Rabies

The story

Structured as six interconnected episodes, Rabies depicts cruelty as a contagious force: each character, wounded or humiliated, passes that violence on to another. Filmed for Swedish television, Ingmar Bergman’s adaptation of Olle Hedberg’s morality play presents human behavior as a relentless chain of transferred suffering.

Cast & crew

Max von SydowBo Stensson Svenningson

Gunnel LindblomJenny

Åke FridellSixten Garberg

Bibi AnderssonEivor

Folke SundquistErik

Dagny LindMoster

Tor IsedalKnut Mostersson

Axel DübergSven

Nils Nygren

Nils NygrenCronswärd

Toivo PawloGrosshandlaren

Åke JörnfalkRolf (16 år)

Marianne StjernqvistFru Svensson