The Ox (1991)

Media (1)

Original title	Oxen : En sann historia berättad av Sven Nykvist
Swedish release title	Oxen
International title	The Ox
Co-production title	Oksen (Danmark)
Distribution title	The Ox (USA)
Title for Swedish DVD release	Oxen

Director	Sven Nykvist
Screenplay	Sven Nykvist Lasse Summanen
Producer	Jean Doumanian
Production Manager	Lars Blomgren Joseph Stillman
Director of Photography	Sven Nykvist
Production Designer	Peter Høimark
Film Editor	Lasse Summanen
Production Mixer	Bo Persson (as Bosse Persson) Stefan Ljungberg Jan-Erik Lundberg
Assistant Director	Bengt Widell
Script Supervisor	Marianne Axelsson (as Marianne Johnson) Anne von Sydow
Executive Producer	J.E. Beaucaire (as Jaqui Safra) Klas Olofsson (verkställande medproducent)
Unit Manager	Göran Lindberg
Production Assistant	James Crowley (as Jim Crowley) Cecilia Hersby (as Cecilia "Sille" Hersby) Bengt Persson Joachim Stridsberg
Production Accountant	Pia Janols
Unit Publicist	Agneta Karlström (Scenens byrå)
Camera Operator	Dan Myhrman
Second Assistant Cameraman	Ludvig Josephson
Still Photographer	Bengt Widell
Assistant Cameraman	Lars Karlsson Anders Dahlberg
Gaffer	Ulf Björck Anders Dahlberg
Key Grip	Ocki Hansson Anders Dahlberg
Color Timer	Michael Frank Nielsen (as Michael Nielsen)
Negative Cutter	Evelyn Kristansen
Optical Printer	Peter Jerris
Musical Arrangement	Thomas S. Drescher
Painter	Christian Juhl Hansen Jørgen Krogh
Propman	Magnus Magnusson Ivar Baungaard
Costume Designer	Inger Pehrsson
Dressmaker	Gunilla Henkler
Make-up / Hair	Kaj Grönberg
Make-up Supervisor	Caroline Reedtz-Thott
Hair Stylist	Kaj Grönberg (perukmakare)
Construction Coordinator	Lennart Wigenholm (dekorbygge)
Assistant Costume Designer	Carina Dalunde Gunilla Henkler
Assistant Film Editor	Åsa Mossberg
Sound Editor	Bo Persson (as Bosse Persson) Per Lönndahl
Re-recording Mixer	Berndt Frithiof
Other Crew	Lars Blomgren (efterproduktion) Milton Forman (tack till)

Stellan Skarsgård	Helge (Wilhelm) Roos
Ewa Fröling	Elfrida, Helges hustru
Lennart Hjulström	Svenning Gustavsson
Max von Sydow	kyrkoherden
Liv Ullmann	Maria, Svennings hustru
Björn Granath	Flyckt, indelt soldat
Erland Josephson	Silver
Rikard Wolff	Johannes, fånge på Karlsborgs fästning
Helge Jordal	rallaren
Agneta Prytz	den gamla gumman
Björn Gustafson	kompanichefen på Karlsborgs fästning
J.E. Beaucaire (as Jaqui Safra)	handelsmannen
Sven Nykvist	handelsmannens röst
Henrik Schildt	domarens röst
Debora Hjälmarö	Helges och Elfridas dotter

Production Company	Sweetland Films AB		(i samarbete med)
Co-Production Company	Sveriges Television AB Kanal 1
	Josephson & Nykvist Produktion HB
	Nordisk Film & TV Fond
	Nordisk Film & TV A/S
	Det Danske Filminstitut
	Danmarks Radio TV		(Fiktion)
	Sandrew Film & Teater AB
	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Sandrew Film & Teater AB
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB	2013
Laboratory	Johan Ankerstjerne A/S
Re-recording Mixer	FilmMixarna AB
Other Company	PMK Public Relations, Inc.		(PR/USA)
	The Travel Business		(USA)
	Saab Automobile AB		(tack till)
	Toyota Autoimport		(tack till)
	Sydkraft/Emådalens Energi AB		(tack till)

Censorship number	131044
Date	1991-10-22
Classification	Allowed from age 11
Original length	2522 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 516-463-491-522-530 m.

