The Bacchae (1993) - SFdb

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Basic facts
Links and resources
Titles
Crew
Cast
Companies

About the film
Plot summary
Swedish censorship / rating
Technical specifications
Comments
Original work

Production location
Release dates
Soundtrack listing
Awards
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Basic facts

Original title	Backanterna
Film type	TV film
Category	Fiction
Director	Ingmar Bergman
Producer	Måns Reuterswärd
Screenplay	Ingmar Bergman
Original work	Bacchae (Play)
Production country	Sweden Denmark Norway Iceland Finland Germany
Production company	Sveriges Television AB Kanal 1 Kungliga teatern Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern Show all
Dialogue	Swedish

Cast

Sylvia Lindenstrand
Dionysos

Laila Andersson (as Laila Andersson-Palme)
Teiresias

Sten Wahlund
Kadmos

Peter Mattei
Pentheus

Anita Soldh
Agaue

Titles

Original title	Backanterna
Swedish release title	Backanterna
International title	The Bacchae

Crew

Director	Ingmar Bergman
Screenplay	Ingmar Bergman
Producer	Måns Reuterswärd
Director of Photography	Per Norén Raymond Wemmenlöv Sven-Åke Visén Wulf Meseke
Choreography	Donya Feuer
Production Designer	Lennart Mörk Mette Möller
Film Editor	Sylvia Ingemarsdotter (as Sylvia Ingemarsson) Jan Askelöf (videoredigering)
Production Mixer	Anders Eriksson Kjell Klingemark Bertil Eriksson
Special Effects	Lars Söderberg Artur Zonabend
Orchestra	Kungliga hovkapellet
Conductor	Kjell Ingebretsen
Propman	Jan-Erik Savela Torbjörn Johansson Kjell Björk
Costume Designer	Mette Möller
Make-up / Hair	Carin Blum Cecilia Drott Christina Sjöblom Suzanne Bergmark Nina Spjuth Lotta Ulfung John "Janne" Kindahl
Re-recording Mixer	Lennart Jacobsson

Cast

Sylvia Lindenstrand	Dionysos
Laila Andersson (as Laila Andersson-Palme)	Teiresias
Sten Wahlund	Kadmos
Peter Mattei	Pentheus
Anita Soldh	Agaue

Companies

Production Company	Sveriges Television AB Kanal 1		(i samarbete med)
	Kungliga teatern
	Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern
	Danmarks Radio
	Norsk Rikskringkasting
	Ríkisútvarpið-Sjónvarpid (RÚV)
	Oy Yleisradio Ab TV1
	Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)

Technical specifications

Colour type	Colour
Frames per second	25
Length in minutes	131 min

Original work

Original title	Bacchae (Play)
Author	Euripides

Release dates

TV showing	1983-04-09	Kanal 1		Sweden	131 min

Soundtrack listing

Original title	Backanterna
Composer	Daniel Börtz	(komponerad 1888-1989)
Lyrics	Göran O. Eriksson	(svensk översättning)
	Euripides
	Jan Stolpe	(svensk översättning)

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