
An Ingmar Bergman television play that examines the cool, brittle marriage of a successful architect (Frank Finlay) and his academic wife (Gemma Jones). Commissioned by the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation for the pan‑European “Largest Theatre in the World” project, it was aired simultaneously in several languages. The UK Play for Today version was directed by Alan Bridges, while a U.S. CBS adaptation was helmed by Alex Segal.
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Frank Finlay
Andrew Firth

Gemma Jones
Anna Firth

Terence Bayler
Stephen Calman

Joss Ackland
Albert

Caroline Blakiston
Esther

Adam Tandy
Henry

Donald Douglas
Macleod

Alan Rothwell
Fisher

Richard O'Sullivan
Whiteley

Annette Crosbie
Katherine

John Carson
Ellis Anderson

Noel Coleman
Dr. Ernest Farman

John Nettleton
Mr Arnold

Patricia Lawrence
Housekeeper

Mark Dignam
Anna's father

Shirley Cain
Lady Emma Brenton

Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Frederick St. John

Donna Reading
Petra Calman

Gwen Cherrell
Mrs. Chisholm (Andrew's secretary)

Joan Newell
Jane St. John

Liane Aukin
Margaret Farman

Jennifer Daniel
Jill Anderson

Lysandre De La Haye
Veronica
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