Autumn Sonata (1978)

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Original title	Herbstsonate
Swedish release title	Höstsonaten
International title	Autumn Sonata
Distribution title	Høstsonaten (Norge) Autumn Sonata (Storbritannien) Autumn Sonata (USA) Sonata de otoño (Spanien) Sonate d'autonne (Frankrike) Õszi szonáta (Ungern) Essena sonata (Bulgarien) Jesienna sonata (Polen) Podzimní sonáta (Tjeckoslovakien)
Title for Swedish Video release	Höstsonaten

Director	Ingmar Bergman
Screenplay	Ingmar Bergman
Line Producer	Ingmar Bergman (Gesamtleitung)
Production Manager	Katinka Faragó (Produktionsleitung)
Director of Photography	Sven Nykvist
Production Designer	Anna Asp (Ausstattung)
Film Editor	Sylvia Ingemarsdotter (as Sylvia Ingemarsson)
Production Mixer	Owe Svensson
Assistant Director	Peder Langenskiöld
Script Supervisor	Kerstin Eriksdotter
Unit Manager	Hans Lindgren (Aufnahmeleitung)
Production Assistant	Lena Hansson Varhegyi (as Lena Hansson)
Production Accountant	Lars-Owe Carlberg (Herstellungsleitung) Ingrid Bergman (Herstellungsleitung)
Still Photographer	Arne Carlsson
Assistant Cameraman	Lars Karlsson (Kamera-Assistenz) Carl-Gustaf Nykvist (as Charlie Nykvist) (Kamera-Assistenz)
Gaffer	Jo Banoun
Key Grip	Ragnar Waaranperä Bo Andersson Gunnar Bøvollen Jarle Hole Bjarne Kjos Ulf Pramfors
Grip Best Boy	Daniel Bergman (lärling)
Carpenter	Percy Nilsson Tom Olsson
Painter	Rolf Persson
Propman	Jon Arvesen Demetrios Glavas
Costume Designer	Inger Pehrsson Barbro Sörman (Ingrid Bergmans kläder - ej krediterad)
Make-up Supervisor	Cecilia Drott
Construction Coordinator	Per Mørk
Boom Operator	Tommy Persson
Re-recording Mixer	Owe Svensson
Other Crew	Knut Andersen Gunnar Sakshaug (foto) Ase Seim

Ingrid Bergman	Charlotte, konsertpianist
Liv Ullmann	Eva, hennes dotter
Lena Nyman	Helena, Evas yngre syster
Halvar Björk	Viktor, Evas man, präst
Arne Bang-Hansen	onkel Otto
Gunnar Björnstrand	Paul, Charlottes agent
Erland Josephson	Josef, Charlottes man
Georg Løkkeberg	Leonardo, Charlottes vän
Linn Ullmann	Eva som barn
Knut Wigert	professorn
Eva von Hanno	sjuksköterskan
Marianne Aminoff	Charlottes sekreterare
Mimi Pollak	pianolärarinnan

Production Company	ITC Film Distributors, Ltd.
	Personafilm GmbH		(för)
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	1998
Distributor in Sweden (buy video)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1998
Laboratory	FilmTeknik AB
Other Company	Neue Constantin Film GmbH & Co. Verleih K.G.		(distributör i Västtyskland)
	Kommunernes Filmcentral A/S

A successful concert pianist is confronted by her neglected grown-up daughter.

Censorship number	119325
Date	1978-08-25
Classification	Allowed from age 11
Original length	2540 meters
Notes	Aktindelning: 495-530-420-525-570 = 2540 m.

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	2537 meter
Length in minutes	93 min
Reels	5 reels

				1977-09-19	1977-11-08
Norsk Film A/S	Jar	Norway	(ateljé)
Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden	(ateljé)

