The Girls

The Girls

1968-09-16 100 min ★ 6.0
DramaComedy

As they tour Sweden in a theatrical production of "Lysistrata", performing to often uncomprehending audiences, three women find their own lives and marriages mirrored in Aristophanes’s play. Soon, onstage drama, offstage reality, and surrealist fantasies begin to collide.

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Cast

Henrik Schildt
Henrik Schildt
Choir Member (uncredited)
Gunnel Lindblom
Gunnel Lindblom
Gunilla / Kalonike
Gunnar Björnstrand
Gunnar Björnstrand
Hugo
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage)
Frank Sundström
Frank Sundström
Marianne's lover
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Margreth Weivers
Margreth Weivers
Tourist Manager's Wife
Brita Öberg
Brita Öberg
Choir Member
Bertil Norström
Bertil Norström
Restaurant Guest
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Self (archive footage)
Ulf Palme
Ulf Palme
Director
Bellan Roos
Bellan Roos
Choir Member
Manne Grünberger
Manne Grünberger
Choir Member
Bo Holmström
Bo Holmström
Kid Severin
Kid Severin
Stig Engström
Stig Engström
Thommy
Bibi Andersson
Bibi Andersson
Liz / Lysistrata
Erland Josephson
Erland Josephson
Carl, Mann von Liz
Åke Lindström
Åke Lindström
Bengt
Leif Liljeroth
Leif Liljeroth
Tourist Manager Kiruna
Chris Wahlström
Chris Wahlström
Choir Member
Harriet Andersson
Harriet Andersson
Marianne / Myrrhine
Ingvar Kjellson
Ingvar Kjellson
Olle
Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Self (archive footage)