Born Free (1966)
Table of contents
- Basic facts
- Links and resources
- Titles
- Crew
- Cast
- Companies
- 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
| Original title | Born Free |
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| Film type | Feature |
| Category | Fiction |
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| Screenplay | |
| Original work |
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| Production country |
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| Classification | Suitable for all audiences |
| Dialogue |
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| Swedish release | 1966-04-20 |
Cast
Titles
| Original title |
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| Swedish release title |
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Crew
| Director | |
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| Screenplay | |
| Producer |
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| Director of Photography | |
| Music |
Cast
| Virginia McKenna | Joy Adamson | ||
| Bill Travers | George Adamson | ||
| Geoffrey Keen | Kendall | ||
| Peter Lukoye | Nuru | ||
| Omar Chambati | Makkede | ||
| Bill Godden | Sam | ||
| Bryan Epsom | Baker | ||
| Robert Cheetham | Ken | ||
| Robert Young | James | ||
| Geoffrey Best | Watson | ||
| Surya Patel | indianläkaren |
Companies
| Production Company | Open Road Films Ltd. | ||
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| Atlas Films | |||
| Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) | Columbia Film AB |
Swedish censorship / rating
| Censorship number | 104600 |
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| Date | 1966-06-30 |
| Classification | Suitable for all audiences |
| Original length | 2545 meters |
| Censored length | 2528 meters |
| Censorship number | 104255 |
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| Date | 1966-02-23 |
| Classification | Allowed from age 11 |
| Original length | 2585 meters |
Technical specifications
| Aspect ratio | 2.35:1 (Panavision) |
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| Sound type | Sound |
| Sound system | Optical mono |
| Colour type | Colour |
| Colour system | Technicolor |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Frames per second | 24 |
Original work
| Original title | Born Free (Book) | |
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| Author | Joy Adamson |
| Original title | Living Free: The Story of Elsa and Her Cubs (Book) | |
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| Author | Joy Adamson |
| Original title | Forever Free (Book) | |
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| Author | Joy Adamson |
Release dates
| Release in Sweden | 1966-04-20 | Astoria | Stockholm | Sweden | 94 min | |
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| TV showing | 1980-09-13 | TV1 | Sweden | |||
| 1983-03-10 | TV1 | Sweden | ||||
| 2001-01-01 | TV4 | Sweden |
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 | 35 mm |
Holdings Posters
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
Holdings Stills
| Black and white print | 7 |
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| Colour prints | SET |
| Slides | 1 |
| Album | No |
Holdings Promotion materials
| Type | Program/Reklamtryck |
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| Type | Program folio |
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