

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
Henrik Vogler (older)
Lead
Ingrid Thulin
Rakel Egerman

Lena Olin
Anna Egerman (older)
Nadja Palmstjerna-Weiss
Anna Egerman (younger)

Bertil Guve
Henrik Vogler (younger)
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ingmar Bergman's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. After the Rehearsal is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”