Sweden, 1968
90m
35mm film, black and white, 1.37:1
mono, Swedish
Reviewed at The EOFFTV Review
A Swedish horror film directed by Ingmar Bergman.
Plot Summary
A tormented artist and his partner living on a remote island struggle with his pstchological demons.
Credits
Crew
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Svensk Filmindustri
Screenplay: Ingmar Bergman
Director of Photography: Sven Nykvist
Editor: Ulla Ryghe
Music: Lars Johan Werle
Sound: P.O. Petterson, Lennart Engholm
Costumes: Mago
Make-up: Börje Lundh
Art Director: Marik Vos
Cast
Max von Sydow (Johan Borg)
Liv Ullmann (Alma Borg)
Gertrud Fridh (Corinne von Merkens)
Georg Rydeberg (Lindhorst, the archivist)
Erland Josephson (Baron von Merkens)
Naima Wifstrand (lady with strange hat)
Ulf Johansson (Heerbrand, the curator)
Gudrun Brost (the baron’s mother)
Bertil Anderberg (Ernst von Merkens)
Ingrid Thulin (Veronica Vogler)
Alternative Titles
Farkasok órája – Hungarian title
Godzina wilka – Polish title
L’Heure du loup – French, French Canadian title
A Hora do Lobo – Brazilian, Portuguese title
La hora del lobo – Argentine, Mexican, Spanish, Uruguayan title
Hour of the Wolf – UK, US title
Ingmar Bergman’s The Hour of the Wolf – Australian cable television title
L’ora del lupo – Italian title
I ora tou lykou – Greek title
Die Stunde des Wolfs – West German title
Suden hetki – Finnish title
Ulvetimen – Danish, Norwegian title
Vargtimen – Norwegian title
Vilko valanda – Lithuanian title
Vreme vuka – Serbian title
Чaс волка – Soviet Russian title
Часът на вълка – Bulgarian title
References
Periodicals
Cahiers du Cinéma no.203 (August 1968) pp.48-58 – interview with Ingmar Bergman
Chaplin no.3 (September 1959) p.108 – review
Cineforum no.76 (June 1968) pp.409-446 – review, script
Cinema Retro vol.2 no.4 (Winter 2006) pp.36-39 – illustrated article (Discover Bergman by Raymond Benson)
The Daily Cinema no.9550 (19 July 1968) p.14 – credits, review
Empire no.183 (September 2004) p.169 – illustrated DVD review (Remote control: RWD by KN [Kim Newman])
Film in Sweden no.2 (1965) p.5 – review
Films and Filming vol.14 no.12 (September 1968) p.32 – credits, review
Kine Weekly no.3170 (13 July 1968) p.11 – credits, synopsis, review
Literature/Film Quarterly vol.8 no.2 (1980) pp.104-105 – review
Monthly Film Bulletin vol.35 no.415 (August 1968) p.115 – credits, synopsis, review
Movie no.16 1969) pp.9-12 – review
Sight & Sound vol.37 no.4 (Autumn 1968) p.203 – review
Variety 28 February 1968 p.22 – credits, review
Books
Horror and Science Fiction Films: A Checklist by Donald C. Willis p.228 – credits
Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.203 – credits
Other sources
BFI Southbank Guide March 2018 p.23 – illustrated listing
