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.
Cast
Bibi Andersson
Liz / Lysistrata
Harriet Andersson
Marianne / Myrrhine
Gunnel Lindblom
Gunilla / Kalonike
Gunnar Björnstrand
Hugo
Erland Josephson
Carl, Mann von Liz
Frank Sundström
Marianne's lover
Åke Lindström
Bengt
Stig Engström
Thommy
Margreth Weivers
Tourist Manager's Wife
Leif Liljeroth
Tourist Manager Kiruna
Ulf Palme
Director
Ingvar Kjellson
Olle
Signe Enwall
Choir Member
Bellan Roos
Choir Member
Chris Wahlström
Choir Member
Brita Öberg
Choir Member
Annica Rehnström
Choir member
Manne Grünberger
Choir Member
Per Grevér
TV Reporter
Bertil Norström
Restaurant Guest
Gunnel Sporr
Erika
Karin Miller
Prompter
Monique Ernstdotter
Young Girl
Gunilla Dahlman
The Attractive Woman
Eva Högberg
Sparta (uncredited)
Henrik Schildt
Choir Member (uncredited)
Monica Andersson
Unknown
Elsa Hofgren
Unknown
Margita Nyström
Unknown
Kai Reiners
Unknown
Oskar Rangner
Unknown
Bo Holmström
Unknown
Kid Severin
Unknown
Anders Isaksson
Unknown
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage)
Benito Mussolini
Self (archive footage)
Marita Gidlund
Unknown
Crew
Mai Zetterling
Director, Writer
David Hughes
Writer, Still Photographer
Wic Kjellin
Editor
Rune Ericson
Director of Photography
Brita Werkmäster
Assistant Director
Göran Lindgren
Producer
Charles Delattre
Production Design
Björn Thermænius
Assistant Camera
Ulla-Britt Söderlund
Costume Design
Tina Johansson
Makeup Artist
Bengt Ottekil
Makeup Artist
Sven Fahlén
Sound Mixer
Kalle Boman
Sound Effects
Christer Oestberg
Sound Assistant
Bob Allen
Sound
Michael Hurd
Original Music Composer
Jutta Ekman
Props
Svend Bregenborg
Electrician
Britt Ohlsson
Location Manager
Donya Feuer
Choreographer
Marianne Höök
Translator
Marianne Johnson
Continuity
Peter Hald
Production Manager
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