Brink of Life (1958)

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Original title	Nära livet
Swedish release title	Nära livet
International title	Brink of Life
Distribution title	Livets under (Danmark) Au seuil de la vie (Frankrike) So Close to Life (Storbritannien) Brink of Life (USA) Nära livet (Norge) Alle soglie della vita (Italien) Elämän kynnyksellä (Finland) En el umbral de la vida (Spanien) U progu życia (Polen) Než se rozední (Tjeckoslovakien) Naby die lewe (Sydafrika) На валаску ад жыцця (Vitryssland) Nahe dem Leben (Västtyskland) Elu allikail (Estland) Na pragu života (Kroatien) Gyvenimo pakraštys (Lettland) Az élet küszöbén (Ungern) Op de drempel van het leven (Nederländerna) No limiar da vida (Brasilien) Рядом с жизнью (Ryssland) Rjadom s žizn'ju (Ryssland) Yaşamın eşiğinde (Turkiet) Поруч з життям (Ukraina) Poruč z žittjam (Ukraina) Na valasku ad žyccja (Na valasku ad zjytstsia) (Vitryssland) Tres almas desnudas (Argentina/Mexiko) Sto katofli tis zois (Grekland)

Director	Ingmar Bergman
Screenplay	Ulla Isaksson
Production Manager	Gösta Hammarbäck
Director of Photography	Max Wilén
Art Director	Bibi Lindström
Film Editor	Carl-Olov Skeppstedt
Production Mixer	Lennart Svensson
Assistant Director	Gösta Ekman
Advisor	Lars Engström (medicinsk rådgivare)
Script Supervisor	Ingrid Wallin
Unit Manager	Gunnar Lundin
First Assistant Cameraman	Sven Brodin
Still Photographer	Åke Hylén
Gaffer	Sture Nilsson
Key Grip	Arne Svärd Olle Lenander
Propman	Hilding Gahnström
Costume Designer	Bertha Sånnell
Make-up Supervisor	Nils Nittel
Wigs	Eric Whiten
Boom Operator	Börje Lindqvist

Eva Dahlbeck	Stina Andersson
Ingrid Thulin	Cecilia "Cissi" Ellius
Bibi Andersson	Hjördis Pettersson
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs	Brita, avdelningssköterska
Erland Josephson	Anders Ellius, Cecilias man, läroverkslärare
Inga Landgré	Greta Ellius, Anders syster
Gunnar Sjöberg	doktor Nordlander, överläkare
Max von Sydow	Harry Andersson, Stinas man
Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz	Gran, kurator
-	Ej krediterade:
Sissi Kaiser	Marit, sjuksköterska
Margaretha Krook	doktor Larsson
Lars Lind	doktor Thylenius
Monica Ekberg	Hjördis väninna
Gun Jönsson	nattsköterskan
Maud Elfsiö	Maud, sjuksköterskeelev
Kristina Adolphson	sjukvårdsbiträde
Gunnar Nielsen	läkare
Inga Gill	fru Jönsson, nybliven mor
Bengt Blomgren	fader med skadat barn

Production Company	Svenska AB Nordisk Tonefilm
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Svenska AB Nordisk Tonefilm	1958
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2017

Three women meet in a maternity ward. They have varied hopes for their experiences of motherhood.

Censorship number	91741
Date	1958-03-19
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2310 meters
Censored length	15 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 505-580-530-510-185 = 2310 meter - 84 minuter. Aktlängder: 505, 580, 530, 510, 185.

