The Lie backdrop
The Lie poster
Trailer
The Lie
6.0
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1h 30m
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1970
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Released
Overview
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 poster
Gemma Jones
Anna Firth
Frank Finlay poster
Frank Finlay
Andrew Firth
John Carson poster
John Carson
Ellis Anderson
Mark Dignam poster
Mark Dignam
Anna's father
Annette Crosbie poster
Annette Crosbie
Katherine
Joss Ackland poster
Joss Ackland
Albert
Caroline Blakiston poster
Caroline Blakiston
Esther
Adam Tandy poster
Adam Tandy
Henry
Lysandre De La Haye poster
Lysandre De La Haye
Veronica
Patricia Lawrence poster
Patricia Lawrence
Housekeeper
Jennifer Daniel poster
Jennifer Daniel
Jill Anderson
Gwen Cherrell poster
Gwen Cherrell
Mrs. Chisholm (Andrew's secretary)
John Nettleton poster
John Nettleton
Mr Arnold
Alan Rothwell poster
Alan Rothwell
Fisher
Richard O'Sullivan poster
Richard O'Sullivan
Whiteley
Donald Douglas poster
Donald Douglas
Macleod
Noel Coleman poster
Noel Coleman
Dr. Ernest Farman
Liane Aukin poster
Liane Aukin
Margaret Farman
Terence Bayler poster
Terence Bayler
Stephen Calman
Donna Reading poster
Donna Reading
Petra Calman

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