Drama Comedy
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.
Directed by
Mai Zetterling
Written by
Mai Zetterling, David Hughes
Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Bibi Andersson
Liz / Lysistrata
Bertil Norström
Restaurant Guest
Harriet Andersson
Marianne / Myrrhine
Gunnar Björnstrand
Hugo
Mai Zetterling
Erland Josephson
Carl, Mann von Liz
Gunnel Lindblom
Gunilla / Kalonike
Benito Mussolini
Self (archive footage)
Stig Engström
Thommy
Margreth Weivers
Tourist Manager's Wife
Ulf Palme
Director
Ingvar Kjellson
Olle
Bo Holmström
Frank Sundström
Marianne's lover
Henrik Schildt
Choir Member (uncredited)
Åke Lindström
Bengt
Bellan Roos
Choir Member
Manne Grünberger
Choir Member
Brita Öberg
Choir Member
Chris Wahlström
Choir Member
Leif Liljeroth
Tourist Manager Kiruna
Signe Enwall
Choir Member
Per Grevér
TV Reporter
Gunnel Sporr
Erika
Karin Miller
Prompter
Monique Ernstdotter
Young Girl
Gunilla Dahlman
The Attractive Woman
Eva Högberg
Sparta (uncredited)
Monica Andersson
Elsa Hofgren
Margita Nyström
Kai Reiners
Oskar Rangner
Anders Isaksson
Marita Gidlund

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