Music in Darkness (1948)

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Original title	Musik i mörker
Swedish release title	Musik i mörker
International title	Music in Darkness
Distribution title	Musik i mørket (Danmark) Musikk i mørket (Norge) Musiikkia pimeässä (Finland) Musique dans les ténèbres (Belgien) Night Is My Future (Storbritannien) Night Is My Future (USA) Música en la oscuridad (Spanien) Noche eterna (Spanien) Musique dans les ténèbres (Frankrike) Noc - moja przyszłość (Polen) Hudba v temnotách (Tjeckoslovakien) Musiek in donkerte (Sydafrika) Musica nel buio (Italien) Muziek in het donker (Nederländerna) Muzyka w ciemności (Polen) Música na noite (Brasilien) Музыка в темноте (Ryssland) Muzyka v temnote (Ryssland) Музика у темряві (Ukraina) Muzika u temrjavi (Ukraina) Glazba u tami (Kroatien)
Title for Swedish DVD release	Musik i mörker

Director	Ingmar Bergman
Screenplay	Dagmar Edqvist
Producer	Lorens Marmstedt
Production Manager	Allan Ekelund
Director of Photography	Göran Strindberg
Music	Erland von Koch (originalmusik)
Art Director	P.A. Lundgren
Film Editor	Lennart Wallén
Production Mixer	Olle Jakobsson
Script Supervisor	Ulla Kihlberg
Unit Manager	Gösta Petersson
First Assistant Cameraman	Ragnar Westfelt
Still Photographer	Ragnar Westfelt
Propman	Sven Björling
Make-up Supervisor	Inga Lindeström

Mai Zetterling	Ingrid (Maria) Olofsson
Birger Malmsten	Bengt Vyldeke
Olof Winnerstrand	kyrkoherde Kerrman
Naima Wifstrand	Beatrice Schröder, Bengts moster
Birgit Lindkvist (as Bibi Skoglund)	Agneta Vyldeke, Bengts syster
Hilda Borgström	Lovisa, hushållerska hos Schröders
Douglas Håge	Kruge, krögaren på Hotell Ritz
Gunnar Björnstrand	Klasson, violinist på Hotell Ritz
Bengt Eklund	Ebbe Larsson, Ingrids fästman och studiekamrat
Åke Claesson	Augustin Schröder, Bengts och Agnetas morbror, Beatrices man
John Elfström	Otto Kelmens, blind arbetare		(rollnamnet förekommer dock ej i filmen)
Rune Andréasson	Evert, busgrabb
Bengt Logardt	Einar Born
Marianne Gyllenhammar	Blanche, Bengts fästmö, senare Einar Borns fästmö
Sven Lindberg	Hedström, musikdirektör på blindskolan
Barbro Flodquist	Hjördis, Everts mor, servitris på Hotell Ritz
-	Ej krediterade:
Segol Mann	Anton Nord, Ingrids studiekamrat
Ulla Andreasson	Sylvia, Ingrids rumskamrat
Svea Holst	postfröken
Georg Skarstedt	Jönsson, kypare på Hotell Ritz
Reinhold Svensson	den blinde pianisten på blindskolan som spelar en swingimprovisation
Mona Geijer-Falkner	kvinnan som slänger sopor
Arne Lindblad	köksmästaren på Hotell Ritz
Stig Johanson	lokföraren som är nära att köra över Bengt
Britta Brunius	Elsie, Otto Klemens hustru
Erik Forslund	ledamot av Musikaliska Akademiens intagningsnämnd
Allan Adelby (as Otto Adelby)	gäst i Hotell Ritz matsal
Ida Otterström	kvällsvandrare
Ulf Johanson	en man i väntsalen på järnvägsstationen
Ingmar Bergman	en tidningsläsande tågpassagerare

Production Company	Terrafilms Produktions AB
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Terrafilm	1948
	AB Stjärnfilm	1962
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	Studio S Entertainment	2007
Laboratory	AB Film-Labor

While doing his military service Bengt Vyldeke is accidentally shot and loses his sight. He is initially assisted by his sister Agneta, since his fiancée Blanche has called off their engagement. He is also abandoned by his friends. When Agneta goes away to study at the university he moves to the house of his aunt Beatrice at her country estate. There the young servant Ingrid helps Bengt in his daily life. He applies to study at the musical academy but is not accepted. He starts to work as a restaurant musician but encounters only humiliation, exploitation and isolation, and quits his job. He becomes embittered and loses any desire to develop his skills but he moves to the big city and starts to work as a piano tuner at an institute for the blind. One day he encounters by chance Ingrid, who also has moved to the city and is studying to become a teacher. She is living with Ebbe, a young working-class socialist, but is also attracted to Bengt. Ebbe begins to perceive Bengt as a potential rival. Ingrid realises she has to choose either a life with Ebbe and his strength or one with Bengt and his sensitivity. After a falling out between Ebbe and Bengt Ingrid makes up her mind and chooses Bengt.

Censorship number	73134
Date	1962-05-28
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2390 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 525-515-530-505-315 = 2390 meter - 87 minuter. Aktlängder: 525, 515, 530, 505, 315.

Censorship number	73134
Date	1948-01-15
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2350 meters
Notes	Granskningskopians speltid: 86 minuter. Visningskopiornas längd 2400 m - 88 minuter. Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0.

