Basic facts

Original title En kvinnas huvud
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
Swedish release 1997-03-07

Cast

Paola Holmér
Edit van der Rohe

Magnus Lunell
Vlad Sundquist, Edits pojkvän

Rolf Skoglund
Leonard, ständig gäst på bokkaféet

Reine Brynolfsson
Wilhelm, ständig gäst på bokkaféet

Ingvar Hirdwall
Düber, ständig gäst på bokkaféet

Örjan Ramberg
Nikolaj

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Titles

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Swedish release title
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Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Administration
Unit Manager
Film Commissioner
Color Timer
Re-recording Mixer
Graphics

Cast

Paola Holmér Edit van der Rohe
Magnus Lunell Vlad Sundquist, Edits pojkvän
Rolf Skoglund Leonard, ständig gäst på bokkaféet
Reine Brynolfsson Wilhelm, ständig gäst på bokkaféet
Ingvar Hirdwall Düber, ständig gäst på bokkaféet
Örjan Ramberg Nikolaj
Tommy Nilson Henry
Fred Hjelm Ek
Iodine Jupiter den kristne
Nidor O. Rohdin en revolutionär
Mikael Alonzo badvakten
Helena Kallenbäck fru Malmström, Edits granne
Petter Alge Erik, läkare, Edits vän
Dieter Carlsson gitarrspelande tysk turist
Oscar Chröisty pojken i Leonards sällskap
Ester Boman Edit som liten

Companies

Production Company Hinden/Länna-Ateljéerna AB
AB Svensk Filmindustri
Advance allocations Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Hinden/Länna-Ateljéerna AB 1997
Laboratory Colour Film Services Ltd.
Re-recording Mixer Owe Svensson Mix AB

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 134403
Date 1997-01-10
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 2975 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 472-571-389-456-532-555


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 2.35:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Dolby Stereo
Colour type Colour
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2975 meter
Length in minutes 108 min
Reels 6 reels


Original work

Original title En bön om barmhärtighet (Story)


Original title Also sprach Zarathustra (Book)
Author Friedrich Nietzsche
Translator Tage Thiel (1989)


Original title Jag ser (Poem)
Author Sigbjørn Obstfelder


Original title Aforismer om levnadsvishet (Book)
Author Arthur Schopenhauer
Translator Gustaf Aksel Jæderholm (1923)


Original title De brevitate vitae (Poem)
Author Lucius Annæus Seneca


Original title Natriumkarbonat (Poem)
Author César Vallejo
Translator Hans Björkegren (1968)


Original title Kladdböcker (Book)
Author Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Translator Peter Handberg (1991)


Original title De la démocratie en Amérique (Book)
Author Alexis de Tocqueville
Translator Anders Byttner (1970/1986)


Original title La vid des abeilles (Book)
Author Maurice Maetterlinck


Original title The Fall of Public Man (Book)
Author Richard Sennett


Original title Algérie 60: Structures économiques et structures temporelles (Book)
Author Pierre Bourdieu


Original title Vom Kriege (Book)
Author Carl von Clausewitz
Translator Hjalmar Mårtenson (1991)


Original title Im Westen nichts neues (Novel)
Author Erich Maria Remarque
Translator Curt Berg (1929)


Original title Om godheten (Poem)
Author Willy Kyrklund


Original title Om pengarnas allt omvandlande makt (Book)
Author Karl Marx
Translator Hans Granlid (1971)


Original title La part maudite (Book)
Author Georges Bataille
Translator Johan Öberg (1991)


Original title Om Sederna (Book)
Author Donatien Alphonse François de Sade
Translator Birgitta Holm (1968)


Original title Oblako v stanach/Oblako v sjtanach (Poem)
Author Vladimir Majakovskij
Translator Gunnar Harding (1979)
Bengt Jangfeldt (1979)


Original title Leviathan (Book)
Author Thomas Hobbes


Original title Myten om framsteget (Book)
Author Georg Henrik von Wright


Original title Ode to Failure (Poem)
Author Allen Ginsberg
Translator Gunnar Harding


Original title At My Father's Grave (Poem)
Author Hugh MacDiarmid
Translator Gösta Friberg (1983)


Original title Ich und Du (Book)
Author Martin Buber
Translator Margit Norell (1962)
Curt Norell (1962)


Original title Våning 2, hall 35. Ur Stockholmsutställningen 1930 (Article in periodical)
Author Sigurd Lewerentz


Production location

Sweden 1993 1994
Länna-ateljéerna AB Länna Sweden
Stockholm Sweden

Release dates

Festival showing 1997-02-04 Pustervik Gothenburg Sweden 110 min (Göteborg Film Festival)
Release in Sweden 1997-03-07 Fågel Blå Stockholm Sweden 108 min

Soundtrack listing

Original title Karusellen
Performed by Paola Holmér (sång)
Jonas Nylinder (gitarr)
Viveka Gustavsson (bas)
Magnus Lunell (trummor)


Original title Gloria patrie
Singer Sten Wahlund
Martin Sulinen (körsång)
Joakim Ljungberg-Isaksson (körsång)


Original title D'amor sull' ali rosee. Ur Il trovatore
Composer Giuseppe Verdi (1853)
Lyrics Salvadore Cammarano (1853)


Original title Blott en dag, ett ögonblick i sänder
Composer Oscar Ahnfelt (1872)
Lyrics Lina Sandell (1865)
Singer Ulf Landergren


Original title Yes Indeed He Do!
Composer Porter Grainger
Lyrics Porter Grainger
Singer Bessie Smith
Performed by Bob Fuller (klarinett, altsaxofon)
Ernest Elliott (klarinett, altsaxofon, tenorsaxofon)
Porter Grainger (piano)


Original title Goodnight, Irene
Lyrics Karl-Lennart (svensk text 1950)
Musical Adaptation Huddie Ledbetter (1910-talet, publ. 1934)
Singer Paola Holmér (sjunger på engelska)
Dieter Carlsson (sjunger på engelska)
Performed by Jonas Nylinder (gitarr)


Original title Henrys Bossa
Composer Henry Gustavsson
Performed by Hans von Eichwald (piano)
Mats Larsson (gitarr)
Mats Farell (trummor)
Henry Gustavsson (saxofon)


Original title Ein Sommernachtstraum. Hochzeitmarsch
Composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1842)


Original title Avanti popolo


Original title La vie en rose
Composer Louiguy (1946)
Lyrics Édith Piaf (fransk text 1946)
Roland (svensk text 1946)


Original title El Choclo
Composer Ángel Villoldo (1903)
Lyrics Ángel Villoldo (1903)
Enrique Santos Discépolo (1947)
Juan Carlos Marambio Catán (1947)


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
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Duplicate positive
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Original picture negative
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Sound negative
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Printmaster
Carrier type 17.5 mm


Holdings Archive materials

Type Press Cuttings


Holdings Scripts

Script type Inspelningsmanus
Script title En kvinnas huvud. Manus. Svensk version 1. 93-06-08.
Extent 149 s. Syfte, stil och gestaltning, rollista, litterärt synopsis och scenario (3, 4, 119, 23 sidor)
Language Swedish


Script type Inspelningsmanus
Script title En kvinnas huvud. Inspelningsmaterial sc. 1-8.
Extent 121 s. Bilder och scenbeskrivningar ingår.
Language Swedish


Holdings Stills

Colour prints 1
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Swedish



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