Hour of the Wolf (1968)

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Original title	Vargtimmen
Swedish release title	Vargtimmen
International title	Hour of the Wolf
Distribution title	Vargtimen (Norge) Die Stunde des Wolfs (Västtyskland) L'heure du loup (Frankrike) Godzina wilka (Polen) Hodina vlků (Tjeckoslovakien) Farkasok órája (Ungern) Hour of the Wolf
Script title	Människoätarna

Director	Ingmar Bergman
Screenplay	Ingmar Bergman
Production Manager	Lars-Owe Carlberg
Director of Photography	Sven Nykvist
Music	Lars Johan Werle (originalmusik) Johann Sebastian Bach Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Art Director	Marik Vos (as Marik Vos-Lundh)
Film Editor	Ulla Ryghe
Production Mixer	Per-Olof Pettersson (as P.O. Pettersson)
Assistant Director	Lenn Hjortzberg
Script Supervisor	Ulla Ryghe
Unit Manager	Boarne Vibenius (as Bo A. Vibenius)
First Assistant Cameraman	Anders Bodin Roland Lundin
Still Photographer	Roland Lundin
Propman	Karl-Arne Bergman
Costume Designer	Max Goldstein (as Mago) Eivor Kullberg
Make-up Supervisor	Börje Lundh Kjell Gustavsson Tina Johansson
Driver	Arne Carlsson
Boom Operator	Lennart Engholm
Sound Effects	Evald Andersson
Re-recording Mixer	Olle Jakobsson

Max von Sydow	Johan Borg, konstnär
Liv Ullmann	Alma Borg, hans hustru
Ingrid Thulin	Veronica Vogler
Georg Rydeberg	arkivarie Lindhorst
Erland Josephson	baron von Merkens
Gertrud Fridh	Corinne von Merkens, hans hustru
Naima Wifstrand	damen med hatten
Gudrun Brost	gamla fru Merkens
Bertil Anderberg	Ernst von Merkens
Ulf Johanson	kurator Heerbrand
Lenn Hjortzberg	kapellmästare Kreisler
Agda Helin	pigan hos von Merkens
Mikael Rundquist	pojken i jeans
Folke Sundquist	Tamino i Trollflöjten
Mona Seilitz	liket på bårhuset

Production Company	AB Svensk Filmindustri
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Svensk Filmindustri
	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1994
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2017
Laboratory	FilmTeknik AB

The reclusive artist Johan Borg, who is living on an isolated island with his wife Alma, is plagued by nightmares and visions of demons.

Censorship number	105951
Date	1967-09-27
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2455 meters
Notes	1968-02-09 förkortades filmen till 2395 meter

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2455 meters
Length in minutes	88 min
Reels	6 reels
Dialogue	Swedish

