Theatre, 1979

Tartuffe

Bergman's first Molière production on the German stage was met with mixed criticism, albeit predominantly negative.

'Yes, that was completely unsuccessful.'
Ingmar Bergman

About the production

Bergman's production focussed more attention on the bourgeois fool Orgon and his often silly and easily duped entourage than on the hypocritical Tartuffe, the dangerous impostor.

Sources

  • The Ingmar Bergman Archives.
  • Birgitta Steene, Ingmar Bergman: A Reference Guide, (Amsterdam University Press, 2005).
  • Birgitta Steene, Ingmar Bergman: A Reference Guide, (Amsterdam University Press, 2005).

Collaborators

  • Nikolaus Paryla, Tartuffe
  • Franz Kutschera, Madame Pernelle
  • Walter Schmidinger, Orgon
  • Rita Russek, Elmire
  • Gaby Dohm, Dorine
  • Gerd Anthoff, Damis
  • Susanne Uhlen, Marianne
  • Robert Atzorn, Valère
  • Karl-Heinz Pelser, Cléante
  • Molière, Author
  • Hanns-Otto Held, Stage manager
  • Ingmar Bergman, Director
  • Johannes Kaetzler, Assistant director
  • Charlotte Flemming, Designer
  • Heidi Scherer, Prompter
  • Reinhard Koestler, Translation