Backanterna

Directed by Ingmar Bergman
9 april 1993    2h 20mMusic, TV-film,
5.95.7
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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  • 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 BergmanRegisör
  • Måns ReuterswärdProducent
  • Mette MöllerProduction Design / Costume Design
  • Lennart MörkProduction Design
  • Sven-Åke VisénDirector Of Photography
  • Per NorénDirector Of Photography
  • Raymond WemmenlövDirector Of Photography

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