The Lie
Drama
TV Movie
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
1970-10-29
en
Cast
Director
Alan Bridges
Gemma Jones as Anna Firth
Frank Finlay as Andrew Firth
Mark Dignam as Anna's father
Annette Crosbie as Katherine
Joss Ackland as Albert
Caroline Blakiston as Esther
Adam Tandy as Henry
Jennifer Daniel as Jill Anderson
John Nettleton as Mr Arnold
Alan Rothwell as Fisher
Richard O'Sullivan as Whiteley
Donald Douglas as Macleod
Noel Coleman as Dr. Ernest Farman
Terence Bayler as Stephen Calman
Ronald Leigh-Hunt as Frederick St. John