Torment (1944)

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Original title	Hets
Swedish release title	Hets
International title	Torment
Distribution title	Forfulgt (Danmark) Hets (Norge) Kiihko (Finland) Frenzy (Storbritannien) Torment (USA) Tourmente (Frankrike) Suplicio (Argentina) El sádico (Uruguay) Modae (Japan) Die Hörige (Västtyskland) Tortura (Spanien) Spasimo (Italien) Tortura (Portugal) Štvanice (Tjeckoslovakien) Skandal (Polen)
Alternative title	L'épreuve (titel använd när filmen visades vid filmfestivalen i Cannes 1946)
Title for Swedish Video release	Hets

Director	Alf Sjöberg
Screenplay	Ingmar Bergman
Production Manager	Harald Molander Victor Sjöström (konstnärlig ledning)
Director of Photography	Martin Bodin
Music	Hilding Rosenberg (originalmusik)
Art Director	Arne Åkermark
Film Editor	Oscar Rosander
Production Mixer	Gaston Cornelius
Assistant Director	Ingmar Bergman
Scenario	Alf Sjöberg
Production Assistant	Allan Ekelund
Unit Manager	Gösta Ström
First Assistant Cameraman	Jarl Nylander
Still Photographer	Louis Huch (ateljéfoto)
Musical Arrangement	Hilding Rosenberg William Lind Charles Redland
Orchestra Leader	Erik Tuxen
Costume Designer	Mimmi Törnqvist
Boom Operator	Lennart Svensson
Re-recording Mixer	Sven Persson (as Sven Rudestedt)

Stig Järrel	Caligula, lektor i latin
Alf Kjellin	Jan-Erik Widgren, elev i ring IV L
Mai Zetterling	Bertha Olsson, expedit i cigarraffär
Olof Winnerstrand	rektorn
Gösta Cederlund	Pippi, klassföreståndaren
Hugo Björne	doktor Nilsson
Stig Olin	Sandman, elev i IV L
Olav Riégo	byrådirektör Torsten Widgren, Jan-Eriks far
Märta Arbin	fru Widgren
Jan Molander	Pettersson, elev i IV L
-	Ej krediterade:
Anders Nyström	Bror Widgren, Jan-Eriks bror
Nils Dahlgren	poliskommissarien
Gunnar Björnstrand	lärare
Nils Hultgren	lärare vid morgonbönen
Rune Landsberg	lärare vid morgonbönen
Richard Lund	lärare
Bertil Solberg	knatten som kommer för sent till morgonbönen
Torsten Hillberg	läkaren i bårhuset
John Zacharias	assistentläkaren i bårhuset
Lillie Wästfeldt	polissystern
Edvard Danielsson	prästen
Selma Sandberg	församlingssystern
Greta Stave	Lina, Widgrens husa
Bengt Dalunde	ynglingen som glömt sin psalmbok
Birger Malmsten	Kreutz, elev i IV L
Tom Österholm	Ström, elev i IV L
Carl-Einar "Charlie" Gregmar	Karlsson, elev i IV L
Bengt Persson	Bergström, elev i IV L
Arne Ragneborn	Göterstam, elev i IV L
Rolf Bergström	Östergren, elev i IV L
Palle Granditsky	Krefler, elev i IV L
Lennart Nyberg	Bokstedt, elev i IV L
Carl-Olof Alm	elev i IV L
Bengt von der Burg	elev i IV L
Gunnar Hedberg	elev i IV L
Curt Edgard	elev i IV L
Claes Falkenberg	elev i IV L
Sten Gester	elev i IV L
Olle Gillström	elev i IV L
Lars Lindberg	elev i IV L
Allan Linder	elev i IV L
Sven Birger Strömsten	elev i IV L
Bengt Carenborg	elev i IV L
Gustaf Svensson	elev i IV L
Bengt Grive (as Bengt Gustafsson)	elev i IV L
Gunnar Almqvist	lärare
Gustaf Hedström	lärare
Ingmar Bergman	radioröst
-	Bortklippta i den slutliga filmen:
Albert Ståhl	SångPelle, lärare
Anna Olin	tant Elisabeth
Hilda Borgström	Caligulas mor

Production Company	AB Svensk Filmindustri
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1994
	AB Svensk Filmindustri	1944
Distributor in Sweden (16 mm)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1990
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2015
Distributor in Sweden (Video)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1997
Distributor in Sweden (buy video)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1997
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	SF Home Entertainment	2004
Laboratory	FilmTeknik AB
Make-up Supervisor	Firma Carl M. Lundh AB

A sadistic Latin teacher, nicknamed Caligula by his long-suffering students, takes particular pleasure in tormenting one pupil, the diligent Jan-Erik. But Jan-Erik has more on his mind than appeasing the professor: He's deeply involved in an affair with Bertha, an older woman with a taste for both men and liquor. Despite her unfaithful ways, Bertha falls in love with Jan-Erik and tells him that she's fearful of a stranger who seems to be following her everywhere. Then, one day, Jan-Erik enters Bertha's apartment only to discover her dead, in Caligula's presence. The grieving adolescent accuses Caligula of murder. But with no proof, it's a statement he may come to regret.

