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.

Bo Stensson Svenningson
Jenny
Sixten Garberg
Eivor
Erik
Moster
Knut Mostersson
Sven
Cronswärd
Grosshandlaren
Rolf (16 år)
Fru Svensson