My Life As a Dog (1985)

Sweden, 101 min
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Basic facts

Media (4)

Original title Mitt liv som hund
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • Sweden
Production company
Awards
  • The Guldbagge Award
  • Academy Award Nomination
  • Award of the Swedish Association of Film Critics
  • Show awards
Classification Allowed from age 7
Dialogue
  • Swedish
Swedish release 1985-12-12

Cast

Anton Glanzelius
Ingemar Johansson

Tomas von Brömssen
Gunnar, Ingemars morbror

Anki Lidén
Ingemars mamma

Melinda Kinnaman
Saga

Kicki Rundgren
Ulla, Gunnars fru

Lennart Hjulström
konstnären

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Links and resources

Read more about this film in our article "Intervju med Anders Hazelius" (in Swedish)
Read more about this film in our article "Blågul barnfilm – en text om en bok" (in Swedish)
Read more about this film in our article "Hundra procent sommar" (in Swedish)
Read more about this film in our article "Intervju med Peter Grönlund" (in Swedish)
Read more about this film in our article "Swedes at the Oscars" (in English)
Read more about this film in our article "Swedes at the Golden Globes" (in English)
Download the study guide for this film (in Swedish)

Titles

Original title
  • Mitt liv som hund
Swedish release title
  • Mitt liv som hund
  • Mitt liv som hund (Norge)
International title
  • My Life As a Dog
Distribution title
  • Mein Leben als Hund (Västtyskland)
  • Mi vida como un perro (Spanien)
  • Mit liv som hund (Danmark)
  • Ma vie de chien (Frankrike)
  • My Life As a Dog (Storbritannien)

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Script Supervisor
Production Assistant
Unit Publicist
First Assistant Cameraman
Still Photographer
Assistant Cameraman
Gaffer
Key Grip
Color Timer
Carpenter
Propman
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Construction Coordinator
Sound Editor
Re-recording Mixer
Other Crew

Cast

Anton Glanzelius Ingemar Johansson
Tomas von Brömssen Gunnar, Ingemars morbror
Anki Lidén Ingemars mamma
Melinda Kinnaman Saga
Kicki Rundgren Ulla, Gunnars fru
Lennart Hjulström konstnären
Ing-Marie Carlsson Berit
Leif Ericsson farbror Sandberg
Christina Carlwind fru Sandberg
Ralph Carlsson Harry
Viveca Dahlén tanten i tvättstugan
Arnold Alfredsson Mannes farfar
Fritz Elofsson mäster på glasbruket
Didrik Gustafsson farbror Arvidsson, Ullas far
Jan-Philip Hollström Manne, den grönhårige pojken
Vivi Johansson tant Arvidsson, Ullas mor
Per Ottosson Tommy
Magnus Rask Fransson, mannen på taket
Tony Rex en pojke
Manfred Serner Erik, Ingemars äldre bror
Johanna Udéhn Lilla Grodan, flickan i stan
Susanne Wetterholm Karin, klasskamrat
Johan Widerberg en pojke i stan
Reidar Jönsson Lilla Grodans pappa
Klimpen Sickan, Ingemars hund

Companies

Production Company AB Svensk Filmindustri
FilmTeknik AB
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
AB Svensk Filmindustri 1985
Distributor in Sweden (16 mm) Swedish Film AB
Distributor in Sweden (Home Video) Media Transfer International AB 1986
Distributor in Sweden (Inst. Video) Swedish Film AB
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) SF Home Entertainment 2005
Laboratory FilmTeknik AB

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 125867
Date 1985-12-02
Classification Allowed from age 7
Original length 2779 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 471-507-528-492-561-220 m.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 2.35:1
Sound system Dolby Stereo 04
Colour type Colour
Colour system Fujicolor
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2779 meter
Length in minutes 101 min
Reels 6 reels


Original work

Original title Mitt liv som hund (Novel)
Author Reidar Jönsson


Production location

1985-05 1985-06
Sweden 1985-01 1985-03
Åfors
Emmaboda
Kalmar
Boda glasbruk
Stockholm

