After the Rehearsal

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After the Rehearsal
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
Produced by Jörn Donner
Written by Ingmar Bergman
Starring Erland Josephson
Ingrid Thulin
Lena Olin
Nadja Palmstjerna-Weiss
Bertil Guve
Cinematography Sven Nykvist
Release date(s) April 9, 1984
Running time 70 min
Language Swedish
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After the Rehearsal (Efter repetitionen in the original Swedish) is a made-for-TV play, written and directed by Ingmar Bergman in 1984. The script contains numerous quotes from Strindberg's Drömspel.

[edit] Plot summary

Rational, exacting, and self-controlled theater director, Henrik Vogler, often stays after rehearsal to think and plan. On this day, Anna comes back, ostensibly looking for a bracelet. She is the lead in his new production of Strindberg's A Dream Play. She talks of her hatred for her mother (now dead), an alcoholic actress who was Vogler's star and lover. Vogler falls into a reverie, remembering a day Anna's mother, Rakel, late in life, came after rehearsal to beg him to come to her apartment. He awakes and Anna reveals the reason she has returned: she jolts him into an emotional response, rare for him, and the feelings of a young woman and an older man play out.

[edit] Cast

  • Erland Josephson (Henrik Vogler (older))
  • Ingrid Thulin (Rakel Egerman)
  • Lena Olin (Anna Egerman (older))
  • Nadja Palmstjerna-Weiss (Anna Egerman (younger))
  • Bertil Guve (Henrik Vogler (younger))

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