The Rite(Movie, 1969)

Name: The Rite
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Released: 1969
Duration: T01:16:00
Rating: 3.5

Original title: "Riten" (Swedish/SV)

1h 16min | Genres: Drama, TV Movie

Rating: 3.5/5 (with 35 votes)

The Rite (Swedish: Riten) is a 1969 Swedish drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. It premiered on Swedish television on 25 March 1969. Actors Thea (Ingrid Thulin), Sebastian (Anders Ek) and Hans (Gunnar Björnstrand) are sequestered in the offices of Judge Abrahamson (Erik Hell), who questions them about the play they have been performing, which has been accused of being obscene. As the judge interviews them separately and together, the three performers work through their considerable psycho-sexual baggage with each other, while collectively laying siege to the sensibilities of their authoritarian interrogator. The film had a joint Nordic premiere on television on 25 March 1969. It was rerun on SVT2 August 1, 1973. The premiere began with a short conversation between ()

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About The Rite

A judge in an unnamed country interviews three actors, together and singly, provoking them while investigating a pornographic performance for which they may face a fine. Their relationships are complicated: Sebastian, volatile, a heavy drinker, in debt, guilty of killing his former partner, is having an affair with that man's widow. She is Thea, high strung, prone to fits, and seemingly fragile, currently married to Sebastian's new partner, Hans. Hans is the troupe leader, wealthy, self-contained, and growing tired. The judge plays on the trio's insecurities, but when they finally, in a private session with him, perform the masque called The Rite, they may have their revenge.

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Additional Information

Production country: Sweden

Made by: Svensk Filmindustri (SF), Personafilm, Cinematograph AB

Original language: Swedish (SV)

Spoken languages: Swedish (SV)

Translated into 15 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 09/18/1969 (World premiere: 03/25/1969)

Cast: Gunnar Björnstrand, Anders Ek, Ingrid Thulin, Ingmar Bergman, Erik Hell

Director: Ingmar Bergman

Screenwriter: Ingmar Bergman

Director of Photography: Sven Nykvist

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"夜の儀式"

"Riten"

"Ритуал"

"Riten"

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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