The Lie (1970)

Original title

Reservatet

Directed by

Jan Molander

Genre

drama, tv movie

Country

Sweden

Runtime

1h 31m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A couple named Anna and Andreas face the fallout from a painful lie. The tension between them builds as their relationship unravels in a quiet and restrained setting.

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What happens

The Lie (Swedish: Reservatet) is a 1970 Swedish television film directed by Jan Molander and written by Ingmar Bergman. Bergman wrote the script in 1968 with the name of "Reservatet: en banalitetens tragikomedi" (A tragicomedy of Banality). Although he did not direct it, he later tackled another relationship in a film with the same "Anna" and "Andreas" in the main roles: The Passion of Anna (1968). The same script in translation was also used for two English language television productions. A 1970 British version was directed by Alan Bridges and a 1973 American version was directed by Alex Segal, both of which used the title The Lie. The 1973 version starred Academy Award-nominated actors George Segal and Shirley Knight. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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