The Open Road (1949)

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Original title	Uppbrott
Swedish release title	Uppbrott
International title	The Open Road
Translated title	Break Up (34:e Uppsala Internationella Kortfilmfestival, 2015. Kortfilmsklassiker)

Director	Arne Sucksdorff
Screenplay	Arne Sucksdorff
Director of Photography	Martin Bodin
Choreography	Birgit Cullberg
Musical Arrangement	Julius Jacobsen Sune Östling zigenarmusik

Familjen Taikon
Familjen Bull
Familjen Demeter
Katarina Taikon (as Kahtitsi Taikon)	flickan som dansar

Production Company	AB Svensk Filmindustri
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Minerva Film AB	1966-12-12
	Sparfrämjandet AB	1950-11-29
	AB Svensk Filmindustri
	Minerva Film AB
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2015

Singing, dancing, playing and evening entertainment at a Romani camp under a bridge in Stockholm.

Censorship number	75960
Date	1966-12-12
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	270 meters

Censorship number	75960
Date	1950-03-03
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	105 meters

Censorship number	75960
Date	1949-10
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	270 meters

Length in minutes	10 min

Vid Årsta Bron bredvid gamla sockerbruket

Stockholm

Sweden

Festival showing	1949-08		Venice	Italy		(Mostra internazionale d'arte cinematografica)
Release in Sweden	1949-10-17	Spegeln	Stockholm	Sweden		(visades som förfilm till Törst)
Other showing	1991-02-18					Repor mest på blanksidan. Regnig i början o slut på matt- o. blanksidan.
	1992-11-30
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	1993-12-23
Other showing	2000-01-09
Extern biograf, Sverige	2010-07-15
	2010-07-25
	2010-07-28
VOD release	2012-11-14	Filmarkivet.se		Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2013-10-10
Festival showing	2015-10-23	Fyrisbiografen	Uppsala	Sweden	10 min	34:e Uppsala Internationella Kortfilmfestival, 2015. Kortfilmsklassiker.
Filmhusetvisning	2016-01-29					För FV
	2016-09-09					För universitetet. Magr
	2017-02-07					För universitetet. /Magr
Festival showing	2017-10-25	Fyrisbiografen	Uppsala	Sweden		Uppsala Kortfilmfestival 2017
FIAF showing	2018-11-27
	2018-12-23
	2019-02-01
	2019-02-24
	2019-03-10
	2022-12-09		Vienna	Austria
	2022-12-17		Vienna	Austria

Festival Award	Venice	1949			(ett av 4 priser i kortfilmsklassen)

Taikon (2015)

The Open Road (1949)

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Element type	Print
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Nitrate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	265

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Original picture negative
Item base	Nitrate

Element type	Sound negative
Item base	Nitrate

Element type	Undefined elements
Item base	Nitrate

Script type	Peripheral material
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Black and white print	SET
Album	No

Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	DCP
Length in minutes	10 min
Dialogue	Swedish

Element type	Digital audio
Carrier type	WAV

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