1993
5.7 (3 votes)
2h 20m
Genres
TV Movie
Drama
Music
Fantasy
Production Companies
SVT
The Bacchae (Backanterna)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director of Photography: Sven-Åke Visén, Raymond Wemmenlöv, Wulf Meseke, Per Norén
Producer: Måns Reuterswärd
Director: Ingmar Bergman
