The Bacchae

Movie
Audience Score
80
The Bacchae
NR 2 hr 20 minMusic, Drama, TV Movie, Fantasy
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.
StarringSylvia LindenstrandLaila Andersson-PalmeSten Wahlund
DirectorIngmar Bergman

Movie Details

Original Language:Swedish
Production Companies:SVT