Through a Glass Darkly (1961)

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Original title	Såsom i en spegel
Swedish release title	Såsom i en spegel
International title	Through a Glass Darkly
Distribution title	Som i et speil (Norge) Kuin kuvastimessa (Finland) Como en un espejo (Spanien) Wie in einem Spiegel (Tyskland) À travers le miroir (Frankrike) Detrás de un vidrio oscuro (Argentina) Mesa ap' ton spasmeno kathrefti (Grekland) Jak w zwierciadle (Polen) Jako v zrcadle (Tjeckoslovakien) Tükör által homályosan (Ungern) Soos in 'n spieël (Sydafrika) Праз цмянае шкло (Vitryssland) Praz cmjanae šklo (Vitryssland) Through a Glass Darkly (Storbritannien/USA) Som i et spejl (Danmark) Nagu peeglis (Estland) Μέσα από τον ςπασμένο kαθρέφτη (Grekland) Kroz tamno ogledalo (Kroatien) Come in uno specchio (Italien) מבעד לזכוכית אפלה (Israel) Kaip veidrodyje (Lettland) Als in een donkere spiegel (Nederländerna) Através de um espelho (Brasilien) Em busca da verdade (Portugal) Сквозь тусклое стекло (Ryssland) Skvoz' tuskloe steklo (Ryssland) Aynadaki gibi (Turkiet) Як у дзеркалі (Ukraina) Jak u dzerkali (Ukraina) A través del espejo (Mexiko)
Title for Swedish Video release	Såsom i en spegel
Working title	Tapeten

Director	Ingmar Bergman
Screenplay	Ingmar Bergman
Production Manager	Allan Ekelund
Director of Photography	Sven Nykvist
Music	Erik Nordgren (originalmusik)
Art Director	P.A. Lundgren
Film Editor	Ulla Ryghe
Production Mixer	Stig Flodin
Assistant Director	Lenn Hjortzberg
Script Supervisor	Ulla Furås
Unit Manager	Lars-Owe Carlberg
First Assistant Cameraman	Rolf Holmqvist Peter Wester
Performer	Erling Bløndal Bengtsson (violoncell)
Propman	Karl-Arne Bergman
Costume Designer	Max Goldstein (as Mago)
Boom Operator	Staffan Dalin
Sound Effects	Evald Andersson

Harriet Andersson	Karin
Gunnar Björnstrand	David, författare, Karins far
Max von Sydow	Martin, läkare, gift med Karin
Lars Passgård	Fredrik alias Minus, Karins yngre bror

Production Company	AB Svensk Filmindustri
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Svensk Filmindustri	1961
	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1994
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2015
Distributor in Sweden (Video)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1998
Distributor in Sweden (buy video)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1998
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	SF Home Entertainment	2004
Laboratory	FilmTeknik AB

Karin, a recently released mental patient, convalesces at her family's seaside summer cabin, where the men in her life have hardly a clue what emotional sustenance the confused and delusional woman might require. Her father David and husband Martin, both cold, self-absorbed intellectuals, distance themselves from the recovery process while Karin increasingly fixates on her vulnerable and sexually susceptible younger brother Minus.

Censorship number	98168
Date	1961-10-04
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2445 meters
Notes	Aktindelning: 565-665-530-685 = 2445 m - 89 minuter. Aktlängder: 565, 665, 530, 685.

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	AGA-Baltic
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2445 meter
Length in minutes	90 min
Reels	4 reels
Dialogue	Swedish

