

Cries and Whispers
Four women dressed in white in a mansion painted red... haunted by whispers and cries.
As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs.
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7.9/10
809 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $400K
- Box office
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- Language
- Swedish
- dying and death
- sibling relationship
- sweden
- sister
- cancer
- mansion
- 19th century
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalRNew York City, New York21 Dec 1972
- TheatricalRLos Angeles, California17 Jan 1973
- PhysicalRIngmar Bergman’s Cinema Blu-ray20 Nov 2018
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical(Rated X)1 Feb 1973
- Physical1828 Jan 1998
- Physical18DVD25 Feb 2002
- Digital / OTT1522 Jan 2018
ChinaCN
- PremiereClassic Film Festival (4K Restoration)24 Oct 2026
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1521 Dec 1972
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-164 Oct 1974
FranceFR
- Theatrical1220 Sept 1973
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1221 Dec 1972
IrelandIE
- Theatrical188 Feb 1974
NetherlandsNL
- Physical16DVD23 Apr 2013
SwedenSE
- Theatrical155 Mar 1973
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Cries and Whispers was released on 21 December 1972.
Audience reviews
3- T10/10
talisencrw
5/13/2016
Though my personal favourite of Bergman's films will always be the first I've seen, for sentimental reasons ('Through a Glass Darkly'), this is outstanding. Essential for all cinephiles. A masterclass of acting, directing and cinematography. A dish to be savoured, exquisitely.
- C7/10
CRCulver
8/26/2018
Ingmar Bergman's 1972 film <i>Viskningar och rop</i> (Cries and Whispers) was one of the auteur's major achievements of that decade. In a Swedish country house, the dying Agnes (Harriet Andersson) is visited by her two sisters, the sensual and impulsive Karin (Liv Ullmann), and the stern and frigid Maria (Ingrid Thulin). Though ostensibly there to comfort Agnes in her last days, they are essentially just waiting for …
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
5/28/2023
There are certainly some very strong performances in this rather downbeat drama from Ingmar Bergman. "Agnes" (Harriet Andersson) is bed-ridden, dying of cancer and being tended by her two sisters "Karin" (Ingrid Thulin); "Maria" (Liv Ullmann) alongside their maid "Anna" (Kari Sylwan). The two sisters are pretty taciturn with each other; neither have particularly happy nor fulfilling marriages and the film uses the de…
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