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JACOBOWSKY AND THE COLONEL
(Jacobowsky och översten, 1945)


A popular anti-Nazi "comedy of a tragedy."
In a program note, Bergman wrote: "Our theatre must be a touchstone for our ability to criticize ourselves."




Cast
Credits
Jacobowsky: Sture Ericson
The Colonel: Åke Fridell
German Officer: Birger Malmsten
Marianne: Elsa Burnett
Szabuniewicz: Otto Landahl
Madame Bouffier: Dagny Lind
The Tragic Man: Ulf Johanson
The Lady from Arras: Maud Hyttenberg
Clementine: Siv Thulin
Salomon: Bertil Sjödin
Young Girl: Monica Schildt
Unit Captain: Erland Josephson
Lady: Carin Cederström
Chauffeur: Curt Edgard
Ginette: Marianne Nielsen
Gendarme: Karl-Axel Forssberg
Gestapo: Bertil Sjödin
Dice Gambler: Gunnar Nielsen
Widow: Annika Tretow

Playwright: Franz Werfel
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Stage Design: Gunnar Lindblad


JACOBOWSKY AND THE COLONEL

Original title:
Jacobowsky und der Oberst

Swedish title:
Jacobowsky och översten

Production:
Helsingborg City Theatre

Premiere:
12 September 1945


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