Shame

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Shame

1968

1h 44m

7.5(224 votes)

War

Drama

Overview

In the midst of a civil war, a pair of former violinists in a tempestuous marriage oversee a farm on a rural island. In spite of their best efforts to escape their homeland, the war impinges on every aspect of their lives.

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Cast & Crew

36 members

Acting

Liv Ullmann

Eva Rosenberg

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Max von Sydow

Jan Rosenberg

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Sigge Fürst

Filip

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Gunnar Björnstrand

Mr. Jacobi

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Birgitta Valberg

Mrs. Jacobi

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Hans Alfredson

Lobelius

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Ingvar Kjellson

Oswald

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Frank Sundström

Interrogator

Directing

Vilgot Sjöman

TV Interviewer

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Bengt Eklund

Guard on Jacobi's Expedition

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Gösta Prüzelius

Pastor in the Interrogation Room

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Willy Peters

Senior Officer

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Barbro Hiort af Ornäs

Woman in the Refugee Boat

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Agda Helin

Shopkeeper's Wife

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Ellika Mann

Female Prison Guard in the Interrogation Room

Writing

Rune Lindström

Mr. Tjocke

Acting

Axel Düberg

Pilot

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Lars Amble

Officer

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Ulf Johansson

Doctor

Directing

Per Berglund

Soldier

Directing

Jan Bergman

Jacobi's Driver

Art

Karl-Arne Bergman

Man in the Refugee Boat

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Gregor Dahlman

Man

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Camera

Nils Fogeby

Soldier

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Karl-Axel Forssberg

Secretary in the Interrogation Room

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Åke Jörnfalk

Death Row

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Costume & Make-Up

Eivor Kullberg

Woman in the Refugee Boat

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Monica Lindberg

Woman

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Visual Effects

Stig Lindberg

Medical Assistant

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Frej Lindqvist

Sadist Man in the Interrogation Room

Costume & Make-Up

Börje Lundh

Man in the Refugee Boat

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Georg Skarstedt

Man in the Refugee Boat

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Björn Thambert

Johan

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Production

Nils Whiten

Dead in the Interrogation Room

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Editing

Brian Wikström

Man

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Brita Öberg

Lady in the Interrogation Room

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