Land of Dreams (1988)

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Original title	Sagolandet : En film till Johanna från Jan Troell
Swedish release title	Sagolandet
International title	Land of Dreams
Co-production title	Das Märchenland (Västtyskland)
Distribution title	Sagolandet (Norge) Eventyrlandet (Danmark)

Director	Jan Troell
Screenplay	Jan Troell
Producer	Göran Setterberg
Director of Photography	Jan Troell
Music	Tom Wolgers
Executive Producer	Bengt Linné (SVT Malmö)
Still Photographer	Emil Karlsson (stillbilder från Kalmar Läns Museum) Göran Setterberg
Assistant Camera Operator	Mischa Gavrjusjov
Sound Editor	Per Carleson
Re-recording Mixer	Per Carleson
Other Crew	Kristina Larsén (översättare) Botvid Kihlman Agneta Ulfsäter
Narrator	Jan Troell

-	I den ordning de uppträder:
Rollo May	amerikansk psykoanalytiker
Johanna Troell
Agneta Ulfsäter (as Agneta Troell)
Jan Troell
Timo Nilsson	16 år, hårdrockare
Dorthe Hansen	16 år
Nils Erik Åhmansson	polischef i Malmö
Lars Svelander	skogsarbetare i Klövsjö
Henry Karlsson	skogsarbetare i Östberg
Ingvar Carlsson
Einar Carenfelt	skyltdocksmakare
Stig Karlsson	djuravlivare
Harald Lundström	bekämpare av jättebjörnlokan
Tage Erlander
Edvin Bladh	pensionär som kämpar för att frun ska få en gravsten av natursten
Per Olof Håkansson	socialdemokratisk riksdagsman från Trelleborg
Britta Nylander	f.d. ägare till Nylanders pensionat i Mörtfors
Anna-Lisa Florén	föreståndare för Mörtfors sommarpensionat
Joachim Sprung	jordbrukare i Värmland
Bertil Nykvist	ordförande i Nordvärmlands vilt- och miljöförening, bankman
Ivar Edvardsson	vice ordförande i Nordvärmlands vilt- och miljöförening, skogsarbetare
Seved Werntoft	kycklinguppfödare
Lars Norrman	kycklinguppfödare
Hideaki Yoshiguchi	könsbestämmare av kycklingar
Anita Grede	textilkonstnär
Kjell Grede
Patrik Grede
Olof Palme
Gert Wilén

Production Company	Bold Productions AB
	Sveriges Television AB. Malmö		(TV2)
	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
	Polyphon Film- und Fernseh GmbH
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1988
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
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	Noble Entertainment AB	2008
Laboratory	Sveriges Television Filmlaboratoriet
Re-recording Mixer	Studio Lagnö AB
Sales	Telepicture Marketing Ltd	2022
Other Company	Freunde der Deutsche Kinemathek	1989	(distributör i Tyskland på 16 mm).

En examination of life in Sweden, including interviews with inhabitants from diverse backgrounds – and the American existential psychologist Rollo May.

Censorship number	127355
Date	1988-03-09
Classification	Allowed from age 11
Original length	5056 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 425, 390, 480, 428, 432, 423, 434, 414, 420, 415, 445, 350.

Censorship number	127355
Date	1988-01-26
Classification	Allowed from age 11
Original length	2022 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 518-513-507-484 m.

Censorship number	87830
Date	1956-02-27
Classification	Suitable for all audiences

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Black and white + colour
Carrier type	16 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2022 meters
Length in minutes	184 min
Dialogue	Swedish English

