As It Is in Heaven (2004)

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Original title	Så som i himmelen
Swedish release title	Så som i himmelen
International title	As It Is in Heaven
Alternative title	Så som i Himmelen
Title alternative spelling	Såsom i himmelen

Director	Kay Pollak
Screenplay	Kay Pollak (i samarb m) Anders Nyberg Ola Olsson Carin Pollak Margaretha Pollak
Producer	Anders Birkeland Göran Lindström
Director of Photography	Harald Paalgard Jens Fischer (kompletteringar)
Music	Stefan Nilsson Björn Hallman Stockholm Session Strings Tiroler Symphonieorchester Innsbruck
Production Designer	Mona Theresia Forsén
Film Editor	Thomas Täng
Production Mixer	Bo Persson (as Bosse Persson) Oscar Lovnér
First Assistant Director	Niklas Ohlson
Second Assistant Director	Margaretha Pollak
Script Supervisor	Kerstin Sundberg
Associate Producer	Peter Possne
Co-producer	Per-Erik Svensson (as Per Erik Svensson) Henrik Møller-Sørensen Gunnar Carlsson Peter Possne
Production Coordinator	Martin Strömberg Johanna Sundberg
Location Manager	Andreas Bergman
Production Assistant	Josefin Öberg
Craft service	Maria Johansson
Runner	Daniel Kask
Casting	Imor Hermann
Unit Publicist	Ylva Swedenborg
Film Commissioner	Per Nielsen (Svenska Filminstitutet) Morten Grunwald (Det Danske Filminstitut) Svend Abrahamsen (Nordisk Film & TV Fond)
Post Production Supervisor	Lasse Lundberg (koordinator)
First Assistant Cameraman	Ulf Aneer
Second Assistant Cameraman	Mattias Paulsson
Gaffer	Nils-Erik Järvi
Best Boy	Christian Lidman Johan Beckman
Key Grip	Jonas Appeltofft
Grip Best Boy	Benny Broström
Video Operator	Andreas Eklund (assistent)
Music Mixer	Andreas Franck
Sung by	Lidingö Kyrkas Motettkör
Singer	Ljusåkerskören
Choir Master	Monica Åslund
Choir	Agneta Hellander Einar Hjelm Pär Hägglund Lisbeth Häggström Bengt Johansson Urban Karlsson Vidar Karlsson Cecilia Keränen Lena Lahti Kristina Larsson Maria Larsson Jannike Lindsköld Martina Lundberg Ove Lundqvist Fathieh Monsefi Mauritz Sehlstedt Lars Nilsson Kristian Pedersen Åsa Perdahl Ann-Christin Robertsson Örn Perdahl Ola Öhrling Marcus Sandberg Inger Sehlstedt Sara Sandberg Niklas Thorneus Ingrid Wikström Anne- Maj Välimaa Britta Åberg Hans Erik Öster Astrid Hedman Urban Amrén Vivian Bergenudd Birgitta Blomqvist Jenny Broqvist Viktor Gardelli Catarina Grönlund Anders Hedberg
Musician	Jan Bengtson (flöjt) Tobias Carron (flöjt) Ulf Forsberg (konsertmästare) Jonas Gröning (dragspel) Backa Hans Eriksson (bas) Björn Hallman (piano) Jesper Harryson (oboe) Maria Hulthén (fiol) Åsa Lännerholm (harpa) Johan Löfcrantz (trummor) Stefan Nilsson (piano) Nils Erik Sparf (violin)
Music Consultant	Lars Sjöberg Jörgen Sandlund Stefan Nilsson Bengt Palmers Björn Hallman
Carpenter	Anders Cederlund Ronnie Larsson
Painter	Teddy Holm Patrik Larsson Cecilia Iversen Anna Winsa
Propman	Mido Lindholm Petter Carsall
Assistant Property Master	Emma Skog
Costume Designer	Hedvig Andér Sarah Holm (koordinator)
Make-up / Hair	Kjell Gustavsson
Construction Coordinator	Olle Isakson Peder Edfast
Costume Assistant	Lena Lidman Susanne Karlsson
Make-up Assistant	Anna Nordstedt Lisa Peterson
Assistant Film Editor	Sebastian Amundsen
Sound Editor	Jonas Rudels Tomas Krantz Anders Larsson
Re-recording Mixer	Andreas Franck
Trailer	Gregers F. Dohn (klippning)
Governess	Jenny Bergenudd

Michael Nyqvist	Daniel Daréus
Frida Hallgren	Lena
Helen Sjöholm	Gabriella
Lennart Jähkel	Arne
Ingela Olsson	Inger
Niklas Falk	Stig
Ylva Lööf	Siv
André Sjöberg	Tore
Mikael Rahm	Holmfrid
Barbro Kollberg	Olga
Ulla-Britt Norrman	Amanda
Lasse Petterson	Erik
Per Morberg	Conny
Axelle Axell	Florence

