After the Rehearsal
Jun 21 1984
•1h 13m
•Drama
Rational, exacting, and self-controlled theater director, Henrik Vogler, often stays after rehearsal to think and plan. On this day, Anna comes back, ostensibly looking for a bracelet. She is the lead in his new production of Strindberg's A Dream Play. She talks of her hatred for her mother, now dead, an alcoholic actress, who was Vogler's star and lover.
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Erland Josephson
Henrik Vogler (older)
Ingrid Thulin
Rakel Egerman
Lena Olin
Anna Egerman (older)
Nadja Palmstjerna-Weiss
Anna Egerman (younger)
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