
Structured as six interconnected episodes, Rabies depicts cruelty as a contagious force: each character, wounded or humiliated, passes that violence on to another. Filmed for Swedish television, Ingmar Bergman’s adaptation of Olle Hedberg’s morality play presents human behavior as a relentless chain of transferred suffering.

as Bo Stensson Svenningson

as Jenny

as Sixten Garberg

as Eivor

as Erik

as Moster

as Knut Mostersson

as Sven

as Cronswärd

as Grosshandlaren

as Rolf (16 år)

as Fru Svensson