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2400 meter
Length in minutes	88 min
Reels	5 reels
Dialogue	Swedish

Original title	Musik i mörker (Novel)
Author	Dagmar Edqvist

				1947-11-01	1947-12-30
AB Sandrew-Ateljéerna (Centrumateljéerna)	Stockholm	Sweden

First showing	1948-01-17	Royal	Stockholm	Sweden	88 min
Release in Sweden	1948-01-17	Royal	Stockholm	Sweden	88 min
TV showing	1999-11-18	SVT1		Sweden	84 min
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2003-01
TV showing	2003-09-29	SVT1		Sweden	84 min
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2004-01-20
	2004-01-21
TV showing	2004-05-03	SVT1		Sweden	84 min
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2006-04-02
	2006-09
	2008-01-17
TV showing	2012-08-08	SVT2		Sweden
	2016-07-18	SVT1		Sweden
Cinematheque screening	2018-01-31	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2018-01-31
Other showing	2018-02-01	Janus Films	New York	USA
FIAF showing	2018-02-21	Jerusalem Cinematheque	Jerusalem	Israel
	2018-03-01	British Film Institute	London	United Kingdom
	2018-04-05	Filmoteca Española	Madrid	Spain
TV showing	2018-06-05	SVT1		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-06-28	Metropolis	Hamburg	Germany
	2018-07-17	Babylon	Berlin	Germany
	2018-08-23	Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival	Taipei	Taiwan
FIAF showing	2018-12-05	Black Box	Düsseldorf	Germany
TV showing	2020-12-22	SVT1		Sweden
	2022-11-29	SVT1		Sweden
	2022-12-04	SVT1		Sweden	87 min

Original title	Serse. Ombra mai fù/Largo
Composer	Georg Friedrich Händel	(1738)
Lyrics	Nicolò Minato	(1654)
	Silvio Stampiglia	(1738)
Instrumentalist	Birger Malmsten	(orgel - dubbad av ?)

Original title	Sonat, piano, nr 14, op. 27:2, ciss-moll, "Månskenssonaten"
Composer	Ludwig van Beethoven	(1802)

Original title	Fantasistycke, piano, op. 12. Nr 2: Aufschwung
Composer	Robert Schumann	(1837)
Instrumentalist	Birger Malmsten	(piano - dubbad av ?)

Original title	Ballad, piano, nr 3, op. 47, Ass-dur
Composer	Frédéric Chopin	(1840-41)

Original title	Vals, piano, nr 7, op. 64:2, ciss-moll
Composer	Frédéric Chopin	(1846-1847)
Instrumentalist	Birger Malmsten	(piano - dubbad av ?)

Original title	Bedstefars Vals
Composer	Tom Andy	(1932)
Lyrics	Arvid Müller	(dansk text 1932)
	Dix Dennie	(svensk text 1932)
Instrumentalist	Birger Malmsten	(piano - dubbad av ?)

Original title	Modlitwa dziewicy/La prière d'une vierge
Composer	Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska	(1851)
Instrumentalist	Birger Malmsten	(piano - dubbad av ?)
	Gunnar Björnstrand	(violin - dubbad av ?)

Original title	Preludium, piano, nr 24, op. 28, d-moll
Composer	Frédéric Chopin	(1836-38)

Original title	Swingimprovisation
Composer	Erland von Koch	(1948)
Instrumentalist	Reinhold Svensson	(piano)

Original title	Symfoni, nr 3, op. 55, Ess-dur. Sats 4
Composer	Ludwig van Beethoven	(1804)

Original title	Nocturne, piano, op. 9. Nr 2
Composer	Frédéric Chopin	(1831)
Instrumentalist	Birger Malmsten	(piano - dubbad av ?)

Original title	Raymond. Uvertyr
Composer	Ambroise Thomas	(1851)
Lyrics	Joseph Bernard Rosier	(1851)
	Adolphe de Leuven	(1851)

Original title	Treulich geführt, ziehet dahin. Ur Lohengrin
Composer	Richard Wagner	(1850)
Lyrics	Richard Wagner	(tysk text 1850)
	Fritz Ahlgrensson	(svensk text 1874)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2379

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Length	2382

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Item base	Polyester
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Element type	Print
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Element type	Duplicate negative
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Element type	Original picture negative
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Element type	Sound negative
Item base	Nitrate
Carrier type	35 mm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Type	Noter

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	34 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Dialoglista.
Extent	20 s. Produktionsuppgifter och innehållsbeskrivning (2 s.) ingår.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Music in the dark. Based on the famous novel by Dagmar Edquist.
Extent	2 s.
Language	English

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Extent	151 s.
Language	German

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Dialoglista.
Extent	21 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Dialoglista.
Extent	18 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Dialoglista.
Extent	31 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Dialogue list. Music in the dark.
Extent	35 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Efter Dagmar Edqvists roman.
Extent	27 s. + 2 s. trailer. Produktionsuppgifter och innehållsbeskrivning (2 s.) ingår.
Language	German

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Black and white print	SET
Behind the scenes prints	2
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Danish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Norwegian

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Black and white
Length in minutes	88 min
Dialogue	Swedish

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Carrier type	ProRes

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Carrier type	MAP

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Carrier type	DCP

Element type	Digital audio
Carrier type	AUDIO

Element type	Digital audio
Carrier type	AUDIO

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	H264