Drama ·Comedy · Sweden · 1968 · 1h 40m

The Girls

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Director

Cast

Bibi Andersson as Liz / Lysistrata Harriet Andersson as Marianne / Myrrhine Gunnel Lindblom as Gunilla / Kalonike Gunnar Björnstrand as Hugo Erland Josephson as Carl, Mann von Liz Frank Sundström as Marianne's lover

Crew

Rune Ericson — Director of Photography Wic Kjellin — Editor Michael Hurd — Original Music Composer Mai Zetterling — Writer David Hughes — Writer Göran Lindgren — Producer

Synopsis

As they tour Sweden in a theatrical production of "Lysistrata", performing to often uncomprehending audiences, three women find their own lives and marriages mirrored in Aristophanes’s play. Soon, onstage drama, offstage reality, and surrealist fantasies begin to collide.

Trailer

Official Trailer youtube.com

Mood & Themes

woman director

Key Collaborators

Mai Zetterling Director Rune Ericson Director of Photography Wic Kjellin Editor Michael Hurd Original Music Composer Mai Zetterling Writer David Hughes Writer Göran Lindgren Producer Charles Delattre Production Design Ulla-Britt Söderlund Costume Design

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