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Basic facts

Original title En hjältes död
Film type Short
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
Production company
Awards
Dialogue
Swedish release 2024-03-13

Plot summary

"A film adaptation of Nobel Prize-winning author Pär Lagerkvist’s satirical short story 'A Hero’s Death,' in which a young man is offered a large payment to balance on his head on top of a...

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Original title

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Film Editor
Film Commissioner
Other Crew

Cast

Companies

Production Company Nordantill Film
Advance allocations Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
Supported by Norrköpings filmfond
Distributor in Sweden (DCP) Folkets Bio AB 2024

Plot summary

"A film adaptation of Nobel Prize-winning author Pär Lagerkvist’s satirical short story 'A Hero’s Death,' in which a young man is offered a large payment to balance on his head on top of a church steeple, and then fall and die." (the production company's synopsis)

Technical specifications

Length in minutes 14 min
Dialogue


Original work

Original title En hjältes död (Short story)
Author Pär Lagerkvist


Release dates

Release in Sweden 2024-03-13 Sweden
Cinema release in Sweden 2024-03-13 Sweden

Awards

The Synch Leader Award (Sweden) 2024 Karin Franz Körlof (kortfilmspris / Shorts Award, Göteborg International Film Festival, Sverige)

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