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The Girls

As they tour Sweden in a theatrical production of "Lysistrata", performing to often uncomprehending audiences, three women find their own lives and marriages mirrored in Aristophanes’s play. Soon, onstage drama, offstage reality, and surrealist fantasies begin to collide.

1968 |1h 40m |  Drama, Comedy

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Cast

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Bibi Andersson

Liz / Lysistrata

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Harriet Andersson

Marianne / Myrrhine

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Gunnel Lindblom

Gunilla / Kalonike

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Gunnar Björnstrand

Hugo

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Erland Josephson

Carl, Mann von Liz

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Frank Sundström

Marianne's lover

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Åke Lindström

Bengt

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Stig Engström

Thommy

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Margreth Weivers

Tourist Manager's Wife

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Ulf Palme

Director

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Ingvar Kjellson

Olle

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Bellan Roos

Choir Member

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Chris Wahlström

Choir Member

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Brita Öberg

Choir Member

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Manne Grünberger

Choir Member

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Bertil Norström

Restaurant Guest

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Henrik Schildt

Choir Member (uncredited)

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Bo Holmström

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Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

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Joseph Stalin

Self (archive footage)

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Benito Mussolini

Self (archive footage)

More Details

Status

Released

Language

Swedish

Budget

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Revenue

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