The Witches (1990)
Table of contents
- About the film
- Plot summary
- Swedish censorship / rating
- Technical specifications
- Comments
- Original work
- Production location
- Release dates
- Soundtrack listing
- Awards
- Related films
- Subjects
- Holdings Film
- Holdings Posters
- Holdings Archive materials
- Holdings Scripts
- Holdings Stills
- Holdings Promotion materials
Basic facts
| Original title | The Witches |
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| Film type | Feature |
| Category | Fiction |
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| Screenplay | |
| Original work |
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| Production country |
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| Production company | |
| Classification | Allowed from age 7 |
| Dialogue |
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| Swedish release | 1991-02-22 |
Cast
Links and resources
Titles
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Crew
| Director | |
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| Screenplay | |
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| Director of Photography | |
| Music | |
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| Film Editor |
Cast
| Angelica Houston | miss Eva Ernst/ledarhäxan | ||
| Mai Zetterling | Helga Eveshim | ||
| Bill Paterson | mr Jenkins | ||
| Brenda Blethyn | mrs Jenkins | ||
| Rowan Atkinson | mr Stringer | ||
| Jasen Fisher | Luke Eveshim | ||
| Charlie Potter | Bruno Jenkins | ||
| Anne Lambton | kvinnan i svart | ||
| Jane Horrocks | miss Irvine | ||
| Sukie Smith | Marlene |
Companies
| Production Company | Jim Henson Productions | ||
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| Lorimar Film Entertainment | |||
| Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) | AB Svensk Filmindustri | 1991 |
Swedish censorship / rating
| Censorship number | 130181 |
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| Date | 1990-07-02 |
| Classification | Allowed from age 7 |
| Original length | 2533 meters |
| Notes | Aktlängder: 518, 440, 486, 581, 508. |
Technical specifications
| Aspect ratio | 1.85:1 |
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| Sound type | Sound |
| Sound system | Dolby Stereo |
| Colour type | Colour |
| Colour system | Eastman Color |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Frames per second | 24 |
| Length in metres | 2533 meter |
| Length in minutes | 92 min |
| Dialogue |
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| Textad |
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Original work
Release dates
| First showing | 1990-02-16 | Orlando, Florida | USA | 92 min | ||
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| Release in Sweden | 1991-02-22 | Downtown | Gothenburg | Sweden | 92 min | |
| 1991-02-22 | Downtown | Malmö | Sweden | 92 min | ||
| 1991-02-22 | Filmstaden | Stockholm | Sweden | 92 min | ||
| TV showing | 1998-05-27 | SVT2 | Sweden | 88 min | ||
| 2000-10-21 | Kanal 5 | Sweden | 88 min | |||
| 2002-02-16 | Kanal 5 | Sweden | 88 min | |||
| 2003-10-12 | Kanal 5 | Sweden | 88 min | |||
| Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia | 2007-09-11 | |||||
| 2011-11-03 | ||||||
| Cinematheque screening | 2018-04-01 | Filmhuset | Stockholm | Sweden | ||
| Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia | 2018-04-01 |
Holdings Film
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 | |
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| Item base | Acetate |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Length | 2491 |
Holdings Posters
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
Holdings Scripts
| Script type | Cutting continuity |
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| Language | English |
Holdings Stills
| Black and white print | SET |
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| Colour prints | 1 |
| Slides | 9 |
| Album | No |
Holdings Promotion materials
| Type | Program/Reklamtryck |
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