The Bacchae

1993Directed by Ingmar Bergman

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Released: April 9, 1993
Runtime: 2h 20m

About The Bacchae

TV Movie
Drama
Music
Fantasy

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.

Director: Ingmar Bergman
Writer: Euripides
Original title: Backanterna

Principal cast

In billing order

Sylvia LindenstrandDionysos
Laila Andersson-PalmeTeiresias
Sten WahlundKadmos
Peter MatteiPentheus
Anita SoldhAgaue
Berit LindholmAlfa

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