Ingmar Bergman play looking at the cool and brittle relationship between a successful architect (Frank Finlay) and his academic wife (Gemma Jones). Commissioned by the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation on behalf of European members participating in ‘The Largest Theatre in the World’. This, the Radio Times explained, was ‘a project which enabled a play to be broadcast simultaneously in several languages across Europe.’ This UK Play For Today version was directed by Alan Bridges, whilst an American version was put out on CBS, directed by Alex Segal
Cast
Gemma Jones
Anna Firth
Frank Finlay
Andrew Firth
John Carson
Ellis Anderson
Mark Dignam
Anna's father
Annette Crosbie
Katherine
Joss Ackland
Albert
Caroline Blakiston
Esther
Adam Tandy
Henry
Lysandre De La Haye
Veronica
Patricia Lawrence
Housekeeper
Jennifer Daniel
Jill Anderson
Gwen Cherrell
Mrs. Chisholm (Andrew's secretary)
John Nettleton
Mr Arnold
Alan Rothwell
Fisher
Richard O'Sullivan
Whiteley
Donald Douglas
Macleod
Noel Coleman
Dr. Ernest Farman
Liane Aukin
Margaret Farman
Terence Bayler
Stephen Calman
Donna Reading
Petra Calman
John Carlin
Sir James Brenton
Shirley Cain
Lady Emma Brenton
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Frederick St. John
Joan Newell
Jane St. John
Recommendations
view all
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Twelve Angry Men
Burton and Taylor
Cheaters
Return to Zero
Not Easily Broken
Girl in the Box
TalhotBlond
American Son
Love Finds You in Valentine
From Straight A's to XXX
Heaven
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Home by Spring
Strangers When We Meet
Mansfield Park
Jane Eyre
Northanger Abbey
The Christmas Shoes
Iron Jawed Angels