I fetischmannens spår (1948)

The film was shot at Swedish missionary stations in Belgian Kongo (Congo-Kinshasa). A somewhat different and longer English-language version, In the Footsteps of the Witch Doctor, was made in 1950.

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Original title	I fetischmannens spår
Swedish release title	I fetischmannens spår

Director	Sven Nykvist
Story	Georg Palmær
Director of Photography	Sven Nykvist
Film Editor	Carl-Olov Skeppstedt
Narrator	Sture Ericson

Production Company	AB Sandrew-Ateljéerna
Distributor in Sweden (16 mm)	Imagofilms Distributionsbyrå AB	1950-10-19

Censorship number	74637
Date	1950-10-19
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	290 meters
Censored length	285 meters
Notes	Tre längder: 280 / 200 / 265 (klipp av distributören)

Censorship number	76256
Date	1949-12-05
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	380 meters

Censorship number	74637
Date	1948-12-15
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	290 meters
Censored length	285 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 0.

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	380 meter
Length in minutes	14 min
Reels	1 reels

Original title	I fetischmannens spår - Förr och nu i Kongo (Book)
Author	Georg Palmær

Filmhusetvisning	2009-11-19					För Måns Månsson.
VOD release	2016-09-26	Filmarkivet.se		Sweden

In the Footsteps of the Witch Doctor (1950)

I fetischmannens spår (1948)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	380

Element type	Duplicate negative
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Duplicate negative
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Duplicate positive
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	380

Element type	Original picture negative
Item base	Nitrate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	380

Element type	Sound negative
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Sound negative
Item base	Nitrate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	380

Element type	Sound negative
Item base	Nitrate
Carrier type	35 mm