The Lie | |
Director: | Jan Molander |
Starring: | Gunnel Lindblom Per Myrberg |
Cinematography: | Jan Wictorinus, Per Olof Nordmark, Willy Thoresen |
Editing: | Ronnie Ă…rland |
Distributor: | Sveriges Television |
Runtime: | 91 minutes |
Country: | Sweden |
Language: | Swedish |
The Lie (Swedish: '''Reservatet'''), is a 1970 Swedish television film directed by Jan Molander and written by Ingmar Bergman. Bergman wrote the script in 1968 with the name of "Reservatet: en banalitetens tragikomedi" (A tragicomedy of Banality). Although he did not direct it, he later tackled another relationship in a film with the same "Anna" and "Andreas" in the main roles: The Passion of Anna (1968).
The same script in translation was also used for two English language television productions. A 1970 British version was directed by Alan Bridges and a 1973 American version was directed by Alex Segal, both which used the title The Lie. The 1973 version starred Academy Award-nominated actors George Segal and Shirley Knight.