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