From the Life of the Marionettes (1980) [N/A]

Release Date:
October 8, 1980

Original Title:
Aus dem Leben der Marionetten

Alternate Titles:
Fra marionetternes liv
From the Life of the Marionettes

Genres:
Drama | TV Movie

Production Companies:
Personafilm

Production Countries:
Germany

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16  FI: K-16  SE: 15 

Runtime: 104

The Woman He's About to Touch is a Dream. The Murder He's About to Commit is Not.

Peter and Katarina are at a marital crossroads, but, when he brutally kills a burlesque dancer, their domestic squabbles are rendered trivial by comparison. In the wake of the crime, the film backtracks, painting a portrait of the fraught union between Peter and Katarina. When does a marriage go bad? What causes a member of the German bourgeoisie to murder an innocent woman?

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Art Direction:
Herbert Strabel

Assistant Camera:
Lars Karlsson
Karl-Heinz Hofmann

Assistant Director:
Johannes Kaetzler
Trudy von Trotha

Assistant Sound Designer:
Norbert Lill

Chief Lighting Technician:
Rudolf Ibelher

Choreographer:
Heino Hallhuber

Costume Design:
Heinz A. Schulze
Charlotte Flemming

Director:
Ingmar Bergman

Director of Photography:
Sven Nykvist

Editor:
Petra von Oelffen

Makeup Artist:
Mathilde Basedow

Original Music Composer:
Rolf A. Wilhelm

Producer:
Horst Wendlandt
Ingmar Bergman

Production Designer:
Rolf Zehetbauer

Production Manager:
Paulette Hufnagel
Irmgard Kempinski

Sound Mixer:
Milan Bor

Still Photographer:
Arne Carlsson

Unit Manager:
Michael Juncker
Franz Achter

Writer:
Ingmar Bergman

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