The Bacchae (1993)
The young wine god Dionysus returns to his native town of Thebes after having established his cult in the east. In his entourage, he has a run of Bacchantes. Semele, his mother, was distrusted by her family when she claimed that Zeus was the father of her child. Dionysus has come to restore her, revealing his divinity, and require proper worship of the Theban legion.
- Released
- 1993-04-09
- Genres
- TV Movie, Drama, Music, Fantasy
- Runtime
- 140 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Ingmar Bergman
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 from 5 votes
Cast
- Sylvia Lindenstrand as Dionysos
- Laila Andersson-Palme as Teiresias
- Sten Wahlund as Kadmos
- Peter Mattei as Pentheus
- Anita Soldh as Agaue
- Berit Lindholm as Alfa
- Paula Hoffman as Beta
- Camilla Staern as Gamma
- Ellen Andreassen Jensen as Delta
- Anna-Marie Mühle as Zeta
- Kristina Hammarström as Eta
- Peter Stormare as The Messenger