Hour of the Wolf
1968 · Movie · 88 min · ★ 7.4 · 87% critics
On a remote island getaway, a pregnant wife tries to hold things together as her artist husband grows increasingly unstable. As sleepless nights and unsettling encounters pile up, his buried desires and fears blur the line between memory, nightmare, and reality.
Also known as Vargtimmen
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Details
- Original title
- Vargtimmen
- Years
- 1968
- Release date
- 1968-02-19
- Language
- Swedish
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Critic score
- 87/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (555 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a dark, surreal psychological horror that lingers and invites interpretation, in the vein of Eraserhead or Possession; Not for you if you need clear answers, faster pacing, or easy scares.
Pros: haunting nightmare mood; intense lead performances; memorable surreal images | Cons: slow and ponderous; confusing, open-ended story; can feel pretentious
Themes
- island
- nightmare
- isolation
- insanity
- artist
- diary
- castle
- insomnia
- surrealism
- black and white
- gothic
- pregnant wife
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Cast & crew
Max von Sydow
as Johan Borg
Liv Ullmann
as Alma Borg
Gertrud Fridh
as Corinne von Merkens
Georg Rydeberg
as Lindhorst
Erland Josephson
as Baron von Merkens
Naima Wifstrand
as Old Lady with Hat
Ulf Johansson
as Heerbrand
Gudrun Brost
as Gamla Fru von Merkens
- BA
Bertil Anderberg
as Ernst von Merkens
Ingrid Thulin
as Veronica Vogler
Directed by Ingmar Bergman