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Made during his self-imposed exile in Germany, Ingmar Bergman’s From the Life of the Marionettes offers a lacerating portrait of a destructive marriage and a complex psychological analysis of a murder. Businessman Peter nurses fantasies of killing his wife, Katarina, until a prostitute becomes his surrogate prey. In the aftermath of the crime, Peter and Katarina’s psychiatrist and others attempt to explain its roots. Jumping back and forth in time, this compelling film moves seamlessly between seduction and repulsion, and the German cast is superb.
Original Release
10/08/1980
US Release
06/30/1981
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Robert Atzorn | Peter Egermann / Peter Egerman |
Christine Buchegger | Katarina Egermann / Katarina Egerman |
Martin Benrath | Professor Mogens Jensen / Mogensjensen |
Rita Russek | Katarina Krafft / Katharina Krafft |
Lola Müthel | Cordelia Egermann / Cordelia Egerman |
Walter Schmidinger | Tim Mandelbaum |
Heinz Bennent | Arthur Brenner |
Ruth Olafs | Nurse |
Karl-Heinz Pelser | The Interrogator / Untersuchungsrichter |
Gaby Dohm | Frau Anders - Secretary / Frau Anders |
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Robert Atzorn | Peter Egermann / Peter Egerman |
Christine Buchegger | Katarina Egermann / Katarina Egerman |
Martin Benrath | Professor Mogens Jensen / Mogensjensen |
Rita Russek | Katarina Krafft / Katharina Krafft |
Lola Müthel | Cordelia Egermann / Cordelia Egerman |
Walter Schmidinger | Tim Mandelbaum |
Heinz Bennent | Arthur Brenner |
Ruth Olafs | Nurse |
Karl-Heinz Pelser | The Interrogator / Untersuchungsrichter |
Gaby Dohm | Frau Anders - Secretary / Frau Anders |
Toni Berger | The Guard / Portier |
Erwin Faber | The Servant |
Heino Hallhuber | The Choreographer |
Doris Jensen | The Assistant in the fashion show |
Paul Bürks | The Assistant in the fashion show |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Lew Grade | Executive Producer |
Martin Starger | Executive Producer |
Ingmar Bergman | Producer |
Richard Brick | Producer |
Helmut Rasp | Producer |
Horst Wendlandt | Producer |
Ingrid Bergman | Producer |