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Sara Johnsen and Tomas Alfredson adapting Liv Ullmann and Ingmar Bergman’s ‘Faithless’ as a TV Series
Writer Sara Johnsen and director Tomas Alfredson are adapting the 2000’s feature Faithless, directed by Liv Ullmann from a script by Ingmar Bergman, as a limited TV series.
The series will explore the same tale of love and adultery told in the original film — about the actress Marianne Vogler, married to the acclaimed conductor Markus Vogler, who begins an affair with her husband’s best friend, David Howard — while expanding the story to follow the main characters 40 years on to see the consequences of their actions for both themselves and for their families. The series will move between the present day and back to the original events, which lie four decades in the past.
Lena Endre will reprise her role as Marianne for the series with Jesper Christensen (Quantum of Solace) playing the older David Howard. Young David will be played by Gustav Lindh (Queen of Hearts). Frida Gustavsson (The Witcher) will play the young Marianne, with August Wittgenstein (The Crown) as the young Markus.
Alfredson has begun shooting the six-part series, which is set to premiere in early 2025.