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The Lie

The Lie

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 29, 1970

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Drama, TV Movie

User Score

60%

Original Title

The Lie

Production Companies

BBC

Director

Alan Bridges

Description

Ingmar Bergman play looking at the cool and brittle relationship between a successful architect (Frank Finlay) and his academic wife (Gemma Jones). Commissioned by the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation on behalf of European members participating in ‘The Largest Theatre in the World’. This, the Radio Times explained, was ‘a project which enabled a play to be broadcast simultaneously in several languages across Europe.’ This UK Play For Today version was directed by Alan Bridges, whilst an American version was put out on CBS, directed by Alex Segal