				1961	1961
Filmstaden	Råsunda	Sweden
Fårö	Gotland	Sweden

Release in Sweden	1961-10-16	Fontänen	Stockholm	Sweden	89 min
	1961-10-16	Röda Kvarn	Stockholm	Sweden	89 min
Other showing	1962-03-13		New York City, New York	USA		(biografpremiär i USA)
	1970		Warsaw	Poland		(endast Art Cinemas)
TV showing	1970-10-16	TV1		Sweden	85 min
	1988-07-13	TV2		Sweden	85 min
Video release	1998-03			Sweden	85 min
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2003-01
TV showing	2003-08-03	SVT2		Sweden	85 min
DVD release	2004-04-28			Sweden	85 min
TV showing	2006-07-25	SVT1		Sweden	85 min
FIAF showing	2018-01-01	British Film Institute	London	United Kingdom
Other showing	2018-02-01	Janus Films	New York	USA
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-02-07	Splendid Palace	Riga	Latvia
	2018-04-13	Beijing Film Festival	Beijing	China
FIAF showing	2018-04-28	La Cinemathèque québécoise	Montreal	Canada
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-05-08	Edinburgh Filmhouse	Edinburgh	United Kingdom
FIAF showing	2018-05-15	Jerusalem Cinematheque	Jerusalem	Israel
	2018-05-17	Cinema Orion	Helsinki	Finland
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-05-22	Verdensteatret, Tromsø		Norway
	2018-05-23	Art-kino	Rijeka	Croatia
	2018-06-12	Shanghai Film Festival	Shanghai	China
	2018-06-28	FJ Cines, CineSesc	São Paulo	Brazil
	2018-07-13	Babylon	Berlin	Germany
TV showing	2018-08-03	SVT2		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-08-06	Metropolis	Hamburg	Germany
	2018-08-23	Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival	Taipei	Taiwan
	2018-08-29	HKIFF	Hong Kong	China
	2018-08-29	Kino Rex	Bern	Switzerland
Cinematheque screening	2018-09-12	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2018-09-12
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-09-13	Films by the sea	Vlissingen	The Netherlands
	2018-09-13	Stadtkino Basel	Basel	Switzerland
	2018-09-13	Filmhaus Nürnberg - kommkino	Nuremberg	Germany
FIAF showing	2018-09-17	Det Danske Filminstitut	Copenhagen	Denmark
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-09-20	Espaço Itaú de Cinema	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
	2018-10-19	MTÜ Must Käsi/Kino Sõprus	Tallinn	Estonia
	2018-10-19	MTÜ Must Käsi/ Tartu Elektriteater	Tartu	Estonia
	2018-10-29	LAB111	Amsterdam	The Netherlands
	2018-11-07	Kolkata Film Festival	Kolkata	India
TV showing	2019-10-29	SVT1		Sweden
	2019-11-13	SVT24		Sweden
	2022-01-29	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-02-22	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-04-30	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-05-10	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-05-24	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-09-08	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-09-11	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-09-13	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-11-16	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-12-21	SF Kanalen		Sweden	91 min
	2023-01-28	SF Kanalen		Sweden	91 min
	2023-02-21	SF Kanalen		Sweden	91 min
	2023-04-29	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-05-09	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-05-23	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-09-07	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-09-10	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-09-12	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-11-15	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-12-20	SF Kanalen		Sweden

Original title	Svit, violoncell, BWV 1008. Nr 2, d-moll. Sats 4 (Sarabande)
Composer	Johann Sebastian Bach	(1720)

BAFTA	London	1963			(Best film from any source)
Prize		1963		Harriet Andersson	(tyska filmkritikens pris för hennes roll)
Academy Award Nomination	Los Angeles	1963		Ingmar Bergman	(bästa manus 1962/Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen 1962)
Filmbewertungsstelle (Wiesbaden)	Wiesbaden	1962			(prädikat: besonders wertvoll)
Swedish Film Society Prize	Stockholm	1962		Harriet Andersson	(diplom för hennes roll)
Prize	Brussels	1962			(belgiskt filmkritikerpris / Belgian Critics Award)
Academy Award of Merit	Los Angeles	1962			(bästa utländska film 1961/Best Foreign Language Film 1961)
Evangelische Filmgilde		1962			("Monatsbeste")
Office Catholique Internationale du Cinéma	Berlin	1962

Såsom i en spegel [trailer] (1961)

Trailer to

Through a Glass Darkly (1961)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2413

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2417

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2443

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2443

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2445

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	35 mm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	En film av Ingmar Bergman SÅSOM I EN SPEGEL
Tryckeri	Kopia
Designed by	Ranke Sandgren

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	En film av Ingmar Bergman SÅSOM I EN SPEGEL
Tryckeri	Kopia
Designed by	Ranke Sandgren

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	SÅSOM I EN SPEGEL
Tryckeri	Zetterlund & Thelanders boktryckeri AB

Type	Kostymskiss
Object title	Karin
Technique	tusch
Size	24 x 33

Type	Museum object
Extent	Tapeter, ritade av PA Lundgren till "Såsom i en spegel"

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Film L-131. En film av Ingmar Bergman.
Extent	148 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Through a glass darkly (Såsom i en spegel). A film by Ingmar Bergman.
Extent	2 s. Produktionsuppgifter och rollista ingår.
Language	English

Script type	Peripheral material
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Through a glass darkly
Extent	22 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Black and white print	SET
Behind the scenes prints	SET
Album	Yes

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	English

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	English

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	English

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	German

Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	DCP
Length in minutes	90 min
Dialogue	Swedish

Element type	Digital audio
Carrier type	WAV

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	DCP

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	MAP

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
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