Madame de Sade

Directed by Ingmar Bergman

With Stina Ekblad, Anita Björk, Marie Richardson, Margaretha Byström and Agneta Ekmanner

This television production captures Ingmar Bergman’s stage adaptation of Yukio Mishima’s Madame de Sade, set in France from 1772 to the aftermath of the French Revolution. While the Marquis de Sade remains imprisoned, six women—including his wife Renée—debate his actions, reputation, and meaning, revealing conflicting views on devotion, morality, and power.