	Råsunda	Sweden
Hovs hallar	Båstad	Sweden

Release in Sweden	1968-02-19	Röda Kvarn	Stockholm	Sweden	87 min
First showing	1968-02-19	Röda Kvarn	Stockholm	Sweden	87 min
Other showing	1973-05-22
Cinematheque screening	1973-10-07			Sweden
	1980-06-03			Sweden
	1980-06-04			Sweden
	1983-12-16			Sweden
	1983-12-23			Sweden
TV showing	1986-05-14	TV1		Sweden	84 min
Other showing	1989-05-18
Cinematheque screening	1989-12-08		Gothenburg	Sweden
Censurbeslut	1994-02-24	Cineteca di Bologna	Bologna	Italy
Cinematheque screening	1994-03-23			Sweden
	1994-03-28			Sweden
	1994-11-08			Sweden
	1994-11-13			Sweden
	1997-11-20	Draken	Gothenburg	Sweden
TV showing	1998-07-05	SVT1		Sweden	84 min
Other showing	1998-10-15
Cinematheque screening	2000-10-19	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden	89 min
	2000-10-24	Bio Victor	Stockholm	Sweden	89 min
Other showing	2002-10
Censurbeslut	2003-05	Cinema Lumière	Bologna	Italy
Other showing	2003-06					Emulsionsrepor tvättad och svälld.
Cinematheque screening	2003-11-21	Bio Victor	Stockholm	Sweden	89 min
	2003-11-24	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden	89 min
Other showing	2005-01-21					Obs! akt 1 och 2 hopskarvade! Fin kopia.
Censurbeslut	2005-02-16	La Cineteca del Friuli	Gemona del Friuli	Italy
	2005-04-17	Nederlands Filmmuseum	Amsterdam	The Netherlands
Festival showing	2008-02-01	Capitol	Gothenburg	Sweden	90 min	(Göteborg Film Festival. Ingmar Bergman-retrospektiv)
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2011-04-16
	2011-04-26
External cinema, Sweden	2013-06-25					OBS! Endast akt 1! Bergmanveckan.
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen	2016-02-23
Censurbeslut	2016-12-13
	2017-03
	2018-01-06
	2018-01-22
Other showing	2018-02-01	Janus Films	New York	USA
Festival showing	2018-02-03	Capitol	Gothenburg	Sweden		Göteborg Filmfestival 2018
Censurbeslut	2018-03-03	British Film Institute	London	United Kingdom
	2018-03-03		London
	2018-03-04		London
	2018-03-07		London
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-03-14	Bergamo Film Meeting	Bergamo	Italy
Censurbeslut	2018-03-17		London
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-04-11	Eulenspiegel	Essen	Germany
Censurbeslut	2018-06-06					Endast akt 1. Visades dock inte men skickades iväg 10/5.
	2018-06-08	Deutsches Filmmuseum	Frankfurt	Germany
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-06-10	HKIFF	Hong Kong	China
	2018-06-12	Shanghai Film Festival	Shanghai	China
	2018-06-14		Shanghai
Censurbeslut	2018-06-24	Cinema Orion	Helsinki	Finland
	2018-06-26		Helsinki
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-07-05	Filmpodium	Zürich	Switzerland
	2018-07-10	Arcades (Cinepel SA)	Neuchatel	Switzerland
	2018-07-15	Turku Cinema Club	Turku	Finland
	2018-07-15	Babylon	Berlin	Germany
	2018-07-15		Zürich
	2018-07-23	Klub Kultury	Zlin	Czech Republic
	2018-07-29		Hong Kong
	2018-07-31		Berlin
	2018-08-02		Zürich
	2018-08-08		Berlin
	2018-08-22	Metropolis	Hamburg	Germany
	2018-08-23	Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival	Taipei	Taiwan
	2018-08-24		Hamburg
	2018-08-27		Taipei
TV showing	2018-08-31	SVT2		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-09-05		Taipei
	2018-09-10	Kino Rex	Bern	Switzerland
	2018-09-13	Films by the sea	Vlissingen	The Netherlands
	2018-09-17		Bern
Censurbeslut	2018-09-18	Det Danske Filminstitut	Copenhagen	Denmark
	2018-09-20
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-09-24		Bern
	2018-09-29		Nuremberg
Censurbeslut	2018-10-01	Jerusalem Cinematheque	Jerusalem	Israel
	2018-10-04		Jerusalem
	2018-10-07		Jerusalem
	2018-10-10		Jerusalem
	2018-10-13		Jerusalem
Cinematheque screening	2018-10-17	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2018-10-17
Censurbeslut	2018-10-18		Copenhagen
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-10-19	MTÜ Must Käsi/ Tartu Elektriteater	Tartu	Estonia
	2018-10-19	MTÜ Must Käsi/Kino Sõprus	Tallinn	Estonia
Censurbeslut	2018-10-21
	2018-11-15	Cinemateket NFI	Oslo	Norway
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-11-22		Lillehammer
	2018-11-22		Stavanger
	2018-11-22		Trondheim
	2018-11-22		Bergen
	2018-11-22		Tromsö
Censurbeslut	2018-11-23		Oslo
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-11-25		Trondheim
	2018-11-25		Bergen
	2018-11-26		Tromsö
	2018-11-27		Stavanger
	2018-11-27		Trondheim
	2018-11-28		Lillehammer
Censurbeslut	2018-12-05	Black Box	Düsseldorf	Germany
	2019-03-05
	2019-04-18
	2020-02-19			Denmark		DCP Unique
Inställd visning	2020-04-07			The Netherlands		DCP Unique
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2020-09-23			Greece
	2020-10-02			Greece
Inställd visning	2020-12-06			Sweden		Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia
Censurbeslut	2021-03-26			Sydkorea		DCP Unique
	2021-04-10			Sydkorea		DCP Unique
	2021-04-30			Sydkorea		DCP Unique
External cinema, Sweden	2021-07-03		Fårö, Gotland	Sweden
TV showing	2022-03-12	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Censurbeslut	2022-06-20		Amsterdam	The Netherlands		DCP Unique
Festival showing, Sweden	2022-06-27		Fårö	Sweden
Censurbeslut	2022-06-27		Amsterdam	The Netherlands		DCP Unique
TV showing	2022-10-13	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-11-17	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-11-21	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2022-11-23		Hamburg	Germany
TV showing	2023-03-11	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-06-16	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Festival showing, Sweden	2023-06-26		Fårö	Sweden
TV showing	2023-10-12	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2023-11-06		Leuven	Belgium
	2023-11-11		Leuven	Belgium
TV showing	2023-11-16	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-11-20	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-03-09	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-06-14	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2024-10-04	Bio Victor, Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
TV showing	2024-10-18	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-11-14	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-11-18	SF Kanalen		Sweden

