Faithless

Sep 15, 2000

2h 34m

★ 6.6

One Moment Can Change A Lifetime

Overview

Scripted by Ingmar Bergman, this very personal film is about a destructive affair which wrecks the marriage of an actress (Marianne) and musician (Markus). Wanting to continue the affair, Marianne moves in with her lover. But she is tormented by Markus' decision not to let her have custody of their daughter. Finally Markus announces he may have a solution to the stalemate, but this leads to deception, lies and ultimately, tragedy.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

SVT Drama

SF Studios

SF Norge

NRK

YLE

Classic

RAI

ZDF

Svenska Filminstitutet

Faithless Trailers

Cast

Marianne

Lena Endre

Bergman

Erland Josephson

David

Krister Henriksson

Markus

Thomas Hanzon

Anna Berg

Marie Richardson

Isabelle

Michelle Gylemo

Margareta

Juni Dahr

Martin Goldman

Philip Zandén

Petra Holst

Thérèse Brunnander

Eva

Stina Ekblad

Johan

Johan Rabaeus

Axel

Jan-Olof Strandberg

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