The Lie

The Lie (1970)

DramaTV 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

Director: Alan Bridges

Casts

	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

Crew