Production Company	GF Studios AB		(i samproduktion med)
Co-Production Company	Sonet Film AB
	MovieMakers Syd AB
	ASA Film Production ApS
	K. Pollak Film
	Filmpool Nord AB
	Sveriges Television AB
	MovieMakers Nord AB
	CineStar Rental AB
	Palma Pictures Mediterranean Production Centre
	Lefwander Kapitalförvaltning AB
	Intensive AB
	Eskil Johannesson
	Persson-Mothander Film AB
	Cinepost Studios AB
Advance allocations	Cine Tirol
	Det Danske Filminstitut
	Nordisk Film & TV Fond
	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2003
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Sonet Film AB	2004
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	SF Home Entertainment	2005
Laboratory	FilmTeknik AB
Re-recording Mixer	Cinepost Studios AB
Completion Bond	Film Finances Scandinavia ApS
Publicity	Cinema Sweden AB

Censorship number	140824
Date	2004-08-24
Classification	Allowed from age 11
Original length	3618 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 367, 315, 454, 455, 568, 504, 419, 536.

Aspect ratio	1.85:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Dolby Digital
Colour type	Colour
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Reels	8 reels

	Stockholm	Sweden		2003-09-01	2003-09-26
	Luleå	Sweden		2003-07-07	2003-08-28
Congress Innsbruck	Innsbruck	Austria

Release in Sweden	2004-09-03	Filmstaden 10	Gothenburg	Sweden	132 min
	2004-09-03	Palladium	Gothenburg	Sweden	132 min
	2004-09-03	Filmstaden 1	Malmö	Sweden	132 min
	2004-09-03	Filmstaden Heron City 8	Stockholm	Sweden	132 min
	2004-09-03	Filmstaden Kista 2	Stockholm	Sweden	132 min
	2004-09-03	Filmstaden Sergel 11	Stockholm	Sweden	132 min
	2004-09-03	Filmstaden Söder 1	Stockholm	Sweden	132 min
	2004-09-03	Saga 1	Stockholm	Sweden	132 min
	2004-09-03	Skandia	Stockholm	Sweden	132 min	(samt ytterligare 71 platser)
Other showing	2004-10-22					Retur 2005-04-04
	2005-01-07					Akt 1. Retur 050119. Omficas.
	2005-02-16					Akt 8. Beställning avbeställd senare samma dag!
	2005-02-17					Akt 8. OMFICAS. 2005-04-07 OK
DVD release	2005-04-20			Sweden
Other showing	2005-05-04					NFPP för framställning av dupneg.
	2006-03-09					Akt 1, 2, 6, 7. Retur 2006-04-21. Om-Ficas.
TV showing	2006-12-29	SVT1		Sweden	127 min
	2008-03-22	SVT1		Sweden	127 min
	2012-01-03	SVT2		Sweden
	2013-08-27	SVT1		Sweden
Extern biograf, Sverige	2015-03-29					Kommer att skarvas vid visning.
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2017-07-28
	2017-08-06
TV showing	2019-07-03	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-07-04	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-07-21	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-07-22	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-07-29	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-07-30	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-08-16	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-08-18	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-08-24	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-08-25	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-08-26	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-08-28	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-09-04	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-09-06	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-09-10	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-09-11	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-09-19	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-09-20	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-09-24	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-09-25	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2020-04-14	SVT1		Sweden
	2020-04-14	SVT1		Sweden
	2021-04-26	SVT1		Sweden
	2021-04-26	SVT1		Sweden
	2022-01-25	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-01-29	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-02-01	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-03-06	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-03-31	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-04-14	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-04-25	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-04-30	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-05-04	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-05-05	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2022-05-06	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-05-07	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2022-05-18	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2022-05-22	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2022-05-24	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2022-05-26	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2022-06-07	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2022-06-12	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2022-06-15	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-06-24	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2022-06-29	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2022-07-09	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-07-11	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-07-12	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2022-07-17	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-07-17	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2022-08-02	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2022-08-06	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2022-08-16	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2022-08-29	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2022-08-31	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2022-09-18	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-09-24	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-09-26	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-09-30	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-10-02	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-10-11	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-10-30	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-11-05	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-12-17	SF Kanalen		Sweden	130 min
	2022-12-19	SF Kanalen		Sweden	130 min
	2022-12-21	SF Kanalen		Sweden	130 min
	2022-12-25	SF Kanalen		Sweden	130 min
	2023-01-24	SF Kanalen		Sweden	130 min
	2023-01-28	SF Kanalen		Sweden	130 min
	2023-01-31	SF Kanalen		Sweden	130 min
	2023-03-05	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-03-18	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-03-30	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-04-13	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-04-29	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-05-03	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-05-05	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-06-14	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-07-08	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-07-10	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-07-16	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Festival showing, abroad	2023-07-16		Gdansk	Poland
TV showing	2023-09-17	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-09-23	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-09-25	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-09-29	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-10-01	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-10-10	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-10-29	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-11-04	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-12-16	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-12-18	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-12-24	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-01-23	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-01-27	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-01-30	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-03-03	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-03-16	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-03-28	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-04-11	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-04-22	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-04-27	SF Kanalen		Sweden

