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The Bacchae

Directed by Ingmar Bergman
1993    2h 20mMusic, TV Movie,
5.95.7
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The young wine god Dionysus returns to his native town of Thebes after having established his cult in the east. In his entourage, he has a run of Bacchantes. Semele, his mother, was distrusted by her family when she claimed that Zeus was the father of her child. Dionysus has come to restore her, revealing his divinity, and require proper worship of the Theban legion. An opera composed by Daniel Börtz. Filmed for TV.

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Cast of The Bacchae

  • Sylvia LindenstrandDionysos
  • Laila Andersson-PalmeTeiresias
  • Sten WahlundKadmos
  • Peter MatteiPentheus
  • Anita SoldhAgaue
  • Berit LindholmAlfa
  • Paula HoffmanBeta
  • Camilla StaernGamma
  • Ellen Andreassen JensenDelta
  • Anna-Marie MühleZeta
  • Kristina HammarströmEta
  • Peter StormareThe Messenger
  • Eva ÖsterbergLambda
  • Ingmar BergmanDirector
  • Måns ReuterswärdProducer
  • Mette MöllerProduction Design / Costume Design
  • Lennart MörkProduction Design
  • Raymond WemmenlövDirector Of Photography
  • Wulf MesekeDirector Of Photography
  • Sven-Åke VisénDirector Of Photography

 

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The Bacchae Trivia

Backanterna was released on April 9, 1993.

Backanterna was directed by Ingmar Bergman.

Backanterna has a runtime of 2 hr 20 min.

Backanterna was produced by Måns Reuterswärd.

The key characters in Backanterna are Dionysos (Sylvia Lindenstrand), Teiresias (Laila Andersson-Palme), Kadmos (Sten Wahlund).

Backanterna is a Music, TV Movie, Drama film.

Backanterna has an audience rating of 5.9 out of 10.

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