The Sacrifice (1986)

Media (7)

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Original title	Offret
Swedish release title	Offret
International title	The Sacrifice
Co-production title	Le Sacrifice (Frankrike)
Distribution title	Opfer (Västtyskland) Sacrificio (Spanien) Offeret (Danmark) Offeret (Norge) The Sacrifice (USA) The Sacrifice (Storbritannien) Жертвоприношение (Ryssland) Žertvoprinošenie (Ryssland) Zjertvoprinosjenie (Ryssland)
Alternative title	Sacrificatio (latin)
Title for Swedish DVD release	Offret
Title for Swedish Video release	Offret

Director	Andrej Tarkovskij
Screenplay	Andrej Tarkovskij
Producer	Anna-Lena Wibom
Director of Photography	Sven Nykvist
Production Designer	Anna Asp
Film Editor	Andrej Tarkovskij Michal Leszczylowski Henri Colpi (rådgivare)
Production Mixer	Owe Svensson Bo Persson Lasse Ulander Christin Loman Wille Peterson-Berger
Production Manager	Katinka Faragó
Assistant Director	Kerstin Eriksdotter Michal Leszczylowski (efterarbeten)
Script Supervisor	Anne von Sydow
Special Effects	Lars Höglund Lars Palmqvist
Camera Operator	Lars Karlsson Dan Myhrman
Unit Manager	Göran Lindberg
Production Assistant	Agneta J Bergenstråhle (as Agneta Jansson)
Casting	Priscilla John Claire Denis Françoise Menidrey
Unit Publicist	Aina Bellis
Still Photographer	Arne Carlsson
Gaffer	Hans Wallin Kent Högberg Kjell S. Koppel (as Kjell Sundquist)
Key Grip	Daniel Bergman Ocki Hansson
Color Timer	Nils Melander
Musical Arrangement	W. Gönnen
Performer	Wolfgang Gönnenwein (sång) Julia Hamari (sång) Doso Watazumi (flöjt) Elin Lisslass (sång) Karin Edvards Johansson (sång) Tjugmyr Maria Larsson (sång)
Assistant Production Designer	Cecilia Iversen
Carpenter	Percy Nilsson (bas) Jan Eriksson Martti Malkamaa Leif Nilsson Håkan Nilsson
Painter	Rolf Persson (bas) Gunilla Bandolin Teddy Holm Bengt Svedberg
Propman	Jan Andersson Kicki Ilander
Costume Designer	Inger Pehrsson
Make-up Supervisor	Kjell Gustavsson Florence Fouquier
Driver	Göran Andersson Thure Ljunggren
Construction Coordinator	Kaj Larsen
Assistant Costume Designer	Carina Dalunde
Sound Editor	Lars Lundberg
Re-recording Mixer	Owe Svensson Bo Persson Lasse Ulander Christin Loman Wille Peterson-Berger
Translation	Håkan Lövgren
Other Crew	Harry Klava (konstruktionsritare) Layla Alexander (tolk) Puck Jansson (catering) Sophie Lundberg (värdinna) Jan Lindeström Peter Schildt China Åhlander (as Caterina Åhlander) Stig Björkman Harald Stjerne

Erland Josephson	Alexander
Susan Fleetwood	Adelaide, hans fru
Valérie Mairesse	Julia, hushållerska
Allan Edwall	Otto, brevbärare
Guðrún Gísladóttir	Maria, tjänsteflicka
Sven Wollter	Victor, läkare
Filippa Franzén	Marta, Alexander och Adelaides dotter
Tommy Kjellqvist	gossen, Alexander och Adelaides son
Per Källman	ambulansman
Tommy Nordahl	ambulansman
Tintin Anderzon	röst
Helena Brodin	röst
Birgit Carlstén	röst
Jane Friedmann	röst
Martin Lindström	röst
Jan-Olof Strandberg	röst

Production Company	Faragó Film
	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
	Argos Films SA		(i samarbete med)
	Film Four International
	Josephson & Nykvist Produktion HB
	Sveriges Television AB TV2
	Sandrew Film & Teater AB
Laboratory	FilmTeknik AB
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Sandrew Film & Teater AB		from 2012 SFI
Distributor in Sweden (Video)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1999
Distributor in Sweden (buy video)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1999
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2004
Sales	SF Studios	2023	Nordic
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2015

Sacrifice, a reflection on the breakdown of civilisation, was the final film for Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky. Filmed on the Swedish island of Gotland, Sacrifice featured a primarily Swedish film team. Ingmar Bergman’s cinematographer Sven Nykvist was behind the lens, while the cast featured Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood and Allan Edwall, amongst others. The film was praised not only in Sweden but also by a wide international audience. No prior film at Cannes had ever been awarded such a vast number of prizes, including the Jury’s Special Prize.

Censorship number	126137
Date	1986-04-30
Classification	Allowed from age 11
Original length	4072 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 413-503-563-511-534-528-514-506 m.

