The Bacchae

Synopsis

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.

CAST

Ingmar Bergman

Director

Sylvia Lindenstrand

Dionysos

Laila Andersson-Palme

Teiresias

Sten Wahlund

Kadmos

Peter Mattei

Pentheus

Anita Soldh

Agaue

Berit Lindholm

Alfa

Paula Hoffman

Beta

Camilla Staern

Gamma

Ellen Andreassen Jensen

Delta

Anna-Marie Mühle

Zeta

Kristina Hammarström

Eta

Peter Stormare

The Messenger

Eva Österberg

Lambda

Ingmar Bergman

Director

Sylvia Lindenstrand

Dionysos

Laila Andersson-Palme

Teiresias

Sten Wahlund

Kadmos

Peter Mattei

Pentheus

Anita Soldh

Agaue

Berit Lindholm

Alfa

Paula Hoffman

Beta

Camilla Staern

Gamma

Ellen Andreassen Jensen

Delta

Anna-Marie Mühle

Zeta

Kristina Hammarström

Eta

Peter Stormare

The Messenger

Eva Österberg

Lambda