"Mackan" (1977)

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Original title	"Mackan"
Swedish release title	"Mackan"
Distribution title	Mackan - bare 14 (Danmark) Vain poika tahtoo (Finland) Mackan (Norge)
Alternative title	Maggie (TV-titel Storbritannien)

Director	Birgitta Svensson
Screenplay	Birgitta Svensson
Producer	Hans Iveberg Pelle Berglund (as Per Berglund)
Production Manager	Peter Hald
Director of Photography	Petter Davidson
Music	Jan Lindell (originalmusik)
Art Director	Stig Limér
Film Editor	Thomas Holéwa
Production Mixer	Roger Sellberg
Script Supervisor	Stina Klemming
Unit Manager	Johan Clason
First Assistant Cameraman	Lars Karlsson
Still Photographer	Johanna Hald
Gaffer	Ted Lindahl
Key Grip	Percy Nilsson
Color Timer	Sten Lindberg
Negative Cutter	Michael Carolan
Propman	Sten Valegren
Costume Designer	Kersti Vitali Leon Vitali
Make-up Supervisor	Kjerstin Elg Malin Birch-Jensen (assistent)
Boom Operator	Thomas Holéwa Martin Kjellberg Lennart Forsén
Re-recording Mixer	Kjell Westman
Other Crew	Percy Nilsson (byggen) Göran Lindström (administration) Christer Boustedt (musikmedverkan)

Maria Andersson	Margareta, "Mackan"
Kåre Mölder	Kennet Nilsson
Franciska von Koch	Gudrun Olsson
Hasse Jonsson (as Hans Jonsson)	Lången
Tomas Norström	Roffe
Carmilla Floyd	Mackans syster
Ulla Blomstrand	Kerstin, Mackans mamma
Willie Andréason	Sven, Mackans pappa
Margit Carlqvist	Gudruns mamma
Marianne Aminoff	fransklärarinna
Per Flygare	mattelärare
Palle Granditsky	konfirmationsprästen
Sonja Höök	Tina
Gunilla Lidberg	Kicki
Aurora Mauroy	gymnastiklärarinna
Madeleine Richter	svensklärarinna
Pia Stagg	Eva
Nils Brandt	Gudruns pappa
Fillie Lyckow	Kennets adoptivmamma
Wallis Grahn	Märta, vän i Mackans familj
Pia Garde	sjuksköterska
Rose Lagercrantz	sjuksköterska
Bernt Lundquist	Märtas man
Thore Segelström	stinsen
Gunnel Wadner	stinsens fru
Håkan Jonson	Kongo-Kalle
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs	skolkökslärarinnan
Fabrizio Pollo	förste mopedkillen
Mats Hammarin	andre mopedkillen
Gösta Engström	en knutte
-	Ej identifierade:
Anders Söderberg
Johan Norén
Thomas Friborn
Jan Waldekranz
Klas Östergren
Torbjörn Harrysson
Ingvar Widner
Kokin Karlsson

Production Company	Drakfilm AB		(för)
	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
	AB Svensk Filmindustri
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Svensk Filmindustri	1977
Distributor in Sweden (16 mm)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1994
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2015
Distributor in Sweden (Inst. Video)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1994
Laboratory	FilmTeknik AB

Censorship number	118619
Date	1977-12-14
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2745 meters
Notes	(samt 6 16 mm (Svenska Filminstitutet))

Aspect ratio	2.35:1
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	2745 meter
Length in minutes	100 min
Reels	5 reels

		Sweden	(tre inspelningsdagar för komplettering gjordes under hösten 1977)	1977-03-29	1977-06-18
	Söderhamn		(exteriörer)

Release in Sweden	1977-12-19	Spegeln	Stockholm	Sweden	100 min
First showing	1977-12-19	Spegeln	Stockholm	Sweden	100 min
TV showing	1979-12-02	TV2		Sweden	96 min
	1991-11-16	Kanal 1		Sweden	96 min
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	1992-03-24
TV showing	2004-10-12	SVT1		Sweden	96 min
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2007-03-08
	2008-03-08
	2008-04-19
VOD release	2023-05-12	SVT Play		Sweden		Antal dagar på SVT Play 30

Original title	Menuett
Composer	Johann Sebastian Bach

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Composer	Allyson Khent

Original title	Blue Velvet
Composer	Bernie Wayne

Original title	Chain Gang
Composer	Sam Cooke

Original title	Hot Sandwiches
Composer	Lars Larsson

Original title	Karlskrona Örlogsstations Defileringsmarsch
Composer	Viktor Widqvist

Original title	The Big Beat
Composer	Dave Bartholomew
	Antoine Domino

Original title	What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes at Me For?
Composer	Howard Johnson	(1916)
	Joseph McCarthy	(1916)
	James V. Monaco	(1916)
Lyrics	Howard Johnson	(1916)
	Joseph McCarthy	(1916)
	James V. Monaco	(1916)

Original title	Vals på Ängön
Composer	Evert Taube	(1943)
Lyrics	Evert Taube	(1943)

Original title	Kors på Idas grav
Composer	Johan Göran Berger	(1828)
Lyrics	Charlotta Berger	(1826)

Original title	Twilight Time
Composer	Buck Ram
Lyrics	Morty Nevins
	Artie Dunn

Original title	Everybody's Somebody's Fool
Composer	Howard Greenfield	(1959)
Lyrics	Åke Gerhard	(svensk text 1960)
	Jack Keller	(engelsk text 1959)

Original title	Guitar Boogie

The Swedish Film Institute's Quality Grant	Stockholm	1978			(bidrag om 171 545 kr)

Mackan" [trailer] (1977)

Trailer to

"Mackan" (1977)

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Element type	Print
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2738

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2745

Element type	Low contrast print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Original picture negative
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2745

Element type	Sound negative
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2745

Element type	Sound negative
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Final mix
Carrier type	16 mm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	MACKAN
Tryckeri	Uddeholms Offset

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	MACKAN
Tryckeri	Narva-Tryckeriet

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Mackan. Originalmanus.
Extent	85 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Mackan. Av Birgitta Svensson.
Extent	101 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Mackan. Av Birgitta Svensson.
Extent	106 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Mackan. Dialoglista.
Extent	22 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Peripheral material
Extent	22 s.
Language	Swedish

Black and white print	SET
Colour prints	SET
Behind the scenes prints	9
Slides	SET
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	English

Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Colour
Length in minutes	101 min
Dialogue	Swedish

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	ProRes

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	MAP

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	MAP

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	DCP

Element type	Digital audio
Carrier type	WAV

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	H264