East of Eden (1955)

USA, 114 min
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Basic facts

Original title East of Eden
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 11
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1955-10-10

Cast

James Dean
Caleb "Cal" Trask

Julie Harris
Abra

Raymond Massey
Adam Trask, Cals far, ranchägare i Salinas

Burl Ives
Sam Cooper, sheriff

Richard Davalos
Aron Trask, Cals tvillingbror

Jo Van Fleet
Kate, Cal och Arons mor, bordellinnehavarinna i Monterey

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Titles

Original title
  • East of Eden
Swedish release title
  • Öster om Eden
Title for Swedish Video release
  • Öster om Eden

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Script Supervisor
Casting
Unit Production Manager
Production Secretary
Camera Operator
Still Photographer
Assistant Cameraman
Gaffer
Best Boy
Key Grip
Set Decorator
Propman
Assistant Property Master
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Men's Wardrobe
Women's Wardrobe
Sound Assistant
Other Crew

Cast

James Dean Caleb "Cal" Trask
Julie Harris Abra
Raymond Massey Adam Trask, Cals far, ranchägare i Salinas
Burl Ives Sam Cooper, sheriff
Richard Davalos Aron Trask, Cals tvillingbror
Jo Van Fleet Kate, Cal och Arons mor, bordellinnehavarinna i Monterey
Albert Dekker Will Hamilton
Lois Smith Ann, servitris på Kates saloon
Harold Gordon Gustav Albrecht, skomakare, tysk
Nick Dennis Rantani, bonde (samt ej krediterade)
Richard Garrick Dr. Edwards
Mario Siletti Piscora
Lonny Chapman (as Lonnie Chapman) Roy, garageföreståndare
Barbara Baxley sjuksköterskan
Bette Treadville Sally, den svarta bordellmadamen
Tex Mooney Tex, bartendern på Kates saloon
Harry Cording en utkastare
Loretta Rush kvinnan som delar ut kort på Kates saloon
William "Bill" Phillips kolarbetare
Ramsay Hill (as C. Ramsay Hill) en äldre engelsk officer
Edward McNally soldaten på nöjesfältet
Jack Carr en man på nöjesfältet
Roger Creed en man på nöjesfältet
Effie Laird en kvinna på nöjesfältet
Wheaton Chambers en man på nöjesfältet
Edward Clark (as Ed Clark) en man på nöjesfältet
Al Ferguson en man på nöjesfältet
Franklyn Farnum en man på nöjesfältet
Rose Plumer en kvinna på nöjesfältet
John George fotografen
Jack Henderson
Ruth Gillis
Joseph J. Greene (as Joe Greene)
Mabel Smaney
June Smaney
Jonathan Haze Piscoras son (rollen bortklippt från slutliga versionen)

Companies

Production Company An Elia Kazan Production
Warner Bros.-First National Productions, Inc.
Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Warner Bros. Film AB 1955
Warner-Tonefilm AB 196-
Warner-Columbia Film AB 1976
Distributor in Sweden (16 mm) Swedish Film AB 198-
Distributor in Sweden (Video) Warner Home Video Sweden AB 1997
Distributor in Sweden (buy video) Warner Home Video Sweden AB 1997
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Noble Entertainment AB 2009
Warner Bros. Entertainment Sverige AB 2005

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 99698
Date 1962-09
Classification Allowed from age 11
Original length 3130 meters


Censorship number 86724
Date 1955-09
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 3130 meters


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope)
Sound type Sound
Sound system RCA Sound System
Colour type Colour
Colour system Warnercolor
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 3130 meter
Length in minutes 114 min


Original work

Original title East of Eden (Novel)
Author John Steinbeck


Production location

1954-05-27 1954-08
Warner Bros. Studios Burbank, Kalifornien USA
Mendocino, Kalifornien USA
Spreckles Sugar Factory Salinas, Kalifornien USA

Release dates

First showing 1955-03-09 New York, New York USA 114 min
Other showing 1955-03-16 Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA 114 min
Release in Sweden 1955-10-10 Park Stockholm Sweden 114 min
TV showing 1996-06-19 TV4 Sweden 109 min
Video release 1997-09 Sweden 109 min
TV showing 1999-09-03 SVT1 Sweden 109 min
2003-01-16 SVT2 Sweden 109 min
DVD release 2005-05-25 Sweden
2009-08-26 Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2009-09-12
2009-09-21
2012-03-13
2012-03-31
2012-05-05
2012-05-09
Cinematheque screening 2016-01-26 Filmhuset Stockholm Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag
Composer Felix L. Powell (1915)
Lyrics George Asaf (engelsk text 1915)
Karl-Ewert (svensk text 1917)


Related films

Precious Images (1986) East of Eden (1955)

Holdings Film

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


Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Cutting continuity


Script type Dialoglista
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Colour prints 8
Behind the scenes prints 2
Slides 1
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio


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