A Lesson in Love (1954)

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Original title	En lektion i kärlek
Swedish release title	En lektion i kärlek
International title	A Lesson in Love
Distribution title	En lektion i kærlighed (Danmark) Rakkauden oppitunti (Finland) En lektion i kärlek (Finland) A Lesson in Love (USA) A Lesson in Love (Storbritannien) Lektion in Liebe (Västtyskland) Une leçon d'amour (Frankrike) Lezione d'amore (Italien) Lekcja miłości (Polen) Lekce v lásce (Tjeckoslovakien) Una lección de amor (Spanien) Uma lição de amor (Portugal) Les in liefde (Belgien) Szerelmi lecke (Ungern) 'n Les in liefde (Sydafrika) Armastuse õppetund (Estland) Lekcija iz ljubavi (Kroatien) שיעור באהבה (Israel) Pamoka meilėje (Litauen) Lessen in liefde (Nederländerna) Uma lição de amor (Brasilien) Урок любви (Ryssland) Urok ljubvi (Ryssland) Bir aşk dersi (Turkiet) Урок любові (Ukraina) Urok ljubovi (Ukraina) Una lección de amor (Argentina) Une leçon d'amour (Belgien)
Title for Swedish DVD release	En lektion i kärlek
Title for Swedish Video release	En lektion i kärlek

Director	Ingmar Bergman
Screenplay	Ingmar Bergman
Production Manager	Allan Ekelund
Director of Photography	Martin Bodin
Music	Dag Wirén (originalmusik)
Art Director	P.A. Lundgren
Film Editor	Oscar Rosander
Production Mixer	Sven Hansen
Assistant Director	Rolf Carlsten
Script Supervisor	Birgit Norlindh Bente Munk (Köpenhamn)
Unit Manager	Gustav Roger
First Assistant Cameraman	Bengt Nordwall
Still Photographer	Louis Huch (ateljéfoto)
Gaffer	Sven Säfström
Musical Arrangement	Dag Wirén
Orchestra Leader	Eskil Eckert-Lundin
Make-up Supervisor	Nils Nittel Ulrika Gernandt
Driver	Sven Löfgren Nils Löfgren

Eva Dahlbeck	Marianne Erneman
Gunnar Björnstrand	David Erneman, Mariannes man, kvinnoläkare
Yvonne Lombard	Suzanne Verin, David älskarinna
Harriet Andersson	Nix, Mariannes och Davids dotter
Åke Grönberg	Carl-Adam, skulptör, Mariannes älskare
Olof Winnerstrand	Henrik Erneman, professor, Davids far
Birgitte Reimer	Lise, flickan på krogen i Nyhavn
John Elfström	Sam, professor Ernemans chaufför
Renée Björling	Svea Erneman, Davids mor
Dagmar Ebbesen	syster Lisa, Davids mottagningssköterska
Sigge Fürst	prästen
-	Ej krediterade:
Carl Ström	farbror Axel, krukmakare
Siv Ericks	patient hos David
Helge Hagerman	handelsresanden på tåget
Gösta Prüzelius	tågkonduktören
Torsten Lilliecrona	Jönsson, portiern på Hotell Havsvik
Arne Lindblad	hotelldirektören i Köpenhamn
Georg Adelly	bartender på krogen i Nyhavn
Julie Bernby	bröllopsgäst
Henning Blanck	bröllopsgäst
Olle Ekbladh	bröllopsgäst
Gustaf Färingborg	bröllopsgäst
Kaj Hjelm	bröllopsgäst		(OBS! Ej Keve Hjelm!)
Vincent Jonasson	bröllopsgäst
Wera Lindby	bröllopsgäst
Georg Skarstedt	bröllopsgäst
Bengt Thörnhammar	bröllopsgäst
Ingmar Bergman	tidningsläsande tågpassagerare
Yvonne Brosset	dansös på krogen i Nyhavn
Göran Lundqvist	Pelle, Mariannes och David son
Margareta Öhman	hotelluppasserska
John Starck	mannen som letar efter sin fru på krogen i Nyhavn
Kjell Nordenskiöld	ung man på krogen i Nyhavn
Tor Åhman	ung man på krogen i Nyhavn
Torbjörn "Tompa" Jahn	klarinettist på krogen i Nyhavn
Mats Olsson	pianist på krogen i Nyhavn
Tor Borong	taxichauffören i Köpenhamn
Björn Näslund	en pojke
-	Bortklippt i den slutliga filmen:
John Melin	bröllopsgäst

Production Company	AB Svensk Filmindustri
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Svensk Filmindustri
	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1994
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2017
Distributor in Sweden (Video)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1997
Distributor in Sweden (buy video)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1997
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	SF Home Entertainment	2005
Laboratory	AB Svensk Filmindustris filmlaboratorium
Make-up Supervisor	Firma Carl M. Lundh AB

The gynaecologist David has grown apart from his wife Marianne. He has had an affair with Suzanne, a patient, while she has gone back to her former lover, and David’s best friend, the sculptor Carl-Adam. When Marianne travels to Copenhagen to meet Carl-Adam, David takes the same train while pretending it is a coincidence. As husband and wife spend time together during the journey they discuss the coming divorce and shares memories of their past which ultimately leads to a reconciliation.

