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
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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
