Thirst (1949)

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Original title	Törst
Swedish release title	Törst
International title	Thirst
Distribution title	Tørst (Danmark) Tørst (Norge) Jano (Finland) Dürst (Västtyskland) La fontaine d'Aréthuse (Frankrike) La soif (Frankrike) Sete (Italien) La soif (Belgien) Three Strange Loves (USA) Pragnienie (Polen) Žízeň (Tjeckoslovakien) Dorst (Nederländerna) Dors (Sydafrika) Janu (Estland) La sed (Argentina) Žeđ (Kroatien) Sede de paixões (Brasilien) Жажда (Ryssland) Žažda (Ryssland) Susuzluk (Turkiet) Спрага (Ukraina) Spraga (Ukraina) Dorst naar liefde (Belgien) Tres amores extraños (Spanien) Thirst (USA) A sede (Portugal) Pathos kai idoni (Grekland)
Title for Swedish DVD release	Törst

Director	Ingmar Bergman
Screenplay	Herbert Grevenius
Production Manager	Helge Hagerman
Director of Photography	Gunnar Fischer
Music	Erik Nordgren (originalmusik)
Choreography	Ellen Bergman
Art Director	Nils Svenwall
Film Editor	Oscar Rosander
Production Mixer	Lennart Unnerstad
Script Supervisor	Ingegerd Ericsson
Unit Manager	Hugo Bolander Gösta Ström Hilmer Peters
First Assistant Cameraman	Bengt Järnmark
Still Photographer	Louis Huch (ateljéfoto)
Musical Arrangement	Erik Nordgren
Orchestra Leader	Eskil Eckert-Lundin
Boom Operator	Gustaf Halldin
Titles	Alva Lundin

Eva Henning	Rut, f.d. balettdansös
Birger Malmsten	Bertil, amanuens, konsthistoriker, Ruts man
Birgit Tengroth	Viola, Bertils f.d. älskarinna
Hasse Ekman	doktor Rosengren, psykiater
Mimi Nelson	Valborg, Ruts kamrat i balettskolan
Bengt Eklund	Raoul, kapten, Ruts älskare
Gaby Stenberg	Astrid, Raouls fru
Naima Wifstrand	fröken Henriksson, balettlärarinna
-	Ej krediterade:
Sven-Eric Gamble	glasmästeriarbetaren på Rosengrens mottagning
Gunnar Nielsen	Rosengrens assistentläkare
Estrid Hesse	patient hos Rosengren
Helge Hagerman	den svenske prästen på tåget
Calle Flygare	den danske prästen på tåget
Monica Weinzierl	den lilla flickan på tåget
Else-Merete Heiberg	den lilla flickans mamma, norska
Verner Arpe	den tyske konduktören
Sif Ruud	den pratsjuka änkan på kyrkogården
Gerhard Beyer	tidningsförsäljaren i Basel
Herman Greid	stadsbudet i Basel
Oscar Rosander	mannen som öppnar dörren till Ruts och Bertils hotellrum
Laila Jokimo	en av Ruts balettkamrater
Inga Norin-Welton	en av Ruts balettkamrater
Öllegård Wellton	en av Ruts balettkamrater
Ingeborg Bergius	en av Ruts balettkamrater
Peter Winner	tysk polis
Britta Brunius	sjuksköterskan efter Ruts abort		(endast händer och röst)
Inga-Lill Åhström	balettskolepianisten
Ingmar Bergman	tågpassagerare
Erik Arrhenius	en man i kupén med festande tågpassagerare
Carl Andersson	en man i kupén med festande tågpassagerare
-	Bortklippta i den slutliga filmen:
Inga Gill	en dam på hotellet (bortklippt)
Wiktor "Kulörten" Andersson	portvakt (bortklippt)
Gustaf A. Herzing	tysk polis (bortklippt)

Production Company	AB Svensk Filmindustri
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1994
	AB Svensk Filmindustri	1949
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2017
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	SF Home Entertainment	2005
Laboratory	AB Svensk Filmindustris filmlaboratorium
Make-up Supervisor	Firma Carl M. Lundh AB

Bertil and Ruth, travel home from Switzerland by train. The married couple is at each other’s throats the whole way. Meanwhile, in Stockholm, Bertil’s former lover, Viola, tries to evade the predatory advances of first her psychiatrist, and then of a ballet dancer who was once a friend of Ruth’s.

Censorship number	75844
Date	1949-09-24
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2280 meters
Censored length	2278 meters
Notes	Granskningskopians aktlängder före censurklipp: 435-545-490-510-300 = 2280 m - 83 minuter. Censurklipp i akt 2 utgår scenerna med lårens blottande upp till blygden och i 5: sista avsnittet av den homosexuella inviten, där Valborg handgripligen söker våldföra sig på Viola (totalt 2 meter). Kopiornas längd 2295 m - 84 minuter (aktlängder: 450-545-490-510-300 = 2295 m) före och 2293 m efter klipp. Aktlängder: 435, 545, 490, 510, 300.

