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THE LEGEND
(Sagan, 1958)


With this production Bergman reaffirmed his preoccupation with the symbolic fantasies of Hjalmar Bergman.




Cast
Credits
The Legend: Bibi Andersson
Sune: Folke Sundquist
Ehrenståhl: Oscar Ljung
Colonel's wife: Dagny Lind
Chamber squire: Allan Edwall
Rose: Ingrid Thulin
Gerhard: Max von Sydow
Flora: Naima Wifstrand
Astrid: Gunnel Lindblom
The notary: Per Björkman
Guests at ball: Maud Hansson, Anna-Stina Walton, Bengt Rosén, Hans Polster

Radio version:
Chamber squire: Toivo Pawlo

Playwright: Hjalmar Bergman
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Stage Design: Härje Ekman
Costumes: Greta Johansson and Manne Lindholm
Music: Ingvar Wieslander
Choreographer: Ingrid Tönsager
Masks and wigs: Karl Magnusson

Adaptation for radio: Ingmar Bergman and Claes Hoogland


The Legend
Folke Sundquist, Ingrid Thulin
THE LEGEND

Original title:
Sagan

Production:
Intiman, Malmö City Theatre

Premiere:
12 April 1958

Performances:
25

Radio broadcast:
18 September 1958 (The Swedish Radio Theatre)


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