Original title	Gabriellas sång
Composer	Stefan Nilsson
Lyrics	Py Bäckman
Sung by	Helen Sjöholm

Original title	Fly with Me
Composer	Stefan Nilsson
Lyrics	Leyla Yilbar Norgren
Sung by	Leyla Yilbar Norgren

Original title	Amazing Grace
Lyrics	John Newton	(1779)
Singer	Ljusåkerskören
Sung by	Agneta Höglund

Original title	Härlig är jorden
Lyrics	Bernhard Severin Ingemann	(dansk text 1850 - "Dejlig er Jorden")
	Cecilia Bååth-Holmberg	(svensk text 1884)
Musical Arrangement	Jan Yngwe
Sung by	LYN Studiokör
Musical Arrangement	Joel Bexelius

Original title	Cotton Fields
Composer	Huddie Ledbetter
Lyrics	Huddie Ledbetter

Original title	Konsert, violin, op. 3, a-moll. Nr 6
Composer	Antonio Vivaldi

Original title	Konsert, violin, orkester, op. 64, e-moll
Composer	Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy	(1844)

Original title	Symfoni, nr 2, WAB 102, c-moll
Composer	Anton Bruckner

Original title	Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf der Wartburg
Composer	Richard Wagner	(1845)
Lyrics	Richard Wagner	(1845)

Original title	Lippen schweigen. Ur Die lustige Witwe
Composer	Franz Lehár	(1905)
Lyrics	Björn "Nalle" Halldén	(svensk text 1907)
	Leo Stein	(tysk text 1905)
	Victor Léon_DUBBLETT	(tysk text 1905)

Original title	Sonater och partitor, violin, BWV 1001-1006, g-moll
Composer	Johann Sebastian Bach

Original title	Oha Oha
Composer	Bengt Palmers

Original title	Hoppsa
Musician	Olov Johansson
	Mikael Marin
	Roger Tallroth

Prize	Minsk	2007		Michael Nyqvist	Bästa manliga skådespelarpriset
	Minsk	2007			Presspriset
	Minsk	2007			Silverpriset i publikomröstningen samt presidentens specialpris för "humanism och andlighet inom filmkonsten".
Nominated for the Guldbagge Award	Stockholm	2005	Best Picture
	Stockholm	2005	Best Director	Kay Pollak
	Stockholm	2005	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Frida Hallgren
	Stockholm	2005	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Michael Nyqvist
	Stockholm	2005	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Ingela Olsson
	Stockholm	2005	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Lennart Jähkel
	Stockholm	2005	Best Screenplay	Kay Pollak
	Stockholm	2005	Best Screenplay	Carin Pollak
	Stockholm	2005	Best Screenplay	Margaretha Pollak
	Stockholm	2005	Best Cinematography	Harald Paalgard
Academy Award Nomination	Los Angeles	2005			(bästa icke engelskspråkiga film 2004/Best Foreign Language Film of the Year 2004)
The Plexi Dragon Award	Gothenburg	2005		Jonas Rudels	(bästa ljudtekniker)

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Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	3603

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Carrier type	35 mm

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Carrier type	35 mm

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Length	3618

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Size	About 70 x 100 cm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Såsom i himmelen. Kay, Maggan, Carin. Påskversionen.
Extent	122 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Så som i himmelen. Manusversion Maj 2003. Musikanalys. Bengts Palmers 22.05.03.
Extent	56 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Så som i himmelen. Manusversion Maj 2003. Musikanalys #3. Efter musikmöte 3.6.03. Bengt Palmers 23.06.03.
Extent	56 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Så som i himmelen. Kortningsförslag 2003-05-16.
Extent	101 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Så som i himmelen. En berättelse av Kay Pollak i samarbete med Anders Nyberg och Ola Olsson. Version juni 2002.
Extent	109 s. + 1 s. personbeskrivning.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Så som i himmelen. En berättelse av Kay Pollak i samarbete med Anders Nyberg, Ola Olsson, Margaretha Pollak och Karin Pollak. Version okt 2002.
Extent	110 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Så som i himmelen. En berättelse för långfilm av Kay Pollak i samarbete med Anders Nyberg, Ola Olsson, Margaretha Pollak, Karin Pollak, Thérèse Ramberg. Version november 2002.
Extent	104 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	As in heaven. A story by Kay Pollak in cooperation with Anders Nyberg, Ola Olsson, Carin Pollak, Margaretha Pollak.
Extent	23 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Så som i himmelen. Dialoglista.
Extent	56 s. + 3 s. för- och eftertext samt musiklista.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Så som i himmelen. En berättelse för långfilm av Kay Pollak i samarbete med Anders Nyberg, Ola Olsson, Carin Pollak, Margaretha Pollak. Version juni 2003.
Extent	112 s.
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Misc.prints
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Peripheral material
Language	Swedish

Aspect ratio	1.85:1
Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Colour
Frames per second	24
Length in minutes	132 min
Dialogue	Swedish English Italienska

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