Censorship number	84690
Date	1954-08-23
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2620 meters
Notes	Visningskopiornas aktindelning: 535-585-470-435-595 = 2620 m - 96 minuter. Aktlängder: 535, 705, 350, 435, 595.

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	2620 meter
Length in minutes	96 min
Reels	5 reels
Dialogue	Swedish

				1953-07-30	1953-09-16
Arild	Höganäs kommun	Sweden
	Ramlösa, Skåne	Sweden
Pålsjö skog	Helsingborg	Sweden
Beatelund	Värmdö kommun	Sweden
	Saltsjöbaden	Sweden
	Mjölby järnvägsstation	Sweden
Filmstaden	Råsunda	Sweden	(ateljé)
	Copenhagen	Denmark
	Helsingborg	Sweden

Release in Sweden	1954-10-04	Röda Kvarn	Stockholm	Sweden	96 min
	1954-10-04	Röda Kvarn	Uppsala	Sweden	96 min
First showing	1954-10-04	Röda Kvarn	Stockholm	Sweden	96 min
	1954-10-04	Röda Kvarn	Uppsala	Sweden	96 min
Other showing	1960		Warsaw	Poland
TV showing	1979-07-19	TV2		Sweden	92 min
	1982-04-12	Kanal 1		Sweden	92 min
	1993-07-14	Kanal 1		Sweden	92 min
	1997-01-17	SVT1		Sweden	92 min
Video release	1997-08			Sweden	92 min
TV showing	2000-05-20	SVT2		Sweden	92 min
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2003-01
TV showing	2003-07-06	SVT2		Sweden	92 min
DVD release	2005-05-11			Sweden
TV showing	2005-09-26	SVT1		Sweden	92 min
	2006-12-04	SVT1		Sweden	92 min
	2016-01-25	SVT1		Sweden
	2017-02-14	SVT1		Sweden
FIAF showing	2018-01-17	British Film Institute	London	United Kingdom
	2018-01-17	British Film Institute	London	United Kingdom
Other showing	2018-02-01	Janus Films	New York	USA
FIAF showing	2018-02-16	Cinema Orion	Helsinki	Finland
Cinematheque screening	2018-04-11	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2018-04-11
FIAF showing	2018-04-17	Filmoteca Española	Madrid	Spain
	2018-05-03	Jerusalem Cinematheque	Jerusalem	Israel
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-06-02	Lillehammer Kino	Lillehammer	Norway
TV showing	2018-07-06	SVT2		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-07-12	Babylon	Berlin	Germany
	2018-07-12	Metropolis	Hamburg	Germany
	2018-08-23	Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival	Taipei	Taiwan
FIAF showing	2018-09-14	Filmmuseum München	Munich	Germany
	2018-09-26	Cinemateket NFI	Oslo	Norway
	2018-10-03	Cinémathèque française	Paris	France
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-11-01	Noordelijk Film Festival	Leeuwarden	The Netherlands
FIAF showing	2018-11-02	ENTE MOSTRA INT.LE DEL CINEMA LIBERO - CINEMA LUMIERE Ufficio spedizioni	Bologna	Italy
	2018-12-01	La Cinemathèque québécoise	Montreal	Canada

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

Original title	Med en enkel tulipan
Composer	Jules Sylvain	(1938)
Lyrics	Sven Paddock	(1938)
Singer	Renée Björling
	Gunnar Björnstrand
	John Elfström
	Eva Dahlbeck
	Harriet Andersson
	Göran Lundqvist

Original title	Ja, må han leva!
Singer	Renée Björling
	Gunnar Björnstrand
	Eva Dahlbeck
	John Elfström
	Harriet Andersson
	Göran Lundqvist

Original title	Vila vid denna källa
Composer	Carl Michael Bellman	(1790)
Lyrics	Carl Michael Bellman	(1790)

Original title	An der schönen blauen Donau, op. 314
Composer	Johann Strauss d.y.	(1867)

Original title	Finska Rytteriets marsch
Lyrics	Zacharias Topelius
Singer	Åke Grönberg	(trallar)

Original title	Nyhamns Boogie
Composer	Fritz Fust
	Mats Olsson
	Gunnar Olsson

Original title	Meaning Blues
Composer	Fritz Fust
	Mats Olsson
	Gunnar Olsson

Filmbewertungsstelle (Wiesbaden)	Wiesbaden	1963			(prädikat: wertvoll)
Festival Award	Vienna	1963			(komedifilmfestival)

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Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	En lektion i kärlek.
Extent	161 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	En lektion i kärlek. Av Ingmar Bergman. Synopsis.
Extent	2 s. Produktionsuppgifter ingår.
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Black and white print	SET
Behind the scenes prints	6
Album	Yes

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