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The Bacchae (1993)
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
Overview
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.
Length 140 minutes
Actors
Sylvia Lindenstrand | Laila Andersson-Palme | Sten Wahlund | Peter Mattei | Anita Soldh | Berit Lindholm | Paula Hoffman | Camilla Staern | Ellen Andreassen Jensen | Anna-Marie Mühle | Kristina Hammarström | Peter Stormare | Eva Österberg