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Critic Roger Ebert
rated 10

...does not deliver a message in any formal way, but simply offers people and their lives and leaves us to conclude what we choose.

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Cast & Crew

Ingmar Bergman
Director
Vilgot Sjöman
As TV Interviewer
Vilgot Sjöman
Director
Per Berglund
As Soldier
Per Berglund
Director
Jan Bergman
As Jacobi's Driver

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Shame (1968) is a war drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman that explores the disintegration of humanity during a civil war. The film follows the story of a former violinist couple, Jan and Eva Rosenberg, who live on a rural island farm, trying to escape the war. However, their attempts are futile as the war eventually reaches their doorstep when soldiers invade their home. Jan and Eva are captured, interrogated, and eventually released, but their relationship is strained as they are forced to endure the hardships of war. The film delves into themes of violence, shame, and the moral failure of the self, and it does not take a side in the war, instead focusing on the human toll of conflict. Shame is considered a trilogy along with Hour of the Wolf (1968) and The Passion of Anna (1969), which explore similar themes of violence and disintegration. The film features music as a recurring motif, with the characters being violinists, and it touches on the "artist as fugitive" theme, common in Bergman's films. Overall, Shame is a powerful and thought-provoking film that explores the devastating effects of war on individuals and society.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Shame include Patton, Fail Safe, The Cardinal, M*A*S*H, Battle of the Bulge, In Harm's Way.