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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Cast
22 people
Liv Ullmann
Maria
Known for
Persona
Autumn Sonata
Ingrid Thulin
Karin
Known for
Wild Strawberries
Winter Light
Kari Sylwan
Anna
Also in
Face to Face
Children's Island
Harriet Andersson
Agnes
Known for
Through a Glass Darkly
Summer with Monika
Erland Josephson
David
Known for
The Sacrifice
Nostalgia
Georg Årlin
Fredrik
Known for
The Brothers Lionheart
New Mischief by Emil
Anders Ek
Isak
Known for
The Seventh Seal
The Rite
Henning Moritzen
Joakim
Known for
The Celebration
Headhunter
Ingmar Bergman
Narrator (voice)
Known for
The Rite
Torment
Ingrid Sandell
Girl at a Family Gathering (uncredited)
Ingrid Bergman
Spectator
Linn Ullmann
Maria's Daughter
Known for
Autumn Sonata
Ingmar Bergman Director · Sven Nykvist Cinematographer Siv Lundgren Editor
Budget $400K · United States release December 21, 1972 · Produced in Sweden
Box office
Budget
$400,000
Production
Cinematograph AB
Production
Svenska Filminstitutet
Production
Sweden
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Viskningar och rop
Original language
Swedish
Spoken on screen
Swedish
Release dates
Germany · December 21, 1972
Theatrical
United States · December 21, 1972
Theatrical · New York City, New York
Sweden · March 5, 1973
Theatrical
United States · November 20, 2018
Physical · Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema Blu-ray
United States
January 17, 1973 · Theatrical · Los Angeles, California
China
October 24, 2026 · Premiere · Classic Film Festival (4K Restoration)
Denmark
December 21, 1972 · Theatrical
Finland
October 4, 1974 · Theatrical
France
September 20, 1973 · Theatrical
Ireland
February 8, 1974 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 23, 2013 · Physical · DVD
United Kingdom
February 1, 1973 · Theatrical · (Rated X)
January 28, 1998 · Physical
February 25, 2002 · Physical · DVD
January 22, 2018 · Digital
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