What is the plot of The Lie?

Name: The Lie
Genre: drama, tv-movie
Released: 1973
Rating: 6

The Lie (1973) Plot Summary & Story Breakdown

Plot Analysis Summary

A CBS Playhouse 90 television drama based on an Ingmar Bergman play, focusing on wealthy social interactions.

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Production Context — Broadcast details and series placement.
- CBS Playhouse 90 — Served as the first installment of the series.
- Broadcast Date — Aired on April 24, 1973.
Cast Ensemble — Featured actors listed in opening credits.
- George Segal — Featured cast member.
- Shirley Knight — Featured cast member.
- Robert Culp — Featured cast member.
Critical Reception — Emmy nominations and wins.
- Art Direction Win — Awarded to Charles Kreiner and Jan Scott.
- Lighting Win — Awarded to William M. Klages.
- Set Decorator Win — Awarded to Charles Kreiner and Jan Scott.

From an Ingmar Bergman script. Previously produced for Swedish Television as "Reservatet" and for the BBC as "The Lie" (both 1970). In this Emmy award winning American version for CBS’s reboot of Playhouse 90, an American couple is trapped in their marriage and way of life. Locked up in their bourgeois inferno.

Key Cast

George Segal — Andrew
Shirley Knight — Anna
Robert Culp — Lawrence
Victor Buono — Bancks
William Daniels — Albert

The Lie (1973) — AI Story Visualization

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