The Secret Friend (1990)

Promoted film
Sweden, 79 min
Facebook Twitter Tumblr Pinterest Email

Table of contents

This is a promoted film: Promoted film contact
Other manifestations of this work

Basic facts

Media (1)

Original title Den hemliga vännen
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Screenplay
Production country
  • Sweden
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 11
Dialogue
  • Swedish
Swedish release 1990-03-30

Cast

Ernst-Hugo Järegård
Bertil, mannen

Margaretha Krook
frun

Gösta Ekman
Jerker Ybander, vännen

Carl Billquist
Albert Hansson, den medtagne vännen, psykolog

Plot summary

A woman humiliates and shouts at her husband, before she ties him up and disappears. He frees himself and calls a friend who comes over. He tries to tell the friend how his wife treats him but...

Show full plot summary

Kajsa Hedström
+46 8 665 11 22
kajsa.hedstrom@filminstitutet.se

Titles

Original title
  • Den hemliga vännen
Swedish release title
  • Den hemliga vännen
International title
  • The Secret Friend
Title alternative spelling
  • Den hemlige vännen
Working title
  • Stockholm by Night

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Production Mixer
Script Supervisor
First Assistant Cameraman
Still Photographer
Key Grip
Color Timer
Propman
Costume Designer
Make-up / Hair
Hair Stylist
Re-recording Mixer
Other Crew

Cast

Ernst-Hugo Järegård Bertil, mannen
Margaretha Krook frun
Gösta Ekman Jerker Ybander, vännen
Carl Billquist Albert Hansson, den medtagne vännen, psykolog

Companies

Production Company Hinden/Länna-Ateljéerna AB
Paris Förlag
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet 1994
Sonet Film AB
Distributor in Sweden (Video) Sandrews Video AB 1991
Distributor in Sweden (Home Video) Sonet Film AB 1991
Laboratory FilmTeknik AB

Plot summary

A woman humiliates and shouts at her husband, before she ties him up and disappears. He frees himself and calls a friend who comes over. He tries to tell the friend how his wife treats him but the friend does not seem to understand or accept what he is saying. The man then puts on his wife’s negligee and suggest a role-play in order for the friend to understand better. The man plays his wife while the friend plays the man. After a while they switch roles. Later the wife returns with a male friend, a psychologist, to find her husband and his friend in female attire.

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 129102
Date 1990-03-28
Classification Allowed from age 11
Original length 2168 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 317-527-520-401-403


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 2.35:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Optical mono
Colour type Colour
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2168 meter
Length in minutes 79 min
Reels 5 reels
Dialogue
  • Swedish


Production location

Länna-ateljéerna Stockholm Sweden 1989-01

Release dates

First showing 1990-03-30 Sture Stockholm Sweden 79 min (samt ytterligare 1 plats)
Release in Sweden 1990-03-30 Sture Stockholm Sweden 79 min (samt ytterligare 1 plats)
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia 2008-12-23
Cinematheque screening 2015-02-15 Filmhuset Stockholm Sweden
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia 2015-02-15
Festival showing 2017-01-30 Capitol Gothenburg Sweden 79 min Göteborg Film Festival 2017
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia 2020-10-27

Soundtrack listing

Original title Stockholm by Night
Composer Benny Andersson


Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2163


Element type Print
Item base Polyester
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Original picture negative
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Original picture negative
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Sound negative
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Video tape digital
Carrier type Digital Betacam (PAL)


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2
Poster title DEN HEMLIGA VÄNNEN
Tryckeri Midas Trycksaker AB


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2
Poster title DEN HEMLIGA VÄNNEN
Tryckeri Midas Trycksaker AB


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1
Poster title Den hemliga vännen


Holdings Archive materials

Type Press Cuttings


Holdings Scripts

Script type Inspelningsmanus
Script title Stockholm by night. Av Marie-Louise De Geer Bergenstråhle.
Extent 131 s. + 2 s. rollista.
Language Swedish


Script type Dialoglista
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print 6
Colour prints 15
Behind the scenes prints 1
Slides 8
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Swedish


Other manifestations of this work

Digitized

Technical specifications

Sound type Sound
Colour type Colour
Length in minutes 79 min
Dialogue
  • Swedish


Holdings Film

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 Digital audio
Carrier type WAV


Element type Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type H264


Related

    Contact the editors

    Are you missing some information about the movie or is something on this page incorrect? If so, we would really like to know about it. Write a few lines to us editors and we'll take a look at it.

    What is it about?