The Magician (1958)

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Kajsa Hedström
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kajsa.hedstrom@filminstitutet.se

Watch this film in the Mini Cinema in our Stockholm library

Original title	Ansiktet
Swedish release title	Ansiktet
International title	The Magician
Distribution title	Ansigtet (Danmark) Kasvot (Finland) Ansiktet (Norge) The Face (Storbritannien) The Magician (USA) Le visage (Frankrike) Il volto (Italien) Das Gesicht (Västtyskland) El rostro (Spanien) O rosto (Brasilien/Portugal) Twarz (Polen) Tvář (Tjeckoslovakien) Arc (Ungern) Litseto (Bulgarien) Aangesig (Sydafrika) Твар (Vitryssland) Nägu (Estland) Iluzionist (Kroatien) Lice (Kroatien) Iliuzionistas (Litauen) A varázsló (Ungern) Het gezicht (Nederländerna) Façade (Nederländerna) Лицо (Ryssland) Litso (Ryssland) Yüz (Turkiet) Лице (Ukraina) Litse (Ukraina) Tvar (Vitryssland) El mago (Argentina) Het gelaat (Belgien) La cara (Mexiko) O anthropos me ta 2 prosopa (Grekland)

Director	Ingmar Bergman
Screenplay	Ingmar Bergman
Production Manager	Allan Ekelund
Director of Photography	Gunnar Fischer
Music	Erik Nordgren (originalmusik)
Art Director	P.A. Lundgren
Film Editor	Oscar Rosander
Production Mixer	Aaby Wedin
Assistant Director	Gösta Ekman
Script Supervisor	Katinka Faragó (as Katherina Faragó)
Unit Manager	Carl-Henry Cagarp
Assistant Cameraman	Rolf Holmqvist
Musical Arrangement	Erik Nordgren
Orchestra Leader	Eskil Eckert-Lundin
Propman	Karl-Arne Bergman
Costume Designer	Manne Lindholm Greta Johansson
Make-up Supervisor	Börje Lundh Nils Nittel
Boom Operator	Åke Hansson
Other Crew	Leif Furhammar (regipraktikant)

Max von Sydow	Albert Emanuel Vogler, magnetisör
Ingrid Thulin	Manda Vogler, Alberts hustru, förklädd till herr Aman
Gunnar Björnstrand	Anders Vergerus, medicinalråd
Naima Wifstrand	Albert Voglers mormor, trollkäring
Bengt Ekerot	Johan Spegel, skådespelare
Bibi Andersson	Sara, piga hos Egermans
Gertrud Fridh	Ottilia Egerman
Lars Ekborg	Simson, Voglers kusk
Toivo Pawlo	Frans Starbeck, polismästare
Erland Josephson	konsul Abraham Egerman, Ottilias make
Åke Fridell	Tubal, Voglers medhjälpare
Sif Ruud	Sofia Garp, kokerska hos Egermans
Oscar Ljung	Antonsson, kusk hos Egermans
Ulla Sjöblom	Henrietta Starbeck, polismästare Starbecks hustru
Axel Düberg	Rustan, betjänt hos Egermans
Birgitta Pettersson	Sanna, lillpiga hos Egermans
-	Ej krediterade:
Tor Borong	tullpolis
Arne Mårtensson	tullpolis
Harry Schein	tullpolis
Leif Furhammar	handen framför ett draperi på vinden
Sigvard Törnqvist	kusk
Frithiof Bjärne	tullpolis		(ej identifierad)

Production Company	AB Svensk Filmindustri
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Svensk Filmindustri	1958
	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2017
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	SF Home Entertainment	2004
Laboratory	FilmTeknik AB

Sweden in the summer of 1846. The magician Vogler, his wife and his assistants travel by horse carriage to Stockholm and are persecuted by the authorities upon their arrival.

Censorship number	93237
Date	1976
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2755 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.

Censorship number	93237
Date	1974
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2755 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.

Censorship number	93237
Date	1968
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2755 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.

Censorship number	93237
Date	1963
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2755 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.

Censorship number	93237
Date	1958-12-13
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2755 meters
Notes	Aktindelning: 570-555-595-585-450 = 2755 m - 101 minuter. Aktlängder: 570, 555, 595, 585, 450.

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	AGA-Baltic
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2755 meter
Length in minutes	101 min
Reels	5 reels

				1958-06-30	1958-08-27
Filmstaden	Råsunda	Sweden	(ateljé)
Skålhamra vid Vallentunasjön	Täby	Sweden	(exteriörer)
Skansen	Stockholm	Sweden	(exteriörer)

Release in Sweden	1958-12-26	Skandia	Eskilstuna	Sweden	101 min
	1958-12-26	Röda Kvarn	Gävle	Sweden	101 min
	1958-12-26	Cosmorama	Gothenburg	Sweden	101 min
	1958-12-26	Flamman	Gothenburg	Sweden	101 min
	1958-12-26	Röda Kvarn	Linköping	Sweden	101 min
	1958-12-26	Scania	Malmö	Sweden	101 min
	1958-12-26	Skandia	Norrköping	Sweden	101 min
	1958-12-26	Fontänen	Stockholm	Sweden	101 min
	1958-12-26	Röda Kvarn	Stockholm	Sweden	101 min
	1958-12-26	Röda Kvarn	Uppsala	Sweden	101 min
	1958-12-26	Skandia	Västerås	Sweden	101 min
	1958-12-26	Röda Kvarn	Örebro	Sweden	101 min
First showing	1958-12-26	Röda Kvarn	Uppsala	Sweden	101 min
	1958