Persona (1966)

Media (2)

Kajsa Hedström
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kajsa.hedstrom@filminstitutet.se

Read more about this film in our article "Intervju med Anders Hazelius" (in Swedish)

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Original title	Persona
Swedish release title	Persona
International title	Persona
Distribution title	Persona (Spanien) Persona (Västtyskland) Persona (Frankrike) Persona (Bulgarien) Persona (Polen) Persona (Tjeckoslovakien)
Alternative title	Another Persona (titel använd vid en visning av en digitalt manipulerad version under Göteborgs filmfestival 2024)
Title for Swedish Video release	Persona
Script title	Kinematografi

Director	Ingmar Bergman
Screenplay	Ingmar Bergman
Production Manager	Lars-Owe Carlberg
Director of Photography	Sven Nykvist
Music	Lars Johan Werle (originalmusik) Johann Sebastian Bach
Art Director	Bibi Lindström
Film Editor	Ulla Ryghe
Production Mixer	Per-Olof Pettersson (as P.O. Pettersson)
Assistant Director	Lenn Hjortzberg
Script Supervisor	Kerstin Berg
Unit Manager	Boarne Vibenius (as Bo A. Vibenius)
Camera Operator	Anders Bodin
First Assistant Cameraman	Lars Johnsson
Still Photographer	Boarne Vibenius (ej krediterad) Lars Johnsson (ej krediterad)
Propman	Karl-Arne Bergman (as K.A. Bergman)
Costume Designer	Max Goldstein (as Mago)
Make-up Supervisor	Börje Lundh Tina Johansson
Boom Operator	Lennart Engholm
Sound Effects	Evald Andersson
Re-recording Mixer	Olle Jakobsson

Bibi Andersson	syster Alma
Liv Ullmann	Elisabet Vogler
Margaretha Krook	läkaren
Gunnar Björnstrand	herr Vogler
Jörgen Lindström	pojken, Elisabets son

Production Company	AB Svensk Filmindustri
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Svensk Filmindustri
	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1994
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2017
Distributor in Sweden (Video)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1997
Distributor in Sweden (buy video)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1997
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	SF Home Entertainment	2005
Laboratory	FilmTeknik AB

The actress Elisabeth Vogler stops talking after a perfomance of "Electra" and ceases to react when spoken to. Together with a nurse, Alma, she isolates herself in a cottage on an island. As Alma talks and her patient remains silent, their identities begin to merge.

Censorship number	104736
Date	1966-08-31
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2320 meters
Notes	1 videokassett Aktlängder: 440, 560, 570, 530, 220.

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2320 meters
Length in minutes	85 min
Reels	5 reels
Dialogue	Swedish

