Directed by:
Ingmar BergmanScreenplay:
Ingmar BergmanCinematography:
Sven NykvistComposer:
Rolf A. WilhelmCast:
Robert Atzorn, Heinz Bennent, Martin Benrath, Toni Berger, Christine Buchegger, Gaby Dohm, Erwin Faber, Doris Jensen, Lola Müthel, Ruth Olafs (more)VOD (2)
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Produced and directed for German television, Ingmar Bergman's From the Life of the Marionettes starts out in color and switches almost immediately to black-and-white. This cinematic self-indulgence is ideally suited to the subject matter: the horrible consequences of a rapidly disintegrating marriage. The husband, Peter Egerman (Robert Atzorn) is unable to articulate his frustration through normal channels. Warped by his repression, Egerman ends up raping and murdering a prostitute. This outrage occurs at the very beginning of the film; the rest of the footage is devoted to a semi-documentary study of the failed marriage, the police investigation, and the husband's twisted psyche. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Robert Atzorn
German Empire
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Heinz Bennent
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Martin Benrath
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Toni Berger
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Christine Buchegger
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Gaby Dohm
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Erwin Faber
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Doris Jensen
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Lola Müthel
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Ruth Olafs
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Karl-Heinz Pelser
German Empire
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From the Life of the Marionettes (1980) (TV movie)
Rita Russek
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Walter Schmidinger
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Paul Bürks
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Heino Hallhuber
German Empire
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