One Summer of Happiness (1951)

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Original title	Hon dansade en sommar
Swedish release title	Hon dansade en sommar
International title	One Summer of Happiness
Distribution title	Elle n'a dansé qu'un seul été (Frankrike) Sie tanzte nur einen Sommer (Västtyskland) Sie tanzte nur einen Sommer (Östtyskland) One Summer of Happiness (USA) One Summer of Happiness (Storbritannien) One Summer of Happiness (Australien) Hun dansede en sommernat (Danmark) Sommerdansen (Norge) Hän tanssi kesän (Finland) Hon dansade en sommar (Finland) Danzò soltanto un'estate (Italien) Ha ballato una sola estate (Italien) Sie tanzte nur einen sommer (Österrike) Egy nyáron át táncolt (Ungern) Ona tańczyła jedno lato (Polen)
Working title	Sommardansen

Director	Arne Mattsson
Screenplay	Volodja Semitjov Olle Hellbom (partiellt)
Production Manager	Lennart Landheim
Director of Photography	Göran Strindberg
Music	Sven Sköld (originalmusik)
Art Director	Bibi Lindström
Film Editor	Lennart Wallén
Production Mixer	Olle Jakobsson
Script Supervisor	Kick Reeder (as Kick Palmgren)
Unit Manager	Gunnar Lundin
First Assistant Cameraman	Ulf Knöppel
Still Photographer	Ulf Knöppel
Musical Arrangement	Sven Sköld
Make-up Supervisor	Eric Whiten
Re-recording Mixer	Olle Jakobsson
Titles	Alva Lundin

Ulla Jacobsson	Kerstin, gårdsflicka, 17 år
Folke Sundquist	Göran Stendal, student, 19 år
Edvin Adolphson	Anders Persson, jordbrukare, Görans farbror
John Elfström	kyrkoherden i Hellmo socken
Erik Hell	Torsten, efterbliven dräng
Irma Christenson	Sigrid, Anders hemmavarande dotter
Sten Lindgren	Stendal, Görans far
Nils Hallberg	Nisse, ung lantarbetare
Sten Mattsson	Olle, ung lantarbetare
Gunvor Pontén	Sylvia, Nisses flickvän
Gösta Gustafson	Fredrik Larsson, Kerstins morbror
Berta Hall	Anna, Fredrik Larssons fru
Erich Conard	Helge, Görans skolkamrat
Margaretha Löwler	Mary Ann, Görans flickvän i stan
Arne Källerud	Klas Viberg, ledare för ungdomsföreningen
Axel Högel	Johan Larsson, Kerstins farfar
Hedvig Lindby	Kerstins farmor
Olav Riégo	lärare på högskolan
Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt	dragspelaren i amatörteatercirkeln
-	Ej krediterade:
Ulla-Bella Fridh	Görans studentkamrat
Gunilla Pontén	Görans studentkamrat
Birgitta Wetterhall	Gunnel, Görans studentkamrat
John Melin	patient med bruten arm i sjuksalen
Gustaf "Stålfarfar" Håkansson	Håkansson, patient i sjuksalen
Ingemar Holde	en man på cykel vid motorcykelolyckan
Jan Sandquist	medlem i ungdomsföreningen
Ejnar Haglund	man på Görans studentfest
Kristina Adolphson	flicka som sminkar sig inför framträdande i "Värmlänningarna"
Göran Jonsson	pojke vid dansbanan

Production Company	Svenska AB Nordisk Tonefilm
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Svenska AB Nordisk Tonefilm	1951
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2017
Laboratory	AB Film-Labor

The university student Göran Stendal spends a summer on his uncle's farm in the countryside, where he meets the seventeen-year-old Kerstin. They are attracted, each other but Kerstin holds back. She is controlled by the pious relatives she lives with on the neighbouring farm. The fall in love but hides their love from the world, not the least from the extremely strict vicar. They experience an intense summer together.

Censorship number	80176
Date	1955-07-12
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	75 meters
Notes	Trailer.

Censorship number	79455
Date	1951-10-04
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2830 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 575-575-465-485-435-295 = 2830 m - 103 minuter. 22 kopior 1951, 6 kopior 1952, 6 kopior 1953, 5 kopior 1955, 5 kopior 1961, 3 kopior 1965. Aktlängder: 575, 575, 465, 485, 435, 295.

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	AGA-Baltic
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2830 meter
Reels	6 reels
Dialogue	Swedish

Original title	Sommardansen (Novel)
Author	Per Olof Ekström

			(våren och försommaren)	1951	1951
AB Sandrew-Ateljéerna	Stockholm	Sweden
Alströmerska godset	Alingsås	Sweden
Eling kyrka	Vara	Sweden
Vid en vik mellan Sigtuna och Skokloster	Mälaren	Sweden	(badscenen)
Badudden, Drevviken	Skogås, Huddinge	Sweden	(skjutbanan, dansbanan)