First showing	1978-10-08	Spegeln	Stockholm	Sweden	93 min
Release in Sweden	1978-10-08	Spegeln	Stockholm	Sweden	93 min
Other showing	1978-10-19	Bambi	Wiesbaden	West Germany	93 min	(västtysk premiär)
	1978-11-08		Molde	Norway	93 min	(norsk premiär)
	1979		Warsaw	Poland
TV showing	1982-12-25	TV1		Sweden	89 min
Video release	1998-12			Sweden	89 min
TV showing	2000-12-17	SVT1		Sweden	89 min
	2003-09-06	SVT2		Sweden	89 min
	2005-10-03	SVT1		Sweden	89 min
	2006-09-25	SVT1		Sweden	89 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2008-04-29
	2008-05-06
	2009-12-03
	2009-12-10
TV showing	2011-02-14	SVT1		Sweden
Cinematheque screening	2015-09-01	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2015-09-01
	2015-10-06
	2015-10-10
TV showing	2016-12-26	SVT2		Sweden
FIAF showing	2018-01-09	British Film Institute	London	United Kingdom
Other showing	2018-02-01	Janus Films	New York	USA
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-03-05	CinematekET Pl Trondheim		Norway
	2018-03-17	Bergamo Film Meeting	Bergamo	Italy
FIAF showing	2018-04-30	La Cinemathèque québécoise	Montreal	Canada
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-06-11	Kriterion	Amsterdam	The Netherlands
	2018-07-15	Babylon	Berlin	Germany
	2018-08-15	Iso-Hannu	Rauma	Finland
	2018-08-23	Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival	Taipei	Taiwan
	2018-09-13	Filmhaus Nürnberg - kommkino	Nuremberg	Germany
	2018-09-13	Films by the sea	Vlissingen	The Netherlands
	2018-09-20	HKIFF	Hong Kong	China
	2018-09-24	LAB111	Amsterdam	The Netherlands
FIAF showing	2018-09-28	Cinema Orion	Helsinki	Finland
	2018-10-01	Jerusalem Cinematheque	Jerusalem	Israel
	2018-10-10	Cinemateket NFI	Oslo	Norway
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-10-18	HKIFF	Hong Kong	China
	2018-11-01	Panak OÜ/Artis 1	Tallinn	Estonia
	2018-11-07	Verdensteatret, Tromsø		Norway
TV showing	2018-11-09	SVT2		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-11-18	Black Nights Film Festival	Tallinn	Estonia
	2018-11-25	International Film Festival of Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram	India
Cinematheque screening	2018-11-28	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2018-11-28
FIAF showing	2018-12-03	Cineteca di Bologna	Bologna	Italy
	2018-12-03	Det Danske Filminstitut	Copenhagen	Denmark
	2018-12-16	Black Box	Düsseldorf	Germany
TV showing	2022-01-11	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-01-26	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-02-26	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-03-02	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-04-23	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-05-06	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-05-11	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-05-17	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-09-01	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-09-04	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-09-06	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-09-30	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-11-20	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-12-19	SF Kanalen		Sweden	97 min
	2023-01-10	SF Kanalen		Sweden	97 min
	2023-01-25	SF Kanalen		Sweden	97 min
	2023-02-25	SF Kanalen		Sweden	97 min
	2023-03-01	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-04-22	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-05-05	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-05-10	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-05-16	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-09-03	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-09-05	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-09-29	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-11-19	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-12-18	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2108-12-01	International Film Festival of Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram	India

Original title	Preludium, piano, op. 28. Nr 2, a-moll
Composer	Frédéric Chopin	(1838-1839)
Instrumentalist	Käbi Laretei	(dubbar Ingrid Bergmans pianospel)

Original title	Svit, nr 4, BWV 828, Ess-dur
Composer	Johann Sebastian Bach	(1731)
Instrumentalist	Claude Génetay	(ej i bild)

Original title	Sonat, blockflöjt, b.c., HWV 369, F-dur
Composer	Georg Friedrich Händel	(1725-1726)
Instrumentalist	Frans Brüggen
	Gustav Leonhardt
	Anner Bylsma

Bodil (Denmark)	Copenhagen	1979			(bästa europeiska film)
David di Donatello Award	Italy	1979		Ingrid Bergman	(roll)
	Italy	1979		Liv Ullmann	(roll)
Academy Award Nomination	Los Angeles	1978		Ingrid Bergman	(bästa kvinnliga huvudroll / Best Actress in a Leading Role)
	Los Angeles	1978		Ingmar Bergman	(Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Circle Prize	New York	1978		Ingrid Bergman	(roll)
Golden Globe	Hollywood	1978			(bästa utländska film)
National Board of Review		1978		Ingrid Bergman	(bästa skådespelerska)
		1978			(bästa utländska film)
		1978		Ingmar Bergman	(bästa regi)
National Society of Film Critics		1978		Ingrid Bergman	(roll)

Light Keeps Me Company (2000)		Autumn Sonata (1978)
Ingrid Bergman, in Her Own Words (2015)		Autumn Sonata (1978)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2524

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2521

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2528

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2528

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2540

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Duplicate positive neutral background
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Original picture negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Sound negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	originalnegativ för OP
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Duplicate positive for optical printing
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Intermediate audio recording
Carrier type	17.5 mm

Element type	Final mix
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Duplicate negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	originalnegativ för OP
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	1

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Larger than 80 x 110 cm
Quantity	1

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	50 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	50 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	73 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Black and white print	15
Colour prints	SET
Behind the scenes prints	SET
Slides	9
Album	Yes

Type	Program/Reklamtryck

Aspect ratio	2.35:1
Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Colour
Frames per second	24
Length in minutes	93 min
Reels	93
Dialogue	Swedish

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	DCP

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	WAV

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	WAV

Carrier type	MAP

Carrier type	MAP

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	ProRes

Carrier type	ProRes

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	H264