The Lie

The Lie

90 mins | Oct. 29, 1970

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

The Lie

90 mins | Oct. 29, 1970

The Lie
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
Producers BBC
Original title The Lie
Directors Alan Bridges
Writers Paul Britten Austin, Ingmar Bergman

Cast

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