The Hour of the Wolf

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:film
gptkbp:awards Best Director at Cannes
Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards
gptkbp:based_on original story by Ingmar Bergman
gptkbp:box_office $1.5 million
limited release
gptkbp:character The artist.
The friend.
The doctor.
The wife.
The writer.
gptkbp:cinematography gptkb:Sven_Nykvist
gptkbp:cinematography_by gptkb:Sven_Nykvist
gptkbp:country gptkb:Sweden
gptkbp:critical_reception Generally positive reviews
mixed reviews
gptkbp:cultural_impact influenced horror genre
Influenced filmmakers and artists.
gptkbp:director gptkb:Ingmar_Bergman
gptkbp:distributor gptkb:AB_Svensk_Filmindustri
Cinematographica
gptkbp:editing gptkb:Ulla_Rygner
gptkbp:film_editing gptkb:Ulla_Rygner
gptkbp:film_festival gptkb:Berlin_International_Film_Festival
gptkb:Cannes_Film_Festival
gptkbp:genre gptkb:horror
psychological horror
gptkbp:home_media_release DVD release in 2004
Blu-ray release in 2011
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Hour of the Wolf
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Carl_Jung
gptkb:Edvard_Munch
gptkb:Friedrich_Nietzsche
gptkbp:inspiration Bergman's own experiences.
Personal fears.
Philosophical ideas.
gptkbp:language gptkb:Swedish
gptkbp:legacy Studied in film schools.
Referenced in popular culture.
Considered a classic of Swedish cinema.
gptkbp:music gptkb:Lars_Johan_Werle
gptkbp:music_by gptkb:Lars_Johan_Werle
gptkbp:notable_quote " The mind is a terrible thing to waste."
" What is reality?"
" I am a prisoner of my own mind."
" I am afraid of the dark."
" I am haunted by my past."
" I am not afraid of death, but of dying."
" I see things that are not there."
" The line between reality and madness is thin."
" It is the hour of the wolf, when the most people die."
" The hour of the wolf is the hour when most people die."
gptkbp:notable_scene The dream sequences.
The confrontation with the supernatural.
The final breakdown of the protagonist.
gptkbp:original_language gptkb:Swedish
gptkbp:plot A man descends into madness.
A writer experiences a mental breakdown while staying on a remote island.
gptkbp:release_country gptkb:Sweden
gptkbp:release_date gptkb:1968
March 1, 1968
gptkbp:release_year gptkb:1968
gptkbp:remake gptkb:The_Hour_of_the_Wolf_(2022)
gptkbp:runtime 98 minutes
gptkbp:screenplay gptkb:Ingmar_Bergman
gptkbp:screenplay_by gptkb:Ingmar_Bergman
gptkbp:starring gptkb:Gertrud_Fridh
gptkb:Liv_Ullmann
gptkb:Max_von_Sydow
gptkb:Gunnar_Björnstrand
gptkbp:themes gptkb:Isolation
gptkb:existentialism
gptkb:Madness
Existentialism
isolation
madness
artistic struggle
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ingmar_Bergman
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4