Release in Sweden	1951-12-17	Grand	Stockholm	Sweden	103 min
First showing	1951-12-17	Grand	Stockholm	Sweden	103 min
Other showing	1957		Warsaw	Poland
TV showing	1976-10-09	TV1		Sweden	99 min
	1987-04-18	TV2		Sweden	99 min
	1988-06-25	TV3		Sweden	99 min
	1988-08-23	TV3		Sweden	99 min
Other showing	1993-10-02
	1993-10-12
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	1995-06-08
Other showing	1995-09-07
	1995-10-22
	1996-01-16
	1996-05-29					Lite uppdragen i höger perf.hål i akt 6.
	1997-05-09					Lite uppdragen i höger perf i akt 6.
TV showing	1999-07-05	SVT1		Sweden	99 min
Other showing	2002-08-01
	2002-08-28
	2002-08-28
	2004-03-20
	2004-10-24
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2005-03-18
TV showing	2005-10-24	SVT1		Sweden	99 min
Other showing	2005-11-23					Sliten. Emulsionsrepor till och från. Spröd.
Festival showing	2006-02-09
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2006-03-24
FIAF showing	2007-06-09					AH.
	2007-07-13
DVD release	2007-09-07			Sweden
TV showing	2007-12-04	SVT1		Sweden	99 min
Filmhusetvisning	2009-03-16					För Richard Peña (Lincoln Center), 16-20/3.
FIAF showing	2010-02-02					skickas direkt från Liège
	2010-02-13
Filmhusetvisning	2014-12-01					För Folkets Hus och Parker i samband med bokrelease i samarbete med SFI.
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2015-01-19
Cinematheque screening	2015-01-29	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen	2015-01-30
	2015-09-15
	2016-02-10
	2016-08-31
	2018-02-08
	2018-09-20
FIAF showing	2018-11-27
	2018-12-23
	2019-02-01
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen	2019-02-07
FIAF showing	2019-02-24
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen	2019-09-17
	2020-02-06
	2022-02-03		Stockholm	Sweden
	2022-09-13		Stockholm	Sweden
TV showing	2022-09-20	SVT1		Sweden
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen	2023-02-03		Stockholm	Sweden
	2023-09-12		Stockholm	Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2024-01-15		Berlin	Germany
	2024-01-22		Berlin	Germany
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen	2024-02-08		Stockholm	Sweden
FIAF-Festival showing	2024-03-17		Brussels	Belgium

Original title	Blott en dag, ett ögonblick i sänder
Composer	Oscar Ahnfelt	(1872)
Lyrics	Lina Sandell	(1865)
Singer	Ulla Jacobsson
	Edvin Adolphson

Original title	Där näckrosen blommar
Composer	Sven du Rietz	(1928)
Lyrics	Sven-Olof Sandberg	(1928)
Sung by	Anna Lisa Cronström

Original title	En gammal lek
Composer	Martin Koch	(1937)
Lyrics	Martin Koch	(1937)

Original title	Får jag lämna några blommor
Composer	Lille Bror Söderlundh	(1939)
Lyrics	Nils Ferlin	(1939)
Singer	Folke Sundquist

Original title	Gökvalsen
Composer	Emanuel Jonasson	(1913)
Lyrics	Ejnar Westling	(1918)

Original title	Jungfru Maria
Composer	Nils Söderström	(1937)
Lyrics	Erik Axel Karlfeldt	(1901)
Singer	Folke Sundquist

Original title	Konvaljens avsked
Composer	Otto Lindwall	(1904)
Lyrics	David Lindwall	(1904)

Original title	Sjungom studentens lyckliga dag
Composer	G*****	(1851)
Lyrics	Herman Sätherberg
Singer	Sten Lindgren
	kör

Original title	Värmlänningarna
Composer	Andreas Randel	(1864)

Original title	Uppå källarbacken

Original title	A Hupfata

Original title	Viljen I veta
Singer	kör

Original title	Spiskroksvalsen
Composer	Kal Dompan	(1908)
Lyrics	Rosa Grünberg	(1908)

Prize		1953			(1:a plats på Sun-Heraldslista, Australien)
Goldener Bär	Berlin	1952
Festival Award	Cannes	1952		Sven Sköld	(bästa musik)
	Punta del Este
	Punta del Este			-	(okänd festivalpris, Uruguay)

Från spex till sex (1971)	Citation included from	One Summer of Happiness (1951)
Minns ni? (1993)	Citation included from	One Summer of Happiness (1951)

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Size	About 70 x 100 cm
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Poster title	HON DANSADE EN SOMMAR
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Type	Noter

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Sommardansen. Första scenario.
Extent	123 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Sommardansen. Andra scenario.
Extent	142 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Sommardansen. Tredje scenario.
Extent	141 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Sommardansen. Manuskript till långfilm av Semitjov-Hellbom.
Extent	55 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Sommardansen. Manuskript till långfilm av Semitjov-Hellbom.
Extent	36 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Sommardansen.
Extent	139 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Dialoglista. Hon dansade en sommar.
Extent	33 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	One summer of happiness. Dialogue list.
Extent	27 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Sie tanzte nur einen Sommer. Dialogenliste.
Extent	28 s.
Language	German

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Elle n'a dansé qu'un seul été.
Extent	30 s.
Language	French

Script type	Cutting continuity
Script title	Sommardansen. Klippschema.
Extent	9 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Sommardansen.
Extent	146 s. Interiör- och exteriörlista (7 s.) ingår.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Un solo verano de felicidad. (Hon dansade en sommar) de Arne Mattsson con Ulla Jacobsson y Folke Sundquist.
Extent	29 s. Skådespelar-och presskommentarer ingår.
Language	Spanish

Script type	Peripheral material
Extent	4 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Black and white print	SET
Behind the scenes prints	SET
Album	Yes

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Type	Program/Reklamtryck
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Language	Norwegian

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	German

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
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Type	Program/Reklamtryck
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Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Black and white
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Length in minutes	108 min
Dialogue	Swedish

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