes) can be reconstructed. Borrowing stylistic elements from classic Hollywood horror movies and occasionally featuring graphic material (one scene prompted a contemporary reviewer to recommend averting one's eyes from the screen), this unusual (black-and-white) film also retains the psychological astuteness and technical finesse that earned Bergman worldwide critical acclaim and his status as Sweden's premier filmmaker. [More]

Starring: Liv Ullmann, Max Von Sydow, Erland Josephson, Gertrud Fridh

Starring: Liv Ullmann, Max Von Sydow, Erland Josephson, Gertrud Fridh, Gudrun Brost

Director: Ingmar Bergman

Director: Ingmar Bergman

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Feb 10, 2004

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08/11/07
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

One of the typical bleak psychological dramas of Ingmar Bergman.

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08/09/07
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Only partly successful.

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01/27/07
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Goatdog's Movies

This Bergman discourse on the nature of art and the artist's relation to society is shrouded in the trappings of gothic horror.

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08/29/06
TV Guide's Movie Guide

A brilliant Gothic fantasy.

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02/09/06
Derek Adams
Time Out

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07/31/05
Emanuel Levy
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Hour of the Wolf is not one of Bergman's great films but it is unthinkable for anyone seriously interested in movies not to see it.

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05/09/05
Renata Adler
New York Times
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If we allow the images to slip past the gates of logic and enter the deeper levels of our mind, and if we accept Bergman's horror story instead of questioning it, Hour of the Wolf works magnificently.

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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A must for fans of horror and of Bergman. So good it makes you wish he had dabbled in the genre that bit more often.

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08/05/04
Kim Newman
Empire Magazine

existential dread is palpable

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05/07/04
Christopher Null
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03/27/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

In Hour of the Wolf Bergman asserts the impossible nature of relationships, the ultimate inability of two people to live together without destroying one another.

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03/07/04
Leo Goldsmith
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12/05/03
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

One of Bergman's most haunting films.

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05/24/03
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07/30/02
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

This 1967 effort is one of Bergman's most outlandish, with its pack of ghouls and its heavy suggestions of exhibitionism, necrophilia, and homosexuality -- a magnificent failure.

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