Scenes From a Marriage was broadcast as a miniseries in Sweden by SVT2 beginning on 11 April 1973.[12] Polls indicated most of the viewers were women.[10] A 169-minute theatrical version was screened in Sweden on 28 October 1974.[13]
In the United States, a 167-minute version of the miniseries was released in cinemas, with the 16 mm film modified to 35 mm.[2][11] It opened in New York City on 21 September 1974.[10] The full miniseries was later aired in the U.S. by PBS in March and April 1977,[10] and numerous times in 1979.[14] The Criterion Collection released the miniseries and theatrical version on a three-disc DVD in Region 1 in 2004, complete with interviews and an essay by Phillip Lopate.[15]
