The Lie
6
90 minutes
10/29/1970
Overview
Ingmar Bergman play looking at the cool and brittle relationship between a successful architect (Frank Finlay) and his academic wife (Gemma Jones). Commissioned by the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation on behalf of European members participating in ‘The Largest Theatre in the World’. This, the Radio Times explained, was ‘a project which enabled a play to be broadcast simultaneously in several languages across Europe.’ This UK Play For Today version was directed by Alan Bridges, whilst an American version was put out on CBS, directed by Alex Segal
Cast List
Gemma Jones
as Anna Firth
Frank Finlay
as Andrew Firth
John Carson
as Ellis Anderson
Mark Dignam
as Anna's father
Annette Crosbie
as Katherine
Joss Ackland
as Albert
Caroline Blakiston
as Esther
Adam Tandy
as Henry
Lysandre De La Haye
as Veronica
Patricia Lawrence
as Housekeeper
Jennifer Daniel
as Jill Anderson
Gwen Cherrell
as Mrs. Chisholm (Andrew's secretary)
John Nettleton
as Mr Arnold
Alan Rothwell
as Fisher
Richard O'Sullivan
as Whiteley
Donald Douglas
as Macleod
Noel Coleman
as Dr. Ernest Farman
Liane Aukin
as Margaret Farman
Terence Bayler
as Stephen Calman
Donna Reading
as Petra Calman
John Carlin
as Sir James Brenton
Shirley Cain
as Lady Emma Brenton
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
as Frederick St. John
Joan Newell
as Jane St. John