Filmstaden, Råsunda. Fårö

Release in Sweden	1966-10-18	Spegeln	Stockholm	Sweden	85 min
First showing	1966-10-18	Spegeln	Stockholm	Sweden	85 min
Other showing	1969		Warsaw	Poland		(endast Art Cinemas)
Cinematheque screening	1971-11-02			Sweden
	1973-09-05			Sweden
	1975-04-22			Sweden
TV showing	1977-03-19	TV2		Sweden	82 min
Cinematheque screening	1980-06-01			Sweden
	1980-06-02			Sweden
	1983-10-04			Sweden
	1983-10-06			Sweden
	1985-03-03			Sweden
	1985-03-07			Sweden
	1989-01-08			Sweden
	1989-01-14			Sweden
	1989-10-10		Gothenburg	Sweden
TV showing	1990-12-22	Kanal 1		Sweden	82 min
Cinematheque screening	1992-12-03			Sweden
	1992-12-06			Sweden
	1994-11-04			Sweden
	1994-11-08			Sweden
	1995-10-24		Gothenburg	Sweden
	1995-12-05		Malmö	Sweden
	1997-02-01			Sweden
	1997-02-05			Sweden
Video release	1997-10			Sweden	82 min
Cinematheque screening	1997-10-30	Draken	Gothenburg	Sweden
TV showing	1998-07-19	SVT1		Sweden	82 min
Cinematheque screening	2000-04-16	Skandia	Stockholm	Sweden
	2002-04-22	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden	84 min
	2002-04-23	Bio Victor	Stockholm	Sweden	84 min
	2002-09-08	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden	84 min
	2002-09-12	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden	84 min
TV showing	2003-08-23	SVT2		Sweden	82 min
Cinematheque screening	2003-11-04	Draken	Gothenburg	Sweden	84 min
	2003-11-11	Spegeln	Malmö	Sweden	84 min
	2003-11-14	Bio Victor	Stockholm	Sweden	84 min
	2003-11-18	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden	84 min
Censurbeslut	2005-02-16	La Cineteca del Friuli	Gemona del Friuli	Italy
DVD release	2005-05-11			Sweden
Cinematheque screening	2005-10-04	Bio Victor	Stockholm	Sweden	84 min
TV showing	2007-08-08	SVT1		Sweden	82 min
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2007-09-21
Cinematheque screening	2008-01-19	Spegeln	Malmö	Sweden
Festival showing	2008-01-31	Capitol	Gothenburg	Sweden	85 min	(Göteborg Film Festival. Ingmar Bergman-retrospektiv)
Censurbeslut	2008-05-15
	2008-10-08
TV showing	2011-02-12	SVT2		Sweden
Cinematheque screening	2011-03-23
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen	2011-05-06
	2012-01-20
External cinema, Sweden	2013-06-24
TV showing	2014-01-09	SVT2		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2015-01-07
	2015-01-11
Censurbeslut	2015-05-06
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2015-06-08
Censurbeslut	2015-06-14
	2015-06-22
External cinema, Sweden	2015-06-23
	2015-06-27
Censurbeslut	2015-07-04
Cinematheque screening	2015-12-05
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2016-01-26
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen	2016-02-16
	2016-02-18
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2016-06-29
	2016-10-18
	2016-10-20
	2016-11-02
Censurbeslut	2017-01-24
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2017-02-04
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen	2017-02-13
	2017-02-14
Censurbeslut	2017-03
External cinema, Sweden	2017-06-26
	2017-07-02
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2017-09-08
	2017-09-11
Censurbeslut	2018-01-01		London
	2018-01-01		London
	2018-01-01		London
	2018-01-02		London
	2018-01-02		London
	2018-01-02		London
	2018-01-03		London
	2018-01-03		London
	2018-01-03		London
	2018-01-04		London
	2018-01-04		London
	2018-01-04		London
	2018-01-05		London
	2018-01-05		London
	2018-01-05		London
	2018-01-06		London
	2018-01-06		London
	2018-01-06		London
	2018-01-07
	2018-01-07		London
	2018-01-07		London
	2018-01-07		London
	2018-01-08		London
	2018-01-08		London
	2018-01-08		London
	2018-01-09		London
	2018-01-09		London
	2018-01-09		London
	2018-01-10		London
	2018-01-10		London
	2018-01-10		London
	2018-01-11		London
	2018-01-11		London
	2018-01-11		London
	2018-01-12		London
	2018-01-12		London
	2018-01-13		London
	2018-01-13		London
	2018-01-13		London
	2018-01-14		London
	2018-01-14		London
	2018-01-14		London
	2018-01-15		London
	2018-01-15		London
	2018-01-15		London
	2018-01-16		London
	2018-01-16		London
	2018-01-16		London
	2018-01-17		London
	2018-01-17		London
	2018-01-17		London
	2018-01-18
	2018-01-18		London
	2018-01-18		London
	2018-01-18		London
	2018-01-24
Other showing	2018-02-01	Janus Films	New York	USA
Censurbeslut	2018-02-04		London
	2018-02-24
	2018-02-24		London
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-03-16	Bergamo Film Meeting	Bergamo	Italy
Censurbeslut	2018-04-12		Oslo
	2018-04-19	Cinemateket NFI	Oslo	Norway
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-04-20		Kristiansand
	2018-04-20		Lillehammer
	2018-04-20		Stavanger
	2018-04-20		Trondheim
	2018-04-20		Bergen
	2018-04-20		Tromsö
	2018-04-27		Kristiansand
	2018-04-27		Lillehammer
	2018-04-27		Stavanger
	2018-04-27		Trondheim
	2018-04-27		Bergen
	2018-04-27		Tromsö
	2018-04-30		Trondheim
Censurbeslut	2018-06-06
	2018-06-10
	2018-06-14	Cinema Orion	Helsinki	Finland
	2018-06-18		Helsinki
External cinema, Sweden	2018-06-25
	2018-06-26
	2018-06-27
	2018-06-28
	2018-06-29
	2018-06-30
	2018-07-01
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-07-12	Babylon	Berlin	Germany
	2018-07-15	Turku Cinema Club	Turku	Finland
	2018-07-17		Berlin
	2018-07-18		Berlin
	2018-07-22		Berlin
	2018-07-23		Berlin
	2018-07-24		Zürich
	2018-07-26	Kijkhuis	Leiden	The Netherlands
	2018-07-27		Zürich
	2018-07-28		Berlin
	2018-07-29		Zürich
	2018-08-01	DokuFest Kosovo	Prizren	Kosovo
	2018-08-01		Berlin
	2018-08-03	„Skalvijos“ kino centras	Vilnius	Lithuania
	2018-08-06		Berlin
	2018-08-10		Berlin
	2018-08-15	Arlekinas	Klaipeda	Lithuania
	2018-08-23	Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival	Taipei	Taiwan
	2018-08-27		Taipei
	2018-08-29	HKIFF	Hong Kong	China
	2018-08-31		Bern
	2018-09-05		Taipei
	2018-09-11		Taipei
	2018-09-13	Films by the sea	Vlissingen	The Netherlands
Censurbeslut	2018-09-14	Det Danske Filminstitut	Copenhagen	Denmark
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-09-17		Bern
	2018-09-17		Taipei
	2018-09-19	Øst for Paradis	Aarhus	Denmark
Censurbeslut	2018-09-20
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-09-24		Bern
	2018-09-27		Nuremberg
	2018-09-28	LAB111	Amsterdam	The Netherlands
Censurbeslut	2018-10-01	Jerusalem Cinematheque	Jerusalem	Israel
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-10-02		Nuremberg
	2018-10-02		Amsterdam
Censurbeslut	2018-10-04		Jerusalem
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-10-06		Amsterdam
	2018-10-07	Biffen Nordkraft	Aalborg	Denmark
Censurbeslut	2018-10-07		Jerusalem
Cinematheque screening	2018-10-10
	2018-10-10	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Censurbeslut	2018-10-10		Jerusalem
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-10-10		Amsterdam
	2018-10-12	HKIFF	Hong Kong	China
Censurbeslut	2018-10-13		Jerusalem
	2018-10-16		Jerusalem
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-10-19	MTÜ Must Käsi/ Tartu Elektriteater	Tartu	Estonia
	2018-10-19	MTÜ Must Käsi/Kino Sõprus	Tallinn	Estonia
Censurbeslut	2018-10-21
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-10-26	Art-kino	Rijeka	Croatia
