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Persona (Original title)Masks (Alternative title)Diabolic Women (Alternative title)
Date: 31 August 1966 (Release)

Country: Sweden

Director: Ingmar Bergman

Synopsis: The interaction of two women who resemble each other very closely physically. One keeps silent and the other carries on a monologue.

Genre:
Drama

Subjects:
Human communication, Arts
Releases
Date: 31 August 1966Country: SwedenRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 81 mins Length: 7290 FeetSubtitles: Swedish
Date: October 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 81 mins Dialogue (original): SwedishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Date: 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundDialogue (original): Swedish

Credits (23)
Production Company: Svensk Filmindustri, Production Manager: Lars-Owe Carlberg, Production Supervisor: Bo Vibenius, Assistant Director: Lenn Hjortzberg, Script Supervisor: Kerstin Berg, Screenplay: Ingmar Bergman, Director of Photography: Sven Nykvist, Camera Operator: Anders Bodin, Focus Puller: Lars Johnsson, Editor: Ulla Ryghe, Art Director: Bibi Lindström, Properties: Karl Arne Bergman, Costumes: Mago, Costume Assistant: Eivor Kullberg, Make-up: Börje Lundh, Make-up: Tina Johansson, Music: Lars Johan Werle, Music: Johann Sebastian Bach, Sound: P.O. Pettersson, Sound Assistant: Lennart Engholm, Mixing: Olle Jakobsson, Sound Effects: Evald Andersson
Cast (5)
Bibi Andersson (Nurse Alma), Liv Ullmann (Elisabet Vogler), Margaretha Krook (doctor), Gunnar Björnstrand (Mr Vogler), Jörgen Lindström ([boy])