The Bacchae

The Bacchae

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 9, 1993

Runtime

2h 20m

Genres

TV Movie, Drama, Music, Fantasy

User Score

80%

Original Title

Backanterna

Production Companies

SVT

Director

Ingmar Bergman

Description

The young wine god Dionysus returns to his native town of Thebes after having established his cult in the east. In his entourage, he has a run of Bacchantes. Semele, his mother, was distrusted by her family when she claimed that Zeus was the father of her child. Dionysus has come to restore her, revealing his divinity, and require proper worship of the Theban legion.