	2018-11-01	„Skalvijos“ kino centras	Vilnius	Lithuania
	2018-11-07	Kolkata Film Festival	Kolkata	India
	2018-11-25	International Film Festival of Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram	India
	2018-12-01	International Film Festival of Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram	India
Censurbeslut	2018-12-03	Cineteca di Bologna	Bologna	Italy
TV showing	2018-12-16	SVT2		Sweden
Censurbeslut	2018-12-16	Black Box	Düsseldorf	Germany
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen	2019-02-12
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2019-02-21
External cinema, Sweden	2019-06-26
	2019-06-27
	2019-06-28
	2019-06-29
	2019-06-30
Cinematheque screening	2019-09-04
	2019-09-04	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
	2019-09-10
	2019-09-21
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2019-10-19
	2020-02-08			Hong Kong
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen	2020-02-18
Inställd visning	2021-02-02			Denmark
	2021-02-16			Denmark
	2021-04-24			Thailand
Censurbeslut	2021-10-05			The Netherlands
	2021-10-15			The Netherlands
	2021-10-28			The Netherlands
Inställd visning	2022-01-29			Thailand
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen	2022-02-07		Stockholm	Sweden
Censurbeslut	2022-02-13		Bangkok	Thailand
	2022-02-21		Rome	Italy
	2022-02-22		Copenhagen	Denmark
	2022-02-22		Rome	Italy
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2022-02-25		Florence	Italy
TV showing	2022-03-01	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-03-06	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-03-11	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-05-14	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-05-18	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-05-25	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2022-05-28		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
TV showing	2022-06-07	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2022-06-08		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
	2022-06-09		Rotterdam	The Netherlands
	2022-06-11		Rotterdam	The Netherlands
	2022-06-15		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
	2022-06-18		Rotterdam	The Netherlands
	2022-06-20		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
	2022-06-21		Rotterdam	The Netherlands
	2022-07-10		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
	2022-07-14		Sofia	Bulgaria
TV showing	2022-07-24	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Festival showing, abroad	2022-07-27		Motovun	Croatia
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2022-07-30		Sofia	Bulgaria
TV showing	2022-08-03	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-08-29	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-09-12	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen	2022-09-15		Stockholm	Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2022-11-23		Oslo	Norway
Festival showing, abroad	2022-12-01		Duhok	Irak
TV showing	2022-12-03	SF Kanalen		Sweden	81 min
	2022-12-13	SF Kanalen		Sweden	81 min
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2023-02-14		Aarhus	Denmark
Censurbeslut	2023-02-21		Copenhagen	Denmark
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2023-02-22		Kolding	Denmark
TV showing	2023-02-28	SF Kanalen		Sweden	81 min
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2023-02-28		Aalborg	Denmark
TV showing	2023-03-05	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-03-10	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2023-03-15		Trondheim	Norway
	2023-04-01		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
	2023-04-14		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
	2023-05-03		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
TV showing	2023-05-13	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-05-17	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2023-05-19		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
TV showing	2023-05-24	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2023-05-24		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
TV showing	2023-06-06	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2023-06-26		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
TV showing	2023-07-23	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-08-04	SVT2		Sweden
VOD release	2023-08-04	SVT Play		Sweden		Antal dagar på SVT Play 30
TV showing	2023-09-11	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Censurbeslut	2023-11-04		Vienna	Austria
TV showing	2023-12-02	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Censurbeslut	2023-12-27		Vienna	Austria
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2024-01-06		Berlin	Germany
	2024-01-10		Berlin	Germany
	2024-01-19		Berlin	Germany
	2024-01-26		Berlin	Germany
Festival showing	2024-01-28	Draken	Gothenburg	Sweden		(Specialvisning som endast ägde rum vid ett tillfälle av en datormanipulerad version, betitlad "Another Persona", där Liv Ullmanns ansikte med hjälp av AI-teknik hade bytts ut mot nyinspelade tagningar gjorda med skådespelaren Alma Pöysti. Efter visningen raderades filmen.)
Censurbeslut	2024-02-10		Copenhagen	Denmark
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2024-02-11		Berlin	Germany
Censurbeslut	2024-02-25		Copenhagen	Denmark
TV showing	2024-02-27	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-03-03	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-03-08	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Censurbeslut	2024-03-12		Jerusalem	Israel
	2024-03-14		Jerusalem	Israel
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2024-04-24		Herzliya	Israel
TV showing	2024-05-11	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-05-15	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-05-22	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-06-04	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Festival showing, Sweden	2024-06-27		Fårö	Sweden
	2024-06-28		Fårö	Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2024-07-04		Haarlem	The Netherlands
	2024-07-11		Haarlem	The Netherlands
	2024-07-18		Haarlem	The Netherlands
TV showing	2024-07-21	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2024-07-25		Haarlem	The Netherlands
TV showing	2024-07-31	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2024-08-01		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
	2024-08-08		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
	2024-08-15		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
	2024-08-22		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
TV showing	2024-08-26	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-09-09	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-10-16	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-11-30	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-12-10	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Cinematheque screening	2025-02-01	Bio Victor, Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
TV showing	2025-02-19	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2025-02-27	SF Kanalen		Sweden

