The Sacrifice (1946)
Table of contents
- About the film
- Plot summary
- Swedish censorship / rating
- Technical specifications
- Comments
- Original work
- Production location
- Release dates
- Soundtrack listing
- Awards
- Related films
- Subjects
- Holdings Film
- Holdings Posters
- Holdings Archive materials
- Holdings Scripts
- Holdings Stills
- Holdings Promotion materials
Basic facts
Media (1)
| Original title | Midvinterblot |
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| Film type | Short |
| Category | Fiction |
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| Awards |
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| Classification | Allowed from age 15 |
| Dialogue |
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Cast
Links and resources
Titles
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| Swedish release title |
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Crew
| Director | |
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| Screenplay | |
| Director of Photography | |
| Music | |
| Film Editor | |
| Titles | |
| Narrator |
Cast
| Gunnar Björnstrand | hövdingen | ||
| Henrik Schildt | offret | ||
| Yngve Nordwall | flertal småroller |
Companies
| Production Company | Gösta Werner | ||
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| Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) | Continentfilm | 1945 |
Swedish censorship / rating
| Censorship number | 68530 |
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| Date | 1945-05-04 |
| Classification | Allowed from age 15 |
| Original length | 335 meters |
Technical specifications
| Aspect ratio | 1.37:1 |
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| Sound type | Sound |
| Sound system | Optical mono |
| Colour type | Black and white |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Frames per second | 24 |
| Length in metres | 335 meter |
| Length in minutes | 12 min |
| Reels | 1 reels |
Production location
| Sweden | 1945 | 1945 |
Release dates
| Other showing | 1946-01-24 | Uppsala Studenters Filmstudio | Uppsala | Sweden | 12 min | (egentlig urpremiär) |
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| First showing | 1946-05-25 | Konserthuset | Stockholm | Sweden | 12 min | (offentlig premiär) |
| Other showing | 1947-11-10 | Grand | Stockholm | Sweden | 12 min | (förfilm till "Äga - eller inte?"/"Preludio d'amore") |
| 1995-10-26 | ||||||
| 1996-01-31 | ||||||
| 2000-03-26 | ||||||
| 2000-10-09 | Lite smårepor. Repor på vänster o höger sida längst ut. | |||||
| 2002-11-24 | ||||||
| 2004-01-14 | (1+) Lite småreopr. Repor på vä o hö sida längst ut. | |||||
| 2005-12-20 | (0+). Lite smårepor. | |||||
| Festival showing | 2006-04-20 | |||||
| Extern biograf, Sverige | 2007-01-13 | Florian Wüst. | ||||
| Filmvetenskapliga institutionen | 2007-04-02 | |||||
| FIAF showing | 2007-12-03 | AH. | ||||
| Cinematheque screening, archive copy | 2008-05-11 | |||||
| Extern biograf, Sverige | 2008-07-31 | AH. | ||||
| Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF | 2009-06-30 | Visas i programmet "Peter Weiss and the Avantgarde film", curator: Florian Wuest.AH. | ||||
| Festival showing | 2009-10-19 | Regina | Uppsala | Sweden | 12 min | Uppsala Internationella Kortfilmfestival. Svenska kortfilmsklassiker. |
| 2009-10-25 | Slottsbiografen | Uppsala | Sweden | 12 min | Uppsala Internationella Kortfilmfestival. Svenska kortfilmsklassiker. | |
| FIAF showing | 2012-06-13 | 13-17/6, i samarb. med KAVA. | ||||
| VOD release | 2016-07-06 | Filmarkivet.se | Sweden | |||
| Cinematheque screening | 2019-03-28 | Filmhuset | Stockholm | Sweden | ||
| FIAF showing | 2020-08-25 | Italy | Visning på festivalen Il cinema ritrovato 25-31/8 2020 |
Awards
| Charlie Award | Stockholm | 1946 | (bästa kortfilm) |
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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 | |
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| Item base | Acetate |
| Carrier type | 16 mm |
| Element type | |
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| Item base | Acetate |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Length | 340 |
| Element type | |
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| Item base | Acetate |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Length | 325 |
| Element type | Duplicate negative |
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| Carrier type | 16 mm |
| Element type | Duplicate positive |
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| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Element type | Original picture negative |
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| Item base | Nitrate |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Element type | Sound negative |
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| Item base | Nitrate |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Element type | Sound negative |
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| Item base | Nitrate |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
Holdings Scripts
| Script type | Inspelningsmanus |
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| Script title | Midvinterblot |
| Extent | 11 s. |
| Language | Swedish |
| Script type | Dialoglista |
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| Script title | Midvinterblot |
| Extent | 1 s. |
| Language | Swedish |
| Script type | Dialoglista |
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| Script title | Midvinterblot (Winternachtswende). |
| Extent | 1 s. |
| Language | German |
Holdings Stills
| Black and white print | 1 |
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| Album | No |
Other manifestations of this work
Digitized
Technical specifications
| Aspect ratio | 1.37:1 |
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| Sound type | Sound |
| Colour type | Black and white |
| Frames per second | 24 |
| Length in minutes | 12 min |
| Dialogue |
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Holdings Film
| Element type | Digitalt arkivmaterial |
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| Carrier type | WAV |
| Element type | Digitalt arkivmaterial |
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| Carrier type | WAV |
| Element type | Digitalt visningsmaterial |
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| Carrier type | DCP |
| Element type | Digitalt arkivmaterial |
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| Carrier type | MAP |
| Element type | Digitalt arkivmaterial |
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| Carrier type | MAP |
| Element type | Digitalt visningsmaterial |
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| Carrier type | ProRes |
| Element type | Digitalt visningsmaterial |
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| Carrier type | H264 |