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	2310 meter
Length in minutes	85 min
Reels	5 reels
Dialogue	Swedish

Original title	Det vänliga, värdiga (Short story)
Author	Ulla Isaksson

Original title	Det orubbliga (Short story)
Author	Ulla Isaksson

				1957	1957
Svenska AB Nordisk Tonefilm	Stockholm	Sweden	(ateljé)
Karolinska sjukhuset	Stockholm	Sweden

Release in Sweden	1958-03-31	Röda Kvarn	Stockholm	Sweden	84 min
First showing	1958-03-31	Fontänen	Stockholm	Sweden	84 min
	1958-03-31	Röda Kvarn	Stockholm	Sweden	84 min
Release in Sweden	1958-03-31	Fontänen	Stockholm	Sweden	84 min
Other showing	1959-11-07		New York City, New York	USA	84 min
	1960		Warsaw	Poland
TV showing	1968-03-22			Sweden	81 min
	1976-02-20	TV1		Sweden	81 min
	1989-01-17	TV3		Sweden	81 min
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	1995-06-13
TV showing	1999-07-13	SVT1		Sweden	81 min
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2004-03-26
	2004-12-15
	2006-03					Små korta, tunna emulsionsrepor
DVD release	2007-09-05			Sweden	81 min
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2008-01-22
Festival showing	2018-01-27	Biopalatset 8	Gothenburg	Sweden		Göteborg Filmfestival 2018
Other showing	2018-02-01	Janus Films	New York	USA
FIAF showing	2018-02-20	British Film Institute	London	United Kingdom
	2018-05-10	Filmoteca Española	Madrid	Spain
	2018-05-11	Jerusalem Cinematheque	Jerusalem	Israel
	2018-07-03	Filmoteca de Catalunya	Barcelona	Spain
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-07-12	Babylon	Berlin	Germany
FIAF showing	2018-08-01	Norsk Filminstitutt	Oslo	Norway
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-08-06	Metropolis	Hamburg	Germany
Cinematheque screening	2018-08-15	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-08-23	Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival	Taipei	Taiwan
	2018-08-23	CinematekET Pl Trondheim		Norway
FIAF showing	2018-12-01	La Cinemathèque québécoise	Montreal	Canada
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2022-11-10		Stockholm	Sweden

Original title	Du gamla, du fria
Composer	Trad	(traditionell svensk folkvisa)
Lyrics	Richard Dybeck	(1844)
Musical Arrangement	Jonas Hörnqvist

Festival Award	Cannes	1958		Ingrid Thulin	(kollektivt skådespelarpris)
	Cannes	1958		Ingmar Bergman	(bästa regi)
	Cannes	1958		Bibi Andersson	(kollektivt skådespelarpris)
	Cannes	1958		Eva Dahlbeck	(kollektivt skådespelarpris)
	Cannes	1958		Barbro Hiort af Ornäs	(kollektivt skådespelarpris)

Minns ni? (1993)

Citation included from

Brink of Life (1958)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2300

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2284

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2234

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2312

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Original picture negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Sound negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	NÄRA LIVET
Tryckeri	Ewes O.B. -tryck

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	NÄRA LIVET
Tryckeri	Allkopia

Size	About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity	1
Poster title	Ingmar Bergman's LIVETS UNDER (Nära livet)
Tryckeri	A-S Rasmussen & Nilsson
Designed by	[?] Gaston

Size	About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	U PROGU ZYCIA
Designed by	Liliana Baczewska

Size	Larger than 80 x 110 cm
Quantity	1

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	1

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Proche de la vie
Extent	28 s.
Language	French

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Filmmanus av Ulla Isaksson.
Extent	123 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Extent	156 s. + 10 s. scen- och spelplan.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Dialogliste. Dem Leben nahe.
Extent	34 s.
Language	German

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	24 s.
Language	Spanish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Dialoglista.
Extent	39 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Nära livet. Regi: Ingmar Bergman.
Extent	62 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Close to Life. Directed by Ingmar Bergman. Transl. Claus Laurén and John Mair.
Extent	46 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Script type	Peripheral material
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Extent	156 s. + 6 s. scenplan.
Language	Swedish

Black and white print	SET
Album	Yes

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Misc.prints
Language	English

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Danish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Dutch

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Multiple languages

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	DCP
Length in minutes	85 min
Dialogue	Swedish

Element type	Digital audio
Carrier type	AUDIO

Element type	Digital audio
Carrier type	AUDIO

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	DCP

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	MAP

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	MAP

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	ProRes

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	H264