Genres: Foreign, Drama, Criterion Collection, 70s, Dysfunctional Families, Sweden, Foreign Drama, Swedish Cinema, Romance, Romantic Drama
Cast: Harriet Andersson, Kari Sylwan, Ingrid Thulin, Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Georg Ahlen
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Synopsis: From the agony of dying, legendary director Ingmar Bergman creates a testament to the strength of the soul, and from a story of unbearable pain, a film of absolute power. Karin and Maria come to the aid of their dying sister, Agnes, but jealousy, manipulation, and selfishness come before empathy. Agnes, tortured by cancer, transcends the pettiness of her sisters' concerns to remembering moments of being, moments that Bergman, with the help of Academy Award-winning cinematographer Sven Nykvist, translates into pictures of staggering beauty and unfathomable horror.
Language: Swedish
Country of Origin: Sweden
Production Year: 1972
Awards:
- 1972: Nominee, Oscar, Best Costume Design, Academy
- 1972: Nominee, Oscar, Best Screenplay, Academy
- 1972: Nominee, Oscar, Best Picture, Academy
- 1972: Winner, Oscar, Best Cinematography, Academy
- 1972: Nominee, Oscar, Best Director, Ingmar Bergman, Academy
- Release Date: Jun 19th, 2001
- Catalog Number: CR1070DVD
- UPC: 037429156322
- Rating: R
- Run Time: 91
- Color Format: Color
- Audio: PCM Mono
- Language: Swedish
- 16:9: Yes
- Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
- Number of Discs: 1
- Closed Captions: No
- Subtitle: English
- Special Features:
52-minute interview with Bergman and long-time collaborator Erland Josephson
Lush new digital transfer, enhanced for 16x9 televisions
Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
