Hour of the Wolf(1968)Vargtimmen(original title).An artist in crisis is haunted by nightmares from the past in Ingmar Bergman's only horror film, which takes place on a windy island. During "the hour of the wolf" - between midnight and dawn - he tells his wife about his most painful memories. Written byFredrik Klasson <fredrik.klasson@boras.mail.telia.com>... Synopsis Hour of the Wolf(1968)Vargtimmen(original title)
Movie Title: Hour of the Wolf(1968)Vargtimmen(original title)
Run Time: 90 min
Rating: 7.6 / 10
Genres: Drama |Horror
Release Date: 9 April 1968 (USA)
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Writer: Ingmar Bergman... and other credits
Actor: Max von Sydow,Liv Ullmann,Gertrud Fridh
Our early encounters with Johan Borg, played by the enigmatic, Max von Sydow do not encourage our sympathy. The painter seems troubled but boorish with it and something of a bully. Liv Ullmann is wonderful as his long suffering wife, Alma, and really tries to help her husband overcome his illness. This is the reason they are on the (deserted?) island, to give him a chance to overcome his demons. And what demons! For the first half of the film we are about as bemused as Alma as to what is going on with all the various encounters, but as the film progresses we are drawn in further, as is she. The artist overcome by his own creative imaginings or a sick man struggling with his nightmares? Can one tell the difference in the end? As the two main characters finally fall in together, dragging us with them a full blown Gothic melodrama opens up and almost engulfs us all. Most original and horrifying work. I don't know if it was just me but I had to play this with 'hard of hearing' English as I could find no other English track on the DVD.
