Banketten (1948)

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Original title	Banketten
Swedish release title	Banketten
Distribution title	Banketten (Danmark) Banketten (Norge) Banketten (Finland) Das Bankett (Västtyskland)

Director	Hasse Ekman
Screenplay	Hasse Ekman
Producer	Lorens Marmstedt (ej krediterad)
Production Manager	Hasse Ekman
Director of Photography	Gösta Roosling
Music	Willi Mattes (as Charles Wildman) (originalmusik)
Art Director	Bibi Lindström
Film Editor	Lennart Wallén
Production Mixer	Olle Jakobsson
Assistant Director	Lasse Swärd
Script Supervisor	Lasse Swärd (ej krediterad)
Unit Manager	Gösta Petersson (ej krediterad)
Still Photographer	K.G. Kristoffersson (ej krediterad)
Musical Arrangement	Willi Mattes (as Charles Wildman) (ej krediterad)
Set Decorator	Björn Thulin (inredningar)
Titles	Alva Lundin

Ernst Eklund	Jacob Cotten, bankir
Elsa Carlsson	Agnes, Jacobs hustru
Sture Lagerwall	Pierre Cotten, Jacob och Agnes son
Eva Henning	Victoria "Vica" Stenbrott, Jacob och Agnes dotter
Hasse Ekman	Hugo Stenbrott, Vicas man, doktor i konsthistoria
Sven Lindberg	Ivar, Jacob och Agnes son, studerande
Birger Malmsten	Rex Lundgren, medicine studerande, Vicas älskare
Hilda Borgström	faster Alberta
Jan Molander	Sixten, en bekant till Vica och Hugo
Barbro Flodquist	Kate, en bekant till Vica och Hugo
Ragnar Arvedson	disponenten på NK
Solveig Lagström	Siri, hembiträdet hos Vica och Hugo
-	Ej krediterade:
Eva Wikman	Gerda, hembiträde hos Jacob och Agnes
Maj Törnblad	fröken Björklund, frisörskan
Tord Stål	läkaren
Marga Riégo	en sjuksyster på Sophiahemmet
Nina Scenna	Hulda, kokerska hos Jacob och Agnes
Emy Storm	kaféservitrisen
Svea Holst	fru Bergman, sömmerska på NK
Helga Brofeldt	ena kvinnan utanför entrén till banketten
Wilma Malmlöf	andra kvinnan utanför entrén till banketten
Segol Mann	mannen utanför entrén till banketten som säger "Förbannade kapitalistsvin"
Lotten Olsson	moster Signe, Jacobs bordsdam vid banketten
Anna-Lisa Fröberg	generalkonsulinnan på banketten
Elvin Ottoson	toastmastern på banketten
Sven Arvor	hovmästare på banketten
Gösta Petersson	blomsterbudet
Astrid Bodin	fru Olsson, garderobsvakten på Kungliga biblioteket
Aurore Palmgren	fru Larsson		(rollen bortklippt i den korta versionen)

Production Company	Terrafilms Produktions AB
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Terrafilm	1948
Laboratory	AB Film-Labor

Banker Jacob Cotten is about to have a banquet to celebrate his 60th birthday. He has two children. The daugther Vica is married to Hugo, in a sadomasochistic relationship. The son Ivar informs his father that he is a communist and does not wish to take over the family business. Vica falls in love with Ivar’s friend Rex and they start a relationship. Hugo turns up and finds the couple. When Rex realises that Vica will not leave her husband he leaves. Hugo rapes his wife and when she expresses her loathing of him he hands her a gun and urges her to shoot him. She does but the shot is not lethal. Hugo declares that he will take responsibility for the shooting, thereby protecting her, but also binding her to him forever. Jacob Cotten’s banquet is in full swing. He receives a phone call informing him that Vica has committed suicide, and he decides to donate his fortune to medical research.

Censorship number	74602
Date	1948-12-10
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2900 meters
Notes	En visningskopia 1948 med en längd av 2545 meter - 93 minuter. Övriga visningskopiors längd: 2600 meter - 95 minuter. Granskningskopians aktlängder: 430-425-475-340-470-350-410 = 2900 meter - 106 minuter (kopian saknade förtexter). Visningskopiornas aktlängder: 520-530-550-525-475 = 2600 meter. Aktlängder: 430, 425, 475, 340, 470, 350, 410.

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	2900 meter
Length in minutes	106 min
Reels	6 reels

Original title	Banketten (Novel)
Author	Marika Stiernstedt

				1948-10-11	1948-11-13
AB Sandrew-Ateljéerna	Stockholm	Sweden
	Stockholm	Sweden	(exteriörer)

Release in Sweden	1948-12-18	Royal	Stockholm	Sweden	95 min
First showing	1948-12-18	Royal	Stockholm	Sweden	95 min
TV showing	1963-01-10			Sweden	91 min
	2000-01-05	SVT1		Sweden	91 min
	2002-05-13	SVT1		Sweden	91 min
	2003-06-16	SVT1		Sweden	91 min
	2004-03-24	SVT1		Sweden	91 min
	2010-06-07	SVT1		Sweden	91 min
	2012-09-10	SVT1		Sweden
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2013-02-18
	2014-03-04
	2014-03-29
TV showing	2014-08-11	SVT1		Sweden
Cinematheque screening	2015-02-02	Victoria	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2015-02-02
Cinematheque screening	2016-04-02	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2016-04-02
TV showing	2017-09-04	SVT1		Sweden
VOD release	2023-03-24	SVT Play		Sweden		Antal dagar på SVT Play 30

Original title	Put 'Em in a Box (Tie 'Em With a Ribbon and Throw 'Em in the Deep Blue Sea)
Composer	Jule Styne	(1948)
Lyrics	Sammy Cahn	(1948)

Original title	Symfoni, nr 3, op. 90, F-dur
Composer	Johannes Brahms	(1883)

Original title	Kyssande vind
Composer	Nils Söderström
Lyrics	Hjalmar Gullberg	(dikt 1933)
Performed by	Hasse Ekman	(läser utan musikbeledsagning)

Original title	Festspel, op. 25
Composer	Hugo Alfvén	(1907)

Dårskapens hus (1951)	Citation included from	Banketten (1948)
Minns ni? (1993)	Citation included from	Banketten (1948)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2525

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2528

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2528

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Synopsis
Extent	2 s. Produktionsuppgifter och rollista (1 s.) ingår
Language	Swedish

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	The banquet.
Extent	1 s.
Language	English

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Av Hasse Ekman efter Marika Stiernstedts roman.
Extent	150 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	29 s. Produktionsuppgifter, rollista och innehållsbeskrivning (2 s.) ingår.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Das Bankett (nach einem Roman von Marika Stiernstedt)
Extent	37 s.
Language	German

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Das Bankett (nach einem Roman von Marika Stiernstedt)
Extent	26 s.
Language	German

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	En film efter en roman av Marika Stiernstedt.
Extent	31 s. Produktionsuppgifter och innehållsbeskrivning (2 s.) ingår
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	"upplaga 1". En film efter en roman av Marika Stiernstedt.
Extent	29 s. Produktionsuppgifter och innehållsbeskrivning (2 s.) ingår
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	"upplaga 2". En film efter en roman av Marika Stiernstedt.
Extent	30 s. Produktionsuppgifter och innehållsbeskrivning (2 s.) ingår.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	The banquet. Based on the novel by Marika Stiernstedt.
Extent	54 s.
Language	English

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	"Dialogmanuskript". Av Hasse Ekman efter Marika Stiernstedts roman.
Extent	150 s. Roll- och miljölistor (9 s.) ingår.

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

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Danish