The Bacchae

The young wine god Dionysus returns to his native town of Thebes after having established his cult in the east. In his entourage, he has a run of Bacchantes. Semele, his mother, was distrusted by her family when she claimed that Zeus was the father of her child. Dionysus has come to restore her, revealing his divinity, and require proper worship of the Theban legion.

Director: Ingmar Bergman

Cast: Sylvia Lindenstrand, Laila Andersson-Palme, Sten Wahlund, Peter Mattei, Anita Soldh, Berit Lindholm, Paula Hoffman, Camilla Staern

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.