The Girls (1968)

As they tour Sweden in a theatrical production of "Lysistrata", performing to often uncomprehending audiences, three women find their own lives and marriages mirrored in Aristophanes’s play. Soon, onstage drama, offstage reality, and surrealist fantasies begin to collide.

Cast (39)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Bibi Andersson

Liz / Lysistrata

Harriet Andersson

Marianne / Myrrhine

Gunnel Lindblom

Gunilla / Kalonike

Gunnar Björnstrand

Hugo

Erland Josephson

Carl, Mann von Liz

Frank Sundström

Marianne's lover

Åke Lindström

Bengt

Stig Engström

Thommy

Margreth Weivers

Tourist Manager's Wife

Leif Liljeroth

Tourist Manager Kiruna

Ulf Palme

Director

Ingvar Kjellson

Olle

S

Signe Enwall

Choir Member

Bellan Roos

Choir Member

Chris Wahlström

Choir Member

Brita Öberg

Choir Member

A

Annica Rehnström

Choir member

Manne Grünberger

Choir Member

P

Per Grevér

TV Reporter

Bertil Norström

Restaurant Guest

G

Gunnel Sporr

Erika

K

Karin Miller

Prompter

M

Monique Ernstdotter

Young Girl

G

Gunilla Dahlman

The Attractive Woman

E

Eva Högberg

Sparta (uncredited)

Henrik Schildt

Choir Member (uncredited)

M

Monica Andersson

E

Elsa Hofgren

M

Margita Nyström

K

Kai Reiners

O

Oskar Rangner

Bo Holmström

Kid Severin

A

Anders Isaksson

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin

Self (archive footage)

Benito Mussolini

Self (archive footage)

M

Marita Gidlund

Gamal Abdel Nasser

Self (archive footage)

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