Censorship number	130029
Date	1990-04-04
Classification	Allowed from age 11
Original length	1106 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 449-445-212 = 1106 m. Aktlängder: 449, 445, 212.

Censorship number	67561
Date	1944-09-12
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2775 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 565-560-560-555-535 = 2775 m. 1953-05-29 godkändes en engelsktextad kopia avsedd för export. Längd: 2605 m - 95 minuter. Aktlängder: 565, 560, 560, 555, 535.

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Petersen-Poulsen, AGA-Baltic
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2775 meter
Length in minutes	101 min
Reels	5 reels
Dialogue	Swedish

				1944-05-15	1944-05-25
				1944-02-21	1944-03-31
Filmstaden	Råsunda	Sweden	(ateljé)
Södra Latin	Stockholm	Sweden	(skolscener; klassrum, korridorer, aula och gymnastiksal)
Norra Latin	Stockholm	Sweden	(skolscener; trapphus och korridorer)
Bal Palais	Stockholm	Sweden	(exteriör)
	Stockholm	Sweden	(exteriörer)
	Södertälje	Sweden	(skolgårdsscen)

Release in Sweden	1944-10-02	Röda Kvarn	Eskilstuna	Sweden	101 min
	1944-10-02	Falan	Falun	Sweden	101 min
	1944-10-02	Palladium	Helsingborg	Sweden	101 min
	1944-10-02	Skandia	Linköping	Sweden	101 min
	1944-10-02	Palladium	Lund	Sweden	101 min
	1944-10-02	Odéon	Norrköping	Sweden	101 min
	1944-10-02	Röda Kvarn	Stockholm	Sweden	101 min
	1944-10-02	Röda Kvarn	Uppsala	Sweden	101 min
First showing	1944-10-02	Röda Kvarn	Eskilstuna	Sweden	101 min
	1944-10-02	Falan	Falun	Sweden	101 min
	1944-10-02	Palladium	Helsingborg	Sweden	101 min
	1944-10-02	Skandia	Linköping	Sweden	101 min
	1944-10-02	Palladium	Lund	Sweden	101 min
	1944-10-02	Odéon	Norrköping	Sweden	101 min
	1944-10-02	Röda Kvarn	Stockholm	Sweden	101 min
	1944-10-02	Röda Kvarn	Uppsala	Sweden	101 min
Other showing	1947			Poland
TV showing	1970-11-28	TV2		Sweden	97 min
	1972-03-10	TV1		Sweden	97 min
	1982-01-03	TV2		Sweden	97 min
Video release	1997-10			Sweden	97 min
TV showing	1998-07-26	SVT1		Sweden	97 min
	2001-08-27	SVT1		Sweden	97 min
	2002-11-11	SVT1		Sweden	97 min
DVD release	2004-04-28			Sweden
TV showing	2005-01-18	SVT1		Sweden	97 min
	2006-09-09	SVT2		Sweden	97 min
	2008-04-08	SVT1		Sweden	97 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2010-04-21
	2010-05-06
TV showing	2011-09-05	SVT1		Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2012-02-26
	2012-03-13
TV showing	2012-05-28	SVT1		Sweden
Cinematheque screening	2016-11-12	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
TV showing	2018-06-12	SVT1		Sweden
	2022-05-01	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-08-08	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-08-16	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-08-24	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-04-30	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-07-27	SF Kanalen		Sweden

Original title	Din klara sol går åter opp
Composer	Johann Georg Störl	(1710)
Lyrics	Johan Olof Wallin	(svensk text 1814)
Singer	kör

Original title	Allena Gud i himmelrik
Lyrics	Johan Olof Wallin	(svensk text 1816)
	Nicolaus Decius	(tysk text 1526)
	Arvid Pedersøn	(dansk text 1529)
Musical Arrangement	Nicolaus Decius	(1539)
Singer	kör

Original title	Glädjens blomster
Musical Arrangement	Hugo Alfvén

Original title	Sjungom studentens lyckliga dag
Composer	G*****	(1851)
Lyrics	Herman Sätherberg
Singer	kör

Festival Award	Cannes	1946			(Grand Prix, tillsammans med tio andra filmer, Festival de Cannes, Frankrike)
Charlie Award	Stockholm	1945			(bästa svenska film 1944-45)
Swedish Film Journalists Club Award	Stockholm	1945			(1:a plats i Biografbladets och Svenska Filmjournalisternas Klubbs omröstning 1944-45)

Från spex till sex (1971)	Citation included from	Torment (1944)
Minns ni? (1993)	Citation included from	Torment (1944)

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Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Hets. Filmsynopsis. Av Ingmar Bergman.
Extent	47 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Hets. Filmmanuskript. Av Ingmar Bergman.
Extent	168 s. Rollbeskrivning (5 s.) ingår. Miljölista (10 s.) ingår.
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Script title	Hets. Filmmanuskript. Av Ingmar Bergman.
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Language	Swedish

Black and white print	SET
Behind the scenes prints	11
Slides	1
Album	Yes

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