Sweden

1983

1986

Release in Sweden	1988-02-08	Hagabion	Gothenburg	Sweden	184 min
	1988-02-08	Fågel Blå	Stockholm	Sweden	184 min
TV showing	1989-03-24	TV2		Sweden	177 min
	1989-03-30	TV2		Sweden	177 min
Other showing	1989-04-29			Germany	184 min
Cinematheque screening	1996-04-27			Sweden
	1996-04-30			Sweden
	1996-12-07		Malmö	Sweden
	1998-11-29	Draken	Gothenburg	Sweden
	2001-03-21	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden	184 min
	2001-03-22	Bio Victor	Stockholm	Sweden	184 min
	2003-03-13	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden	184 min
	2003-03-18	Bio Victor	Stockholm	Sweden	184 min
TV showing	2004-07-25	SVT2		Sweden	177 min
Cinematheque screening	2008-03-27	Bio Victor	Stockholm	Sweden	184 min
DVD release	2008-05-14			Sweden
Censurbeslut	2009-01-18
Festival showing	2009-01-20	Draken	Gothenburg	Sweden	185 min	32:a Göteborg International Film Festival.
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2009-01-22
	2009-01-27
Cinematheque screening	2010-05-15	Bio Capitol	Gothenburg	Sweden	184 min
TV showing	2011-07-21	SVT1		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2013-01-14
	2013-03-01
TV showing	2013-06-06	SVT1		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2013-09-11
	2013-09-15
	2014-10-11
	2014-10-15
	2014-10-19
	2017-07-28
	2017-08-06
Censurbeslut	2021-09-15			Austria

Original title	Ah! Vous dirai-je, Maman
Lyrics	Betty Ehrenborg-Posse	(svensk text 1852)
Musical Adaptation	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	(1778)
Instrumentalist	Lars Roos	(skivmärke Philips)

Original title	En afton vid Mjörn
Composer	Karl Severin	(1952)
Lyrics	Fritz Gustaf	(1952)

Original title	Un giorno de la vita
Composer	Bo Ullman
Orchestra	Sveriges Radios symfoniorkester

Original title	Symfoni, nr 9, op. 125, d-moll. Sats 4 (Presto) med slutkören "An die Freude"
Composer	Ludwig van Beethoven	(1824)
Lyrics	Friedrich von Schiller	(1787)
Orchestra	Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Conductor	Bruno Walter
Performed by	Westminster Choir	(skivmärke Deutsche Grammophon)

Original title	Svit, violoncell, nr 4, BWV 1010, Ess-dur
Composer	Johann Sebastian Bach	(ca 1720)
Instrumentalist	Pablo Casals

Original title	Svit, violoncell, nr 5, BWV 1011
Composer	Johann Sebastian Bach	(ca 1720)
Instrumentalist	Pablo Casals

Original title	Requiem, kör, orkester, op. 5
Composer	Hector Berlioz	(1837)
Conductor	Charles Munch
Performed by	Bayerska Radions symfoniorkester och kör

Original title	Pomp and Circumstance, svit, op. 39. Marsch nr 1 D-dur
Composer	Edward Elgar
Orchestra	Kommunala musikskolan i Trelleborg

Original title	Arbetets söner
Composer	Nils Peter Möller	("Vindarnas kör"/"Upp genom luften ...")
Lyrics	Henrik Menander	(text "Arbetets söner" 1885)
Musical Arrangement	Roland Lindberg

Festival Award	Paris	1989			(hedersomnämnande; Cinéma du Réel)
International Inter-Church Film Center	Berlin	1988			(rekommendation i Forum-sektionen)
Award of the Swedish Association of Film Critics	Stockholm	1988			(årets film)
Festival Award	Florence	1988			(bästa undersökande dokumentär; Festival dei Popoli)

Troell's Magic Mirror (2008)

Land of Dreams (1988)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	5074

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	16 mm
Length	2022

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Original picture negative
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Original picture negative
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Original picture negative for optical printing
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Final mix
Carrier type	17.5 mm

Element type	Final mix
Carrier type	17.5 mm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	SAGOLANDET film av Jan Troell SAGOLANDET SAGOLANDET SAGOLANDET

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	SAGOLANDET film av Jan Troell

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	The land of dreams. By Jan Troell. English translation by Susanne Heine.
Extent	70 s. Rollista (1 s.) ingår.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	13 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	48 s. Rollista (1 s.) ingår.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	48 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	24 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	24 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	48 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	14 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	The land of dreams. By Jan Troell. English translation by Susanne Heine.
Extent	70 s. Rollista (1 s.) ingår.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	13 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	48 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Peripheral material
Language	Swedish

Black and white print	set
Colour prints	10
Behind the scenes prints	16
Slides	1
Digital images	Yes

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	English

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Danish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Black and white + colour
Carrier type	DCP
Length in minutes	184 min
Dialogue	Swedish English

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
Carrier type	MAP

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	ProRes

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	H264