Thriller - a Cruel Picture (1974)

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Original title	Thriller - a Cruel Picture
Swedish release title	Thriller - en grym film
Distribution title	Thriller - ein unbarmherziger Film (Västtyskland) Thriller (Italien) Thriller (Storbritannien) They Call Her One Eye (USA)

Director	Boarne Vibenius (as Alex Fridolinski)
Screenplay	Boarne Vibenius (as Alex Fridolinski)
Producer	Boarne Vibenius (as Bo A. Vibenius)
Director of Photography	Andreas Bellis
Music	Ralph Lundsten (originalmusik)
Film Editor	Brian Wikström
Production Mixer	Bengt Kåring Dennis Hennicks
Stunt Coordinator	Jannica Swärd (as Jan Kreigsman)
Unit Manager	Bo Lundqvist
Production Assistant	Anna Maria Anefelt
First Assistant Cameraman	Henri Alexandre
Special Photographic Effects	Stig Limér
Gaffer	Ted Lindahl
Key Grip	Sture Åsberg
Musical Arrangement	Ralph Lundsten
Propman	Bruno Sörwing
Costume Designer	Anna Maria Anefelt (as Anna Oskarsdotter) (Christina Lindbergs kläder)
Other Crew	Lasse Lundgren (stuntman) Dan Lindhe (stuntman) Bo Sunnefeldt (stuntman) Per Hessman (stuntman) Lars Lundberg (QC)

Christina Lindberg	Madeleine
Heinz Hopf	Tony, hallick
Despina Tomazani	den lesbiska flickan
Per-Axel Arosenius	Madeleines far
Solveig Andersson	Sally, prostituerad
Björn Kristiansson	pundaren
Marie-Louise Mannervall	kvinna i byn
Hildur Lindberg	kvinna i byn
Stig Lokrantz
Olle Nordlander
Marshall McDonagh	karateinstruktören
Gunnar Palm	körskolläraren
Pamela Pethö-Galantai	Madeleine som barn
Lennart Robertsson
Hans-Eric Stenborg	kunden som blir riven i ansiktet
Stig Ström	kunden - fotografen hos Madeleine
Lars Sääf
Bruno Sörwing
Gunnel Wadner	Madeleines mor
-	Ej krediterad:
Boarne Vibenius	korvgubbe som visar Madeleine vägen
Lasse Lundgren	polis
Per Hessman	bilförare/stunt
Dan Lindhe	polisman i Värtahamnen/soldat

Production Company	BAV Film AB
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Europa Film	1974
	Stockholm Film AB	1974
Laboratory	FilmTeknik AB
Sound Editing	GSP Studio

Madeleine is unable to speak after a sexual assault at the age of seven. Since then, her parents have lovingly looked after her. Now she is 19. An unknown man, Jerry, offers her a lift when she’s on the way to one of her regular doctor’s appointments in town. He takes her to his apartment. After dinner, he spikes her drink with a drug. Jerry gets her hooked on heroin and forces her to write to her parents, telling them she’s run away. He forces her into prostitution to fund her heroin habit.

Censorship number	113336
Date	1974-05-10
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2350 meters
Censored length	2252 meters
Notes	Akt 2: Attacken med skalpell mot flickans öga förkortas (10 meter). Akt 4: Mordet vid villan förkortas. Första mordet i lagerlokalen förkortas (totalt 10 meter). Akt 5: Strypningen av Hopf utgår (78 meter). Aktlängder efter censurklipp: 465-450-495-465-377 = 2252 meter. Engelskspråkig version.

Censorship number	113323
Date	1974-05-06
Classification	Banned
Original length	2445 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 465-460-505-500-515 = 2445 meter. Engelskspråkig version.

Censorship number	111887
Date	1973-04-04
Classification	Banned
Original length	2955 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 545-560-560-570-420-300 = 2955 meter.

Aspect ratio	2.35:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Colour
Colour system	Eastman Color
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2955 meter
Length in minutes	82 min
Reels	6 reels
Dialogue	Swedish

		Sweden		1972-10-02	1972-11
	Stockholm		(exteriörer)
Resmo	Öland		(exteriörer)
Gräsgårds hamn	Öland		(exteriörer)

Festival showing	1973-05		Cannes	France	108 min	(filmfestivalen)
Other showing	1974-06-05			USA
Release in Sweden	1974-10-30	Royal	Gävle	Sweden	82 min	(engelskspråkig version)
First showing	1974-10-30	Royal	Gävle	Sweden	82 min	(engelskspråkig version)
Release in Stockholm	1974-11-27	Festival	Stockholm	Sweden	82 min	(engelskspråkig version)
Festival showing	1997-09-10		Lund	Sweden	106 min
Other showing	2004-04-10
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2011-08-23
FIAF showing	2017-04-20
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2017-07-28
	2017-08-06
	2017-11-11
	2017-11-22
	2017-11-26
FIAF showing	2017-12-15
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-04-11
FIAF showing	2018-04-12
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-04-21
Extern biograf, Sverige	2018-10-18
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2019-04-07
	2019-04-11
	2019-07-16
FIAF showing	2019-08-01
	2019-09-03
Extern biograf, Sverige	2019-09-13					Ny disk skickades 4/9 eftersom att den första var korrupt. Båda diskarna returnerade.
FIAF showing	2019-09-13
	2019-09-26
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2024-03-08		Brussels	Belgium
	2024-03-17		Brussels	Belgium
FIAF showing	2024-04-25		Copenhagen	Denmark
Festival showing, abroad	2024-04-26		Tallinn	Estonia
Extern biograf, Sverige	2024-05-19		Stockholm	Sweden

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
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2910

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2255

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2454

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Color reversal intermediate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2970

Element type	Original picture negative
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Original picture negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Sound negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Intermediate audio recording

Element type	Final mix
Carrier type	17.5 mm

Element type	Final mix
Carrier type	17.5 mm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	Bo A Vibenius presenterar THRILLER - EN GRYM FILM -
Tryckeri	Tryckeri AB Småland

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	Bo A Vibenius presenterar THRILLER - EN GRYM FILM-
Tryckeri	Tryckeri AB Småland

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Black and white print	7
Colour prints	1
Slides	15
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	English

Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Colour
Carrier type	DCP
Length in minutes	109 min
Dialogue	Swedish

Element type	Digital audio
Carrier type	WAV

Element type	Digital audio
Carrier type	WAV

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	DCP

Element type	Digitalt tilläggsmaterial
Carrier type	EXTRAS

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

Aspect ratio	2.35:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Colour
Colour system	Eastman Color
Carrier type	35 mm
Length in minutes	108 min