To Fetch a Bike (1968)

Kajsa Hedström
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kajsa.hedstrom@filminstitutet.se

Watch this film in the Mini Cinema in our Stockholm library

Original title	Hämta en cykel
Swedish release title	Hämta en cykel
International title	To Fetch a Bike
Alternative title	Att hämta en cykel

Director	Roy Andersson
Screenplay	Roy Andersson
Production Manager	Göran Gunér
Director of Photography	Bo Blomberg
Production Mixer	Björn Öberg
Script Supervisor	Marianne Axelsson (as Marianne Johnson)
First Assistant Cameraman	Inge Roos
Boom Operator	Owe Svensson

Pierre Bené
Monica Lööf

Production Company	Svenska Filminstitutet/Filmskolan
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Triart Film AB	2016
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	Roy Andersson Filmproduktion AB	2006
	Studio 24 Distribution	2009

A young couple wake, early. He drinks milk straight from the carton and wears white jeans. She is sulky and busy fixing her hair. He makes toast and tells a story about a sparrow hawk and a fence. They bring a bike down from the attic. He cycles off and she stays behind and watches him leave.

Censorship number	143404
Date	2006-09-04
Classification	Suitable for all audiences

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Colour
Carrier type	16 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	200 meter
Length in minutes	18 min
Reels	1 reels
Dialogue	Swedish

		Sweden		1968-04-04	1968-04-06
lägenhet i Vasastan	Stockholm

Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2000-10-14
	2001-01-22
FIAF showing	2008-07-18					1-3 tunna ytliga emulsionsrepor.AH.
	2009-02-16
	2009-02-17					(1+) AH.
DVD release	2009-03-11					(ingår i boxen 5 x Roy Andersson)
FIAF showing	2009-09-11
	2009-09-17					AH.
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2013-11
FIAF showing	2015-02-20
	2015-03-01
	2018-11-09
	2018-11-17
	2018-12
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2019-05-02
	2019-05-06
	2019-05-11
FIAF showing	2020-09-06			Slovenia
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2020-09-18			Japan
	2020-09-23			Japan
FIAF showing	2020-10-07			Portugal

5 x Roy Andersson (2009)

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To Fetch a Bike (1968)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	16 mm
Length	192

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	16 mm
Length	193

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Internegative
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Reversal film original
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Sound negative
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Sound positive
Carrier type	16 mm

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Colour
Carrier type	DCP
Length in minutes	18 min
Dialogue	Swedish

Element type	Digital audio
Carrier type	WAV

Element type	Digital audio
Carrier type	WAV

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Carrier type	DCP

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	MAP

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