Lettre de Sibérie (1958)

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Basic facts

Original title	Lettre de Sibérie
Film type	Feature
Category	Documentary
Director	Chris Marker
Screenplay	Chris Marker
Production country	France
Production company	Argos Films SA Procinex SARL
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue	French
Swedish release	1967-04-19

Titles

Original title	Lettre de Sibérie
Swedish release title	Brev från Sibirien

Crew

Director	Chris Marker
Screenplay	Chris Marker
Production Manager	Anatole Dauman
Director of Photography	Sacha Vierny
Music	Pierre Barbaud Dmitrij Sjostakovitj Sergej Prokofjev
Film Editor	Chris Marker
Production Mixer	René Louge René Renault Robert Hamard
Animation	William Guéry
Assistant Director	Marie-Claire Pasquier Jasmine Chasney
Advisor	Armand Gatti (dokumentation) Agnès Varda
Commentary	Chris Marker
Conductor	Georges Delerue
Instrumentalist	Ella Timourkhan
Assistant Film Editor	Anne Sarraute
Key Animator	Rémo Forlani
Other Crew	André Pierrard (reseorganisatör) Lydia Michel Jasmine Chasney Anna Vanni Valentine Zorange Myriam Prévot Pancinor Berthiot Roger Roche Jérôme Bardini
Narrator	Georges Rouquier (kommentartext) Catherine Le Couey (dikter) Henri Pichette (dikter)

Companies

Production Company	Argos Films SA
	Procinex SARL
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	KB Vi-Film, Frunck & Co.	1967
Other Company	Arcady		(animation)

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number	105487
Date	1967-04
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	1650 meters

Technical specifications

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Black and white + colour
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2050 meter
Length in minutes	75 min

Production location

				1957	1957
	Sibirien	Soviet Union

Release dates

First showing	1958-10-29	Bonaparte	Paris	France	75 min	(tillsammans med kortfilmen "Les hommes de la Baleine" av Mario Ruspoli)
	1958-10-29	Plaza	Paris	France	75 min	(tillsammans med kortfilmen "Les hommes de la Baleine" av Mario Ruspoli)
Release in Sweden	1967-04-19	Eriksberg	Stockholm	Sweden	60 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2013-01-11

Soundtrack listing

Original title	Kogda pojot daleki drug
Composer	Boris Mokrusov
Lyrics	I. Chelemskij
Singer	Mark Bernes

Holdings Film

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Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	1634

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	1642

Holdings Scripts

Script type	Synopsis
Language	French

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	44 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	24 s.
Language	French