The Rite

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The Rite ★★ The Ritual; Riten 1969

Members of a famous theatrical troupe are called before a judge to answer charges that a production is obscene. The judge's interrogation exposes their private and painful neuroses until the performers decide to turn on their accuser. Pessimistic even by Bergman standards and the first film the director made specifically for TV. Swedish with subtitles. 75m/B VHS, DVD . SW Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Erik Hell, Anders Ek; D: Ingmar Bergman; W: Ingmar Bergman; C: Sven Nykvist.

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