---
title: 'The Mistress (1962)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Vilgot Sjöman'
released: '1962-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 77
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Sweden'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-mistress-1962'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056733/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Mistress (1962)

1962 · 77 min · Drama · Sweden

Original title: Älskarinnan

## Synopsis

The Mistress is a 1962 Swedish drama film directed by Vilgot Sjöman. It marked Sjöman's directoral debut and was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival where Bibi Andersson won the Silver Bear for Best Actress award. The film was also selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 35th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Vilgot Sjöman](https://cinepixo.com/people/vilgot-sjoman)
- **Screenplay:** [Vilgot Sjöman](https://cinepixo.com/people/vilgot-sjoman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Eric Öst](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-ost)
- **Producer:** [Allan Ekelund](https://cinepixo.com/people/allan-ekelund)
- **Director of Photography:** [Lars Björne](https://cinepixo.com/people/lars-bjorne)
- **Editor:** [Lennart Wallén](https://cinepixo.com/people/lennart-wallen)

## Cast

- [Per Myrberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/per-myrberg)
- [Max von Sydow](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-von-sydow)
- [Öllegård Wellton](https://cinepixo.com/people/ollegard-wellton)
- [Birgitta Valberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/birgitta-valberg)
- [Bibi Andersson](https://cinepixo.com/people/bibi-andersson)
- [Gunnar Olsson](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunnar-olsson)
- [Birger Lensander](https://cinepixo.com/people/birger-lensander)

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