The Passion Of Anna: On a windswept barren island Andreas lives simply and quietly until he becomes entangled with Anna a beautiful mysterious widow and a neighbouring couple harbouring their own sorrows and illusions. But soon secrets from Andreas and Anna's pasts threaten to destroy everything... The Serpent's Egg: Abel Rosenberg (Carradine) is a circus acrobat out of work and living in a defeated Germany after the First World War. He takes a job at the Veregus Clinic and there he finds the truth behind the work of the Professor Veregus (Bennett) work that... led to his own brother committing suicide... Hour Of The Wolf: Haunted by demons past and present artist Johan Borg fights a losing battle to retain his sanity and maintain his artistic prowess. His wife Alma desperate to help him finds herself starting to share his hallucinations. But as Johan's mind continues to unravel Alma is forced to choose bewteen her love and her life... Shame: On a remote island far removed from a raging civil war Jan and Eva retreat to their apolitical fortress: a small vegetable farm. But their serene existence is shattered when soldiers violently invade their home. Now caught in the crosshairs of a brutal and inhuman conflict Jan and Eva become survivors with only one concern - to endure. [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play The Passion Of Anna On a windswept barren island Andreas lives simply and quietly until he becomes entangled with Anna a beautiful mysterious widow and a neighbouring couple harbouring their own sorrows and illusions But soon secrets from Andreas and Anna&39;s pasts threaten to destroy everything The Serpent&39;s Egg Abel Rosenberg (Carradine) is a circus acrobat out of work and living in a defeated Germany after the First World War He takes a job at the Veregus Clinic and there he finds the truth behind the work of the Professor Veregus (Bennett) work that led to his own brother committing suicide Hour Of The Wolf Haunted by demons past and present artist Johan Borg fights a losing battle to retain his sanity and maintain his artistic prowess His wife Alma desperate to help him finds herself starting to share his hallucinations But as Johan&39;s mind continues to unravel Alma is forced to choose bewteen her love and her life Shame On a remote island far removed from a raging civil war Jan and Eva retreat to their apolitical fortress a small vegetable farm But their serene existence is shattered when soldiers violently invade their home Now caught in the crosshairs of a brutal and inhuman conflict Jan and Eva become survivors with only one concern - to endure Actors Max Von Sydow Liv Ullman Bibi Andersson Lars-Owe Carlberg David Carradine Gert Frobe Heinz Bennett Gunter Meisner Bertil Anderberg & Gertrud Fridh Director Ingmar Bergman Certificate 18 years and over Year 1969 ; 1978 ; 1968 ; 1968 Languages Swedish Subtitles English Duration 6 hours and 43 minutes (approx)
Four popular movies from acclaimed Swedish director Ingmar Bergman. In 'The Passion of Anna' (1969), four lost souls attempt to seek solace in each other and outlive their damaged pasts. Andreas Winkelman (Max von Sydow) lives a simple, solitary life on a barren and windswept island. When he meets Anna (Liv Ullmann), a beautiful widow who has been crippled in an accident in which her husband and son died, he finds out more about her past in their first meeting than she realises. The two form a relationship and, at first, see much that they might enjoy together in the lives of their mutual friends, bourgeois married couple Ellis and Evan Vergerus (Bibi Andersson and Erland Josephson). However, Ellis and Evan are themselves living in a world of delusions and psychological turmoil, and Andreas's relationship with Anna soon takes a devastatingly destructive turn when he uses his knowledge about her past against her. 'The Serpent's Egg' (1977) is set in Berlin in 1923. Germany has fallen into deep post-war depression. The story centres on two out-of-work circus performers who, after their third partner commits suicide, find themselves at the mercy of their current employer. In 'Hour of the Wolf' (1968), von Sydow plays Johan Borg, a brilliant painter who, while spending the summer on a remote, windy island with his pregnant wife Alma (Liv Ullmann), starts to experience terrifying nightmares and hallucinations. Alma is desperate to help her afflicted husband, and in 'the hour of the wolf', between midnight and dawn, listens as he outpours his painful stories and memories. Before long she too is experiencing the violent hallucinations, and is 'visited' by a faceless old woman who advises her to read her husband's diary - with devastating consequences. 'Shame' (1968) documents the struggle of a young married couple, Jan (von Sydow) and Eva Rosenberg (Liv Ullmann) to remain apolitical and keep out of the war that rages around them. Retreating to a remote island, they manage to scrape together a living growing berries on their farm. But their tranquil existence is shattered when soldiers from both sides of the conflict arrive on their island and fighting breaks out. Their neighbour, Colonel Jacobi (Gunnar Björnstrand), who is in charge of the army defending the island, agrees to protect the couple if Eva will sleep with him, which in desperation she does. Jan finds out about Eva's betrayal just as the rebel forces gain the upper ground, and willingly complies with the rebels' orders to execute Jacobi. These two acts leave the couple estranged from each other, devoid of hope and morally bankrupt.
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