Rational, exacting, and self-controlled theater director, Henrik Vogler, often stays after rehearsal to think and plan. On this day, Anna comes back, ostensibly looking for a bracelet. She is the lead in his new production of Strindberg's A Dream Play. She talks of her hatred for her mother, now dead, an alcoholic actress, who was Vogler's star and lover.
Erland Josephson
as Henrik Vogler (older)
Ingrid Thulin
as Rakel Egerman
Lena Olin
as Anna Egerman (older)
Nadja Palmstjerna-Weiss
as Anna Egerman (younger)
Bertil Guve
as Henrik Vogler (younger)