Release dates

Release in Sweden 1985-12-12 Folkets Hus Emmaboda Sweden 101 min
First showing 1985-12-12 Folkets Hus Emmaboda Sweden 101 min
Release in Stockholm 1985-12-13 Spegeln Stockholm Sweden 101 min
TV showing 1991-02-12 TV4 Sweden 97 min
1991-09-25 TV4 Sweden 97 min
1991-12-26 TV4 Sweden 97 min
1996-03-27 SVT2 Sweden 97 min
2001-03-03 SVT2 Sweden 97 min
2002-05-09 SVT1 Sweden 97 min
2004-06-13 SVT1 Sweden 97 min
DVD release 2005-12-05 Sweden
TV showing 2006-03-05 SVT1 Sweden 97 min
2010-11-29 SVT1 Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2012-11-18
TV showing 2012-11-22 TV4 Sweden
2014-03-29 TV4 Sweden
2019-01-01 TV4 Sweden
Cinematheque screening 2019-03-03 Filmhuset Stockholm Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2019-03-03
TV showing 2021-06-26 TV4 Sweden
2021-09-21 TV4 Film Sweden
2021-09-26 TV4 Film Sweden
2021-10-02 Sjuan Sweden
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Soundtrack listing

Original title I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Cocoanuts
Composer Fred Heatherton (1949)
Lyrics Povel Ramel (svensk text 1950)
Fred Heatherton (engelsk text 1949)
Singer Povel Ramel
kör


Original title Tryggare kan ingen vara
Lyrics Lina Sandell-Berg (svensk text 1856)


Original title Twilight Time
Composer Al Nevins (1944)
Buck Ram (1944)
Morty Nevins (1944)
Artie Dunn (1944)
Lyrics Gösta Rybrant (svensk text 1944 "När dagen dör")
Bengt Sundström (svensk text "När livet börjar le")
Al Nevins (1944)
Buck Ram (1944)
Morty Nevins (1944)
Artie Dunn (1944)
Singer - (okänd sångare)


Original title Buona sera
Composer Carl Sigman (1958)
Peter DeRose (1958)
Lyrics Carl Sigman (1958)
Peter DeRose (1958)
Singer Little Gerhard


Awards

Academy Award Nomination Los Angeles 1987 Lasse Hallström (bästa regi/best directing)
Los Angeles 1987 Reidar Jönsson (Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Los Angeles 1987 Lars "Brasse" Brännström (Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Los Angeles 1987 Lasse Hallström (Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Los Angeles 1987 Pelle Berglund (Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Circle Prize New York 1987 (bästa utländska film, t.m. Den siste kejsaren)
Golden Globe Hollywood 1987 (bästa utländska film)
Festival Award Amsterdam 1987 (bästa ungdomsfilm genom tiderna; Cinekid)
Bodil (Denmark) Copenhagen 1986 (bästa europeiska film)
Festival Award Cannes 1986 Anton Glanzelius (junior-pris från Cannes radiostation: bästa skådespelare i en barnfilm)
The Robert Award (Denmark) Copenhagen 1986 (bästa utländska film)
The Guldbagge Award Stockholm 1986 Best Picture
Stockholm 1986 Best Actor in a Leading Role Anton Glanzelius
Award of the Swedish Association of Film Critics Stockholm 1985 (årets film)

Related films

Minns ni? (1993) Citation included from My Life As a Dog (1985)
Det naturliga ljuset (2010) My Life As a Dog (1985)

Holdings Film

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

Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2761


Element type Print
Item base Polyester
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2772


Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2767


Element type Duplicate positive
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2779


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2
Poster title Succé MITT LIV SOM HUND Varm, kärleksfull, härligt humoristisk.


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2
Poster title MITT LIV SOM HUND En rolig och sorglig film av Lasse Hallström


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2
Poster title MITT LIV SOM HUND
Tryckeri AB Söderberg & Ahlm


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2
Poster title Succé MITT LIV SOM HUND Varm, kärleksfull, härligt humoristisk.
Tryckeri Uddenholms offset


Size About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Archive materials

Type Press Cuttings


Holdings Scripts

Script type Inspelningsmanus
Script title Första versionen. Filmmanus av Lasse Hallström efter Reidar Jönssons roman.
Extent 87 s. Roll- och personallista (2 s.) ingår.
Language Swedish


Script type Dialoglista
Script title My life as a dog.
Extent 31 s.
Language English


Script type Dialoglista
Script title Mitt liv som hund
Extent 22 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Dialoglista
Script title My life as a dog. By Lasse Hallström.
Extent 34 s.
Language English


Holdings Stills

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


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language English


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Swedish


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language English


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