The Pram (1963)

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Original title	Barnvagnen
Swedish release title	Barnvagnen
International title	The Pram
Distribution title	Barnevognen (Danmark(/Norge) Carrozzella per bambini (Italien) Lastenvaunut (Finland) La péché suédois (Frankrike) Wózek dziecięcy (Polen) Gyerekkocsi (Ungern) Kinderwagen (Västtyskland) Детская коляска (Ryssland) Detskaja koljaska (Ryssland)
Title for Swedish Video release	Barnvagnen

Director	Bo Widerberg
Screenplay	Bo Widerberg
Director of Photography	Jan Troell
Music	Jan Johansson (originalmusik)
Art Director	Gunnar Frieberg
Film Editor	Wic' Kjellin
Production Mixer	Sven Rydh
Unit Manager	Waldemar Bergendahl Peder Björkegren
Still Photographer	Percy Ståhl (ej krediterad)
Boom Operator	Gert Palmcrantz
Sound Effects Editor	Lars Klettner
Re-recording Mixer	Sven Fahlén Lars Klettner (dialog)

Inger Taube	Britt Larsson
Tommy Berggren (as Thommy Berggren)	Björn
Lars Passgård	Robban
Ulla Akselson	Britts mor
Gunnar Öhlund	Britts far
Bill Jönsson	Britts lillebror
Stig Torstensson	Kurt, pojken i trappan
Lena Brundin	Britts arbetskamrat
Nina Widerberg	Nina, gråtande grannflicka		(ej krediterad)
Susanne Englund	Britts bebis		(ej krediterad)

Production Company	AB Europa Film
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Europa Film
	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1994
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2017
Distributor in Sweden (Video)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1997
Distributor in Sweden (buy video)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1997
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	SF Home Entertainment	2012

Britt Larsson works in a factory, a job which she does not particularly like. Neither has she any special interests and her life consists of random encounters. During one of these she meets Robban, a plumber who dreams of a becoming a famous pop singer. They make love in the back seat of his car, and he disappears from her life. Britt becomes pregnant and her family convinces to her to have the baby. She meets Björn who comes from a totally different environment: He teaches her to listen to music and to read books. But they are too different and he too leaves her. The baby is born and through her child Britt finds a new freedom and a new life.

Censorship number	100439
Date	1963-05-15
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2605 meters
Notes	Spetlid: 95 minuter. Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 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	2605 meter
Length in minutes	95 min
Reels	5 reels
Dialogue	Swedish

				1962	1962
Europa Studio	Sundbyberg	Sweden
	Malmö	Sweden

Release in Sweden	1963-03-18	Rio	Malmö	Sweden	95 min
First showing	1963-03-18	Rio	Malmö	Sweden	95 min
Release in Stockholm	1963-04-01	Saga	Stockholm	Sweden	95 min
Other showing	1966		Warsaw	Poland
TV showing	1974-10-19	TV2		Sweden	91 min
	1984-04-01	TV2		Sweden	91 min
	1992-06-16	TV2		Sweden	91 min
	1996-03-01	SVT2		Sweden	91 min
Video release	1997-03			Sweden	91 min
TV showing	1999-10-25	SVT1		Sweden	91 min
	2010-08-31	SVT1		Sweden	91 min
	2011-04-19	SVT1		Sweden	91 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2011-09-03
	2011-10-11
	2011-10-12
TV showing	2012-02-20	SVT1		Sweden
DVD release	2012-12-12			Sweden		(ingår i boxen "Bo Widerberg - En Filmografi")
TV showing	2015-06-02	SVT1		Sweden
	2017-08-08	SVT1		Sweden
	2018-11-26	SVT1		Sweden
	2022-01-28	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-02-01	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-02-15	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-05-12	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-05-31	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-08-05	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-08-15	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-08-18	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-08-24	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-01-27	SF Kanalen		Sweden	92 min
	2023-01-31	SF Kanalen		Sweden	92 min
	2023-02-14	SF Kanalen		Sweden	92 min
	2023-05-11	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-05-30	SF Kanalen		Sweden

Original title	Konsert, violin, stråkorkester, RV 199, c-moll, "Il sospetto". Sats 2
Composer	Antonio Vivaldi

Original title	Medan kolapapperen prasslar
Composer	Jan Johansson
Musician	Jan Johansson	(piano)
	Jimmy Woode	(kontrabas)
	Arne Domnérus	(altsaxofon)
	Bjarne Nerem	(tenorsaxofon)
	Weine Renliden	(trumpet)
	Egil Johansen	(trummor)

Original title	Britts nya biff
Composer	Jan Johansson
Musician	Jan Johansson	(piano)
	Jimmy Woode	(kontrabas)
	Egil Johansen	(trummor)

Original title	Faster Ellas krona
Composer	Jan Johansson
Musician	Jan Johansson	(piano)
	Jimmy Woode	(kontrabas)
	Egil Johansen	(trummor)

Original title	Starkare på de brutna ställena
Composer	Jan Johansson
Musician	Jan Johansson	(piano)
	Jimmy Woode	(kontrabas)
	Egil Johansen	(trummor)

Prize from Statens Filmpremienämnd (Sweden)	Stockholm	1963			(premie om 150.000)

Liv till varje pris : En film om Bo Widerberg (1998)	Citation included from	The Pram (1963)
Everyone Is Older than I Am (2012)	Citation included from	The Pram (1963)
Barnvagnen [trailer] (1963)	Trailer to	The Pram (1963)

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	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2601

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2591

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2599

Element type	Duplicate negative
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Original picture negative
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Original picture negative neutral background
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Original picture negative opening titles
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Sound negative
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Sound negative
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Sound negative
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Intermediate audio recording effects
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Intermediate audio recording
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Intermediate audio recording music
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Final mix

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	BARNVAGNEN
Tryckeri	Uddeholms Offset

Size	About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity	1
Poster title	Dramat psychologiczno obycczajowy produkcji scwedzkiej WOZEK DZIECIECY
Tryckeri	WDA-3

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	BARNVAGNEN
Tryckeri	Ewes O.B. -tryck

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	1
Poster title	BARNVAGNEN
Tryckeri	Ewes O.B. -tryck

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Långfilm med arbetstiteln "Barnvagnen"
Extent	99 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	27 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Dialoglista till Barnvagnen
Extent	18 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	27 s.
Language	French

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Långfilm med arbetstiteln "Barnvagnen".
Extent	99 s. + ca 15 s. lösa blad.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Peripheral material
Extent	31 s.

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	22 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Black and white print	SET
Behind the scenes prints	2
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Danish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	German

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	English

Length in minutes	95 min
Dialogue	Swedish

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	ProRes

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	ProRes

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	MAP

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	DCP

Element type	Digital audio
Carrier type	WAV

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	H264