The Girls

A theater company rehearses Aristophanes play "Lysistrata" in which the Athenian women revolt to force the men to suspend the war and make peace. The three leading female actresses, Liz, Marianne and Gunilla, all live in humiliating circumstances to their men.

Comedy Drama

Bibi Andersson

(Liz / Lysistrata)

Harriet Andersson

(Marianne / Myrrhine)

Gunnel Lindblom

(Gunilla / Kalonike)

Gunnar Björnstrand

(Hugo)

Erland Josephson

(Carl, Mann von Liz)

Frank Sundström

(Marianne's lover)

Åke Lindström

(Bengt)

Stig Engström

(Thommy)

Margreth Weivers

(Tourist Manager's Wife)

Leif Liljeroth

(Tourist Manager Kiruna)

Ulf Palme

(Director)

Ingvar Kjellson

(Olle)

Signe Enwall

(Choir Member)

Bellan Roos

(Choir Member)

Chris Wahlström

(Choir Member)

Brita Öberg

(Choir Member)

Manne Grünberger

(Choir Member)

Per Grevér

(TV Reporter)

Bertil Norström

(Restaurant Guest)

Gunnel Sporr

(Erika)

Karin Miller

(Prompter)

Monique Ernstdotter

(Young Girl)

Gunilla Dahlman

(The Attractive Woman)

Eva Högberg

(Sparta (uncredited))

Henrik Schildt

(Choir Member (uncredited))

Monica Andersson

Elsa Hofgren

Margita Nyström

Kai Reiners

Oskar Rangner

Bo Holmström

Kid Severin

Anders Isaksson

Adolf Hitler

(Self (archive footage))

Joseph Stalin

(Self (archive footage))

Benito Mussolini

(Self (archive footage))