Original title	Musik i urval (kontakta redaktionen för detaljer om enskilda filmer)

Sight & Sound Award	London	1971			(6:e plats i internationell kritikeromröstning om bästa filmer genom tiderna)
Zlota Kaczka Magazine Award	Warsaw	1969			(bästa utländska film)
National Society of Film Critics		1967			(bästa film)
		1967		Bibi Andersson	(bästa skådespelerska)
		1967		Ingmar Bergman	(bästa regi)
Festival Award	Valladolid	1967			(religiösa filmer; filmklubbspris)
Prize	New York	1967			(1:a plats på Village Voice lista)
The Guldbagge Award	Stockholm	1967	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Bibi Andersson
	Stockholm	1967	Best Picture		(högsta kvalitetspoäng 2,8)
Chaplin Magazine Award	Stockholm	1966		Ingmar Bergman
	Stockholm	1966		Bibi Andersson	(roller i denna film och i Syskonbädd)
Filmbewertungsstelle (Wiesbaden)	Wiesbaden				(prädikat: wertvoll)

Prison (1949)	Cited in	Persona (1966)
Minns ni? (1993)	Citation included from	Persona (1966)
Light Keeps Me Company (2000)	Citation included from	Persona (1966)
Daisy Diamond (2007)	Citation included from	Persona (1966)

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2259

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2259

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2252

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2253

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Original picture negative
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Sound negative
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Final mix
Carrier type	17.5 mm

Element type	Intermediate audio recording
Carrier type	17.5 mm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	Ingmar Bergmans PERSONA
Printing house	AB Kopia Stockholm

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	Ingmar Bergmans PERSONA
Printing house	Ewes Offsettryck

Size	About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	Persona

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Kinematografi av Ingmar Bergman.
Extent	89 s. + 1 s. inledning av Ingmar Bergman.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Kinematografi av Ingmar Bergman.
Extent	90 s. + 1 s. inledning av Ingmar Bergman.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Persona. English.
Extent	40 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Kinematografi av Ingmar Bergman.
Extent	90 s. + 1 s. inledning av Ingmar Bergman.
Language	Swedish

Black and white print	set
Colour prints	No
Behind the scenes prints	set
Slides	No
Digital images	Yes
Album	Yes

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Portuguese

Type	Program folio
Language	English

Type	Lobby card
Language	English

Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Black and white
Length in minutes	84 min
Dialogue	Swedish

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	ProRes

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	MAP

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	DCP

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	H264