Shame
In the midst of a civil war, a pair of former violinists in a tempestuous marriage oversee a farm on a rural island. In spite of their best efforts to escape their homeland, the war impinges on every aspect of their lives.
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Cast
36 people
Liv Ullmann
Eva Rosenberg
Known for
Persona
Cries and Whispers
Max von Sydow
Jan Rosenberg
Known for
Shutter Island
Minority Report
Sigge Fürst
Filip
Known for
Summer with Monika
The Passion of Anna
Gunnar Björnstrand
Mr. Jacobi
Known for
The Seventh Seal
Persona
Birgitta Valberg
Mrs. Jacobi
Known for
The Virgin Spring
Port of Call
Hans Alfredson
Lobelius
Known for
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
The Simple-Minded Murderer
Ingvar Kjellson
Oswald
Known for
The Accidental Golfer
Frank Sundström
Interrogator
Also in
Halsduken
The Girls
Vilgot Sjöman
TV Interviewer
Also in
Traveling with Father
Inför Markisinnan de Sade
Bengt Eklund
Guard on Jacobi's Expedition
Known for
Port of Call
Summer with Monika
Gösta Prüzelius
Pastor in the Interrogation Room
Known for
Pippi Longstocking
Summer with Monika
Willy Peters
Senior Officer
Also in
The Red Room
Halsduken
Ingmar Bergman Director · Sven Nykvist Cinematographer Ulla Ryghe Editor
Worldwide gross $250K · United States release December 23, 1968 · Produced in Sweden
Box office
Worldwide gross
$250,000
Production
SF Studios
Production
Cinematograph AB
Production
Svensk Filmindustri
Production
Sweden
Produced in
Skammens drömmar
Working title
Languages
Original title
Skammen
Original language
Swedish
Spoken on screen
Swedish
Release dates
Sweden · September 29, 1968
Theatrical
United States · December 23, 1968
Theatrical
United States · November 20, 2018
Physical · Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema Blu-ray
United States
February 5, 2019 · Physical · The Criterion Collection
Brazil
January 1, 1969 · Theatrical
Finland
January 3, 1969 · Theatrical
France
April 30, 1969 · Theatrical
Germany
February 21, 1969 · Theatrical
Greece
May 29, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Re-Issue
Portugal
September 22, 1971 · Theatrical
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