Aspect ratio	2.35:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Dolby Stereo
Colour type	Colour
Colour system	Eastman Color
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2522 meter
Length in minutes	92 min
Reels	5 reels

Högsby, Småland

Sweden

Release in Sweden	1991-11-22	Sandrew	Gothenburg	Sweden	92 min
	1991-11-22	Olympia	Stockholm	Sweden	92 min	(samt ytterligare 5 platser)
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	1993-04-22
DVD release	2013-11-22			Sweden		(utgiven i samlingen "Svensk Nostalgi Box")

Original title	Fra Holbergs tid, piano, op. 40
Composer	Edvard Grieg	(1885)
Orchestra	Det Norske kammerorkester
Conductor	Terje Tønnesen

Original title	Melodi, stråkorkester, op. 53; arr. piano
Composer	Edvard Grieg
Orchestra	Det Norske kammerorkester
Conductor	Terje Tønnesen

Original title	Nordiske melodier, op. 63
Composer	Edvard Grieg	(1895)
Orchestra	Det Norske kammerorkester
Conductor	Terje Tønnesen

Original title	Lyriske stykker, op. 68. Bådnlåt
Composer	Edvard Grieg	(1898)
Orchestra	Det Norske kammerorkester
Conductor	Terje Tønnesen

Original title	Elegiske melodier, op. 34
Composer	Edvard Grieg	(1880)
Orchestra	Det Norske kammerorkester
Conductor	Terje Tønnesen

Original title	Peer Gynt. Åses död
Composer	Edvard Grieg	(1888)
Orchestra	Prags symfoniorkester (Symfonický orchestr hl.m. Praha)
Conductor	Václav Smetácek

Original title	Peer Gynt. Solveigs Sang
Composer	Edvard Grieg	(1891)
Orchestra	Prags symfoniorkester (Symfonický orchestr hl.m. Praha)
Conductor	Václav Smetácek

Original title	Sonat 1975
Composer	Luboš Fišer	(1988)
Instrumentalist	Marek Jerie	(violoncell)

Original title	Wir glauben all' an einen Gott, BWV 680
Composer	Johann Sebastian Bach	(1739)

Original title	Bereden väg för Herran!
Lyrics	Frans Michael Franzén	(1812)
Singer	kör

Original title	Tvivlan ur min själ försvinne
Composer	Wolfgang Wessnitzer	(1661)
Lyrics	Johan Åström	(svensk text 1816)
	Johann Adolph Schlegel	(tysk text 1769)
Singer	kör

Academy Award Nomination	Los Angeles	1992			(bästa icke engelskspråkiga film 1991/Best Foreign Language Film 1991)
Nominated for the Guldbagge Award	Stockholm	1992	Best Cinematography	Sven Nykvist

Light Keeps Me Company (2000)

The Ox (1991)

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Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2524

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Duplicate negative
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Duplicate positive
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Original picture negative
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Original picture negative
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Original picture negative opening titles
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Original picture negative for optical printing
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Original picture negative for optical printing
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Sound negative
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Printmaster
Carrier type	35 mm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	OXEN
Tryckeri	Uddenholms offset

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	OXEN
Tryckeri	Uddenholms offset

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Oxen. Av Sven Nykvist och Lasse Summanen. Version 2.6.
Extent	85 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Oxen. Treatment av Sven Nykvist och Lasse Summanen. Version 2.
Extent	78 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Oxen. Av Sven Nykvist och Lasse Summanen. Version 2.
Extent	90 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Oxen. Av Sven Nykvist och Lasse Summanen. Manusversion 1.
Extent	102 s. + 3 s. inledning och rollbeskrivning.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Oxen/The ox. English subtitles.
Extent	28 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Le boeuf. Une histoire vraie racontée par Sven Nykvist.
Extent	35 s.
Language	French

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Dialoglista Oxen.
Extent	30 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Peripheral material
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Scriptamanus del 1
Extent	ca 150 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Scriptamanus del 2
Extent	ca 100 s.
Language	Swedish

Black and white print	2
Colour prints	14
Behind the scenes prints	SET
Slides	SET
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	French