Comedy Drama
A theater company rehearses Aristophanes play "Lysistrata" in which the Athenian women revolt to force the men to suspend the war and make peace. The three leading female actresses, Liz, Marianne and Gunilla, all live in humiliating circumstances to their men.
Directed by
Mai Zetterling
Written by
Mai Zetterling, David Hughes
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage)
Bibi Andersson
Liz / Lysistrata
Mai Zetterling
Gunnel Lindblom
Gunilla / Kalonike
Gunnar Björnstrand
Hugo
Harriet Andersson
Marianne / Myrrhine
Erland Josephson
Carl, Mann von Liz
Stig Engström
Thommy
Benito Mussolini
Self (archive footage)
Brita Öberg
Choir Member
Margreth Weivers
Tourist Manager's Wife
Ingvar Kjellson
Olle
Frank Sundström
Marianne's lover
Åke Lindström
Bengt
Bertil Norström
Restaurant Guest
Ulf Palme
Director
Manne Grünberger
Choir Member
Henrik Schildt
Choir Member (uncredited)
Bo Holmström
Bellan Roos
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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