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	2293 meter
Reels	5 reels
Dialogue	Swedish

Original title	Törst (Collection of short stories)
Author	Birgit Tengroth

				1949-03-15	1949-04-09
Råsunda	Filmstaden	Sweden	(ateljé)
	Stockholm	Sweden	(exteriörer)
	Ornö	Sweden	(exteriörer)
	Basel	Switzerland	(exteriörer)

Release in Sweden	1949-10-17	Spegeln	Stockholm	Sweden	84 min
First showing	1949-10-17	Spegeln	Stockholm	Sweden	84 min
TV showing	1974-09-18	TV1		Sweden	80 min
	1982-11-28	TV1		Sweden	80 min
Other showing	1998-10-15
TV showing	2000-03-02	SVT1		Sweden	80 min
	2000-09-21	SVT1		Sweden	80 min
DVD release	2005-09-21			Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2007-12-05
	2007-12-06					(1+) Tunna ytliga repor.Klippt i början och slut av alla akter. AH.
FIAF showing	2008-01-20
	2008-01-31
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2008-10-18					Via SI.
	2008-10-20					Via SI.
FIAF showing	2018-01-17
Other showing	2018-02-01	Janus Films	New York	USA
FIAF showing	2018-02-01	British Film Institute	London	United Kingdom
Cinematheque screening	2018-02-21	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2018-02-21
FIAF showing	2018-02-26	Jerusalem Cinematheque	Jerusalem	Israel
	2018-04-12	Filmoteca Española	Madrid	Spain
	2018-06-22
	2018-06-24
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-06-28	Metropolis	Hamburg	Germany
	2018-07-06	Babylon	Berlin	Germany
	2018-08-23	Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival	Taipei	Taiwan
FIAF showing	2018-09-19
	2018-11-11
	2018-12-01
Extern biograf, Sverige	2019-06-24
	2019-06-26
	2019-06-28
	2019-06-30
TV showing	2022-02-21	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-02-25	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-03-29	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-06-01	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-06-11	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-08-01	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-08-28	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-11-19	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-02-20	SF Kanalen		Sweden	78 min
	2023-02-24	SF Kanalen		Sweden	78 min
	2023-03-28	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-05-31	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-06-10	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-07-31	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-11-18	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-02-19	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-02-23	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-03-26	SF Kanalen		Sweden

Original title	Non più andrai. Ur Le nozze di Figaro
Composer	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	(1786)
Lyrics	Lorenzo Da Ponte	(italiensk text 1786)
	Bernhard Crusell	(svensk text 1821)
Performed by	Bengt Eklund	(visslas)

Original title	A Hupfata

Original title	Le chevaleresque
Composer	Friedrich Burgmüller

Original title	The Black and White Rag
Composer	George Botsford	(1908)
Dancer	-	(balettflickor)

Original title	Faut jamais dire ça aux femmes
Composer	Henri Christiné
Lyrics	Henri Christiné	(fransk text)
	Karl-Ewert	(svensk text)

Original title	Mera bruka i baljan, boys
Composer	Ulf Peder Olrog	(1947)
Lyrics	Ulf Peder Olrog	(1947)

Original title	Avant de mourir
Composer	Georges Boulanger
Lyrics	Georges Boulanger

Original title	Fjällbruden
Composer	Arthur Hedström	(1912)
Lyrics	Fritz Gustaf
	Oleg Quist

Original title	Te dans mä' Kalstatösera
Composer	Erik Uppström	(1905)
Lyrics	Rune Lindström	(1958)

Original title	You Couldn't Be Sweeter
Composer	Dennis Berry

Original title	Nya dragspelsvalsen
Composer	Olle Johnny	(1945)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2286

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2296

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2309

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2280

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	35 mm

Size	About 60 x 80 cm

Size	About 60 x 80 cm

Size	About 60 x 80 cm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm

Size	About 60 x 80 cm

Size	About 60 x 80 cm

Size	About 60 x 80 cm

Size	About 60 x 80 cm

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm

Size	About 60 x 80 cm

Size	About 60 x 80 cm

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	19 s. + 1 s. produktionsuppgifter.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	23 s. (1 s. produktionsuppgifter ingår).
Language	English

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	En film efter Birgit Tengroths noveller. manuskript: Herbert Grevenius.
Extent	121 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	17 s.
Language	Spanish

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	23 s. (1 s. produktionsuppgifter ingår).
Language	English

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	En film efter Birgit Tengroths noveller. manuskript: Herbert Grevenius.
Extent	121 s.
Language	Swedish

Black and white print	SET
Behind the scenes prints	1
Album	Yes

Type	Promotion material
Language	Swedish

Type	Promotion material
Language	Swedish

Type	Promotion material
Language	Danish

Type	Promotion material
Language	Swedish

Type	Promotion material
Language	Danish

Type	Promotion material
Language	German

Type	Promotion material
Language	German

Type	Promotion material
Language	English

Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	DCP
Dialogue	Swedish

Element type	Digital audio
Carrier type	WAV

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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Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	ProRes

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	H264