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
David Hughes, Mai Zetterling
Bibi Andersson
Liz / Lysistrata
Erland Josephson
Carl, Mann von Liz
Gunnar Björnstrand
Hugo
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Harriet Andersson
Marianne / Myrrhine
Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage)
Mai Zetterling
Ulf Palme
Director
Benito Mussolini
Self (archive footage)
Gunnel Lindblom
Gunilla / Kalonike
Stig Engström
Thommy
Margreth Weivers
Tourist Manager's Wife
Manne Grünberger
Choir Member
Henrik Schildt
Choir Member (uncredited)
Ingvar Kjellson
Olle
Leif Liljeroth
Tourist Manager Kiruna
Bertil Norström
Restaurant Guest
Åke Lindström
Bengt
Bo Holmström
Bellan Roos
Choir Member
Chris Wahlström
Choir Member
Brita Öberg
Choir Member
Frank Sundström
Marianne's lover
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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