Aspect ratio	1.66:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Colour
Colour system	Eastman Color
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	4072 meters
Length in minutes	149 min
Reels	8 reels
Dialogue	Swedish

Release in Sweden	1986-05-09	Royal	Gothenburg	Sweden	149 min
	1986-05-09	Astoria	Stockholm	Sweden	149 min
	1986-05-09	Sandrew 1	Uppsala	Sweden	149 min
	1986-05-09	Sandrew 1	Västerås	Sweden	149 min
	1986-05-09	Sandrew	Örebro	Sweden	149 min
TV showing	1990-05-24	TV2		Sweden	143 min
	1991-04-05	TV2		Sweden	143 min
Cinematheque screening	1991-09-25			Sweden
	1991-09-29			Sweden
	1992-04-07		Gothenburg	Sweden
	1993-01-01			Sweden
	1993-01-03			Sweden
	1995-04-22		Malmö	Sweden
	1996-11-01			Sweden
	1996-11-07			Sweden
Video release	1999-01			Sweden	143 min
Other showing	1999-09-16
Cinematheque screening	2000-05-24	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden
	2000-05-25	Bio Victor	Stockholm	Sweden
	2000-12-09	Spegeln	Malmö	Sweden	149 min
	2000-12-16	Bio Capitol	Gothenburg	Sweden	149 min
Festival showing	2002-01-23					Akt 8: perfskada. Ristade skiftmärken i flera akter på emulsionssidan.
Censurbeslut	2002-11-29	Greek Film Archive	Athens	Greece
Other showing	2003
DVD release	2004-01-30			Sweden
Cinematheque screening	2004-10-26	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden	149 min
	2004-10-29	Bio Victor	Stockholm	Sweden	149 min
	2004-12-04	Spegeln	Malmö	Sweden	149 min
	2004-12-11	Bio Capitol	Gothenburg	Sweden	149 min
Other showing	2005-03-03
Cinematheque screening	2006-12-15	Bio Victor	Stockholm	Sweden	149 min
	2006-12-22	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden	149 min
Censurbeslut	2007-05-02
	2007-05-17
Cinematheque screening	2009-11-04	Bio Victor	Stockholm	Sweden
	2009-11-14	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden
External cinema, Sweden	2011-09-12
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2011-10-22
Cinematheque screening	2012-04-18
	2012-05-05
Censurbeslut	2014-02-11
	2014-02-12
	2015-02-10
	2015-02-20
	2016-01-21
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2016-01-21
	2016-01-21
Censurbeslut	2016-01-24
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2016-01-26
	2016-01-26
Censurbeslut	2016-01-31
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2016-01-31
	2016-02-02
	2016-02-03
	2016-02-11
	2016-02-11
	2016-04-08
	2016-04-10
	2016-04-12
	2016-04-20
	2016-04-23
	2016-06-11
	2016-06-15
	2016-06-19
	2016-09-14
Cinematheque screening	2016-09-15
	2016-09-15	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2016-09-19
	2016-11-11
Censurbeslut	2016-11-24
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2016-11-30
	2016-12-08
Censurbeslut	2016-12-09
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2017-01-20
	2017-01-31
	2017-02-09
	2017-03-12
Censurbeslut	2017-04-04
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2017-06-16
	2017-07-01
	2017-07-28
	2017-11-20
	2018-01-18
	2018-01-25
	2018-02-18
	2018-05-12
	2018-07-14
	2018-08-01
	2018-09-25
	2018-09-28
	2018-11-30
	2018-12-10
External cinema, Sweden	2019-03-01
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2019-04-05
	2019-04-07
	2019-04-10
	2019-08-03
Censurbeslut	2019-08-24
	2019-09-07
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2019-10-18
	2019-11-17
Censurbeslut	2019-11-20
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2019-11-26
	2020-03-01			India
Inställd visning	2020-04-09			Spain
	2020-04-15			Spain
Censurbeslut	2020-08-08			Germany
	2020-08-29			Germany
	2020-09-09			Slovakia
Inställd visning	2021-02-24			Norway
	2021-02-28			Norway
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2021-06-10			North Macedonia
Censurbeslut	2021-10-23			Italy
Cinematheque screening	2021-11-20
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2021-11-25			Croatia
Cinematheque screening	2021-11-30
Censurbeslut	2021-12-01			Italy
Cinematheque screening	2021-12-11			Sweden
Censurbeslut	2021-12-18			Italy
	2022-04-25		Bratislava	Slovakia
	2022-08-07		Barcelona	Spain
	2022-08-10		Barcelona	Spain
	2022-11-24		Copenhagen	Denmark
	2022-11-25		Bologna	Italy
	2023-01-05		Copenhagen	Denmark
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2023-03-19		Yerevan	Armenia
Festival showing, abroad	2023-07-13		Jerusalem	Israel
FIAF-Festival showing	2024-02-17		Berlin	Germany
	2024-02-18		Berlin	Germany
	2024-02-19		Berlin	Germany
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2024-06-01		Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Festival showing, abroad	2024-06-15		Shanghai	China
	2024-06-16		Shanghai	China
	2024-06-17		Shanghai	China
	2024-06-18		Shanghai	China
	2024-06-19		Shanghai	China
	2024-06-20		Shanghai	China
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2024-06-30		Hong Kong	Hong Kong
TV showing	2025-01-10	SVT2		Sweden
VOD release	2025-01-10	SVT Play		Sweden		Antal dagar på SVT Play: 30

The Guldbagge Award	Stockholm	1987	Best Picture
Andreas Award (Norway)	Oslo	1987			(för bästa humanistiska ideal)
The Guldbagge Award	Stockholm	1987	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Erland Josephson	(för roller i denna film och i Amorosa)
BAFTA	London	1987			(bästa utländska film)
FIPRESCI	Cannes	1986
International Inter-Church Film Center	Cannes	1986
Festival Award	Cannes	1986		Sven Nykvist	(foto; för "bästa konstnärliga insats")
Prix Spécial du Jury	Cannes	1986
Award of the Swedish Association of Film Critics	Stockholm	1986			(årets film)
Epi d'Or	Valladolid	1986			(t.m. Mona Lisa)
Festival Award	Valladolid	1986		Sven Nykvist	(bästa foto)

Sven Nykvist (1990)		The Sacrifice (1986)
Light Keeps Me Company (2000)		The Sacrifice (1986)
Bygga bilder : Anna Asp om scenografi (1990)		The Sacrifice (1986)

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

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