The Touch (1971)

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Original title	Beröringen
Swedish release title	Beröringen
International title	The Touch
Co-production title	The Touch (USA)
Distribution title	Kosketus (Finland) The Touch - Berøringen (Norge) El toque (Argentina) Érintés (Ungern) The Touch (Storbritannien) The Touch (Västtyskland) Die Berührung (Östtyskland) Berøringen (Danmark) Le lien (Frankrike) La carcoma (Spanien) Dotyk (Polen) Dotek (Tjeckoslovakien)

Director	Ingmar Bergman
Screenplay	Ingmar Bergman
Producer	Ingmar Bergman
Production Manager	Lars-Owe Carlberg
Director of Photography	Sven Nykvist
Music	Carl Michael Bellman William Byrd Peter Covent
Art Director	P.A. Lundgren Ann-Christin Lobråten (assistent)
Film Editor	Siv Lundgren
Production Mixer	Lennart Engholm
Assistant Director	Arne Carlsson
Script Supervisor	Katinka Faragó
Unit Manager	Lotti Ekberg
First Assistant Cameraman	Jan-eric Söderman
Still Photographer	Bo-Erik Gyberg
Gaffer	Gerhard Carlsson Jan Nilsson
Key Grip	Stig Limér Hans Rehnberg
Musical Arrangement	Jan Johansson
Propman	Stefan Bäckström
Costume Designer	Max Goldstein (as Mago) Ethel Sjöholm
Make-up Supervisor	Bengt Ottekil Cecilia Drott
Boom Operator	Harry Engholm
Re-recording Mixer	Berndt Frithiof
Titles	Gunnar Fischer
Other Crew	Kurt Olgar Stefan Carlsson Hans Fredriksson

Elliott Gould	David Kovac, arkeolog
Bibi Andersson	Karin Vergerus
Max von Sydow	Andreas Vergerus, läkare, professor
Sheila Reid	Sara, Davids syster
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs	Karins mor
Åke Lindström	Holm, läkare, docent
Mimmo Wåhlander	sköterska
Elsa Ebbesen-Thornblad	sjukhusets husmor
Staffan Hallerstam	Anders Vergerus, Karins och Andreas' son
Maria Nolgård	Maria Vergerus, Karins och Andreas' dotter
Karin Nilsson	granne till Vergerus
Erik Nyhlén	arkeolog
Margaretha Byström	doktor Vergerus sekreterare
Alan Simon	museikurator
Per Sjöstrand	kurator
Aino Taube	kvinna i trappan
Ann-Christin Lobråten	museiarbetare
Carol Zavis	flygvärdinna
Dennis Gotobed	engelsk immigrationstjänsteman
Bengt Ottekil	piccolo i London
Harry Schein	middagsgäst som håller tacktal
Alf Montán	middagsgäst
Sture Helander	middagsgäst
Torsten Ryde	middagsgäst
Lars-Owe Carlberg	middagsgäst
Börje Lundh	middagsgäst
Jan-Carl von Rosen	middagsgäst
Kenne Fant	middagsgäst

Production Company	Cinematograph AB
	ABC Pictures Corporation
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Svensk Filmindustri
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2017
Laboratory	FilmTeknik AB

Karin Vergerus is a housewife trapped in a stable but somewhat unsatisfying marriage with a small-town surgeon. When the lively and engaging Jewish-American archaeologist David Kovac enters the picture, Karin gives in to her attraction and begins an affair. But her new relationship turns out to be less fulfilling than she had hoped, and she is torn between staying with David and returning home to her husband and children.

Censorship number	110241
Date	1971-08-18
Classification	Allowed from age 11
Original length	3160 meters
Notes	Aktindelning: 520-535-525-500-520-560 = 3160 m.

Aspect ratio	1.85:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Colour
Colour system	Eastman Color
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	3160 meter
Length in minutes	115 min
Reels	6 reels
Dialogue	Swedish English
Textad	Swedish

				1970-09-14	1970-11-29
	Visby	Sweden	med flera platser på Gotland
	London	United Kingdom
Angarn	Vallentuna	Sweden

First showing	1971-07-14	Baronet Theatre	New York	USA
Release in Sweden	1971-08-30	Spegeln	Stockholm	Sweden	115 min
TV showing	1980-04-04	TV1		Sweden
	1981-08-31	TV1		Sweden
	1991-06-20	TV4		Sweden
	1991-08-18	TV4		Sweden
	2000-03-15	HTV-1		Croatia
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2003-02-10
Festival showing	2009-01-29	Capitol	Gothenburg	Sweden	115 min	32:a Göteborg International Film Festival.
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2009-01-29					I samarbete med GIFF 2009.
	2009-04-09
	2010-09-21
	2010-12-09
	2010-12-12
Other showing	2018-02-01	Janus Films	New York	USA
FIAF showing	2018-06-19	Filmoteca Española	Madrid	Spain
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-07-13	Babylon	Berlin	Germany
	2018-07-15	Turku Cinema Club	Turku	Finland
FIAF showing	2018-07-25	Filmoteca de Catalunya	Barcelona	Spain
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-08-10	Melbourne International Film Festival	Melbourne	Australia
	2018-08-22	Metropolis	Hamburg	Germany
	2018-08-23	Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival	Taipei	Taiwan
FIAF showing	2018-08-24	Cinema Orion	Helsinki	Finland
	2018-10-01	Jerusalem Cinematheque	Jerusalem	Israel
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-10-19	CineStar Lübeck - Stadthalle	Lûbeck	Germany
	2018-11-03	Forum Cinemas	Kaunas	Lithuania
	2018-11-03	Forum Cinemas	Vilnius	Lithuania
Cinematheque screening	2018-11-07	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2018-11-07
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-11-29	Cinemateket Trondheim	Trondheim	Norway
FIAF showing	2018-12-01	La Cinemathèque québécoise	Montreal	Canada

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

The Swedish Film Institute's Quality Grant	Stockholm	1972			(bidrag om 440 713,45 kr)
Golden Masque	Belgrade	1972		Bibi Andersson	(bästa kvinnliga huvudroll)
Festival Award	Venice	1971		Ingmar Bergman	(inofficiellt hederspris för hela Ingmar Bergmans verksamhet i samband med Beröringen)

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Quantity	1

Size	About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Type	Kostymskiss
Object title	Karin
Technique	gouache
Size	21 x 29

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Beröringen (The Touch). En film av Ingmar Bergman.
Extent	86 s. + 23 s. miljölista
Language	Swedish

Script type	Cutting continuity
Script title	Combined continuity on The Touch. A film by Ingmar Bergman.
Extent	102 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Dotkniecie.
Extent	29 s.
Language	Polska

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	48 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	12 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Beröringen. The touch.
Extent	30 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
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Script type	Dialoglista
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Black and white print	SET
Colour prints	SET
Behind the scenes prints	SET
Slides	SET
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	German

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program folio
Language	Danish

Length in minutes	115 min
Dialogue	English

Element type	Duplicate positive
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Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Duplicate negative
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