---
title: 'Shame (1968)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ingmar Bergman'
released: '1968-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 103
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Sweden'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/shame-1968'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063611/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Shame (1968)

1968 · 103 min · Drama · Sweden

Original title: Skammen
Part of: Fårö trilogy

## Synopsis

Shame is a 1968 Swedish drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, and starring Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow. Ullmann and von Sydow play Eva and Jan, former violinists, a politically uninvolved couple whose home comes under threat by civil war. They are accused by one side of sympathy for the enemy, and their marriage deteriorates while the couple flees. The story explores themes of shame, moral decline, self-loathing and violence.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ingmar Bergman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ingmar-bergman)
- **Screenplay:** [Ingmar Bergman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ingmar-bergman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Johann Sebastian Bach](https://cinepixo.com/people/johann-sebastian-bach)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sven Nykvist](https://cinepixo.com/people/sven-nykvist)
- **Editor:** [Ulla Ryghe](https://cinepixo.com/people/ulla-ryghe)

## Cast

- [Ingvar Kjellson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ingvar-kjellson)
- [Birgitta Valberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/birgitta-valberg)
- [Vilgot Sjöman](https://cinepixo.com/people/vilgot-sjoman)
- [Bengt Eklund](https://cinepixo.com/people/bengt-eklund)
- [Agda Helin](https://cinepixo.com/people/agda-helin)
- [Axel Düberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/axel-duberg)
- [Max von Sydow](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-von-sydow)
- [Rune Lindström](https://cinepixo.com/people/rune-lindstrom)
- [Brita Öberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/brita-oberg)
- [Sigge Fürst](https://cinepixo.com/people/sigge-furst)
- [Frank Sundström](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-sundstrom)
- [Hans Alfredson](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-alfredson)
- [Georg Skarstedt](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-skarstedt)
- [Ellika Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellika-mann)
- [Willy Peters](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-peters)

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