Original title	Musik i urval (kontakta redaktionen för detaljer om enskilda filmer)

Chaplin Magazine Award	Stockholm	1968		Liv Ullmann	(roller i denna film och i Skammen)
Filmbewertungsstelle (Wiesbaden)	Wiesbaden	1968			(prädikat: wertvoll)
National Board of Review		1968		Liv Ullmann	(bästa skådespelerska)
The Swedish Film Institute's Quality Grant	Stockholm	1968			(bidrag om 356 641,62 kr)
Evangelische Filmgilde		1968			(monatsbeste)

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2390

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2391

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2390

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	35 mm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	Ingmar Bergmans VARGTIMMEN

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	Ingmar Bergmans VARGTIMMEN
Printing house	Ewes tryckeri AB

Size	About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity	1

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	1
Poster title	The Hour of the Wolf

Type	Kostymskiss
Object title	Alma
Technique	tusch
Size	29,7 x 40

Type	Kostymskiss
Object title	Baronessan v. Merkens
Technique	gouache & tusch
Size	29,5 x 42

Type	Kostymskiss
Object title	Vargtimmen

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	The hour of the wolf. (Vargtimmen). A film by Ingmar Bergman.
Extent	62 s.
Language	English

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Vargtimmen. En film av Ingmar Bergman.
Extent	89 s. Förord (1 s.) ingår + 12 s. tillägg. i ett ex.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Vargtimmen. En film av Ingmar Bergman.
Extent	89 s. Förord (1 s.) ingår. + 22 s. miljölista, maj - sept. 1966.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Vargtimmen. En film av Ingmar Bergman.
Extent	16 s. Personlista och produktionsuppgifter (2 s.) ingår.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	The hour of the wolf. English dialogue list.
Extent	24 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	The hour of the wolf.
Extent	24 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	French

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Människoätarna. Film av Ingmar Bergman.
Extent	159 s. + 1 s. PM.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Peripheral material
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Människoätarna. Film av Ingmar Bergman.
Extent	159 s.
Language	Swedish

Black and white print	set
Colour prints	No
Behind the scenes prints	set
Slides	1
Digital images	Yes
Album	Yes

Type	Program folio
Language	English

Type	Program folio
Language	English

Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	DCP
Length in minutes	88 min
Dialogue	Swedish

Element type	Digital audio
Carrier type	WAV

Element type	Digital audio
Carrier type	WAV

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	DCP

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	MAP

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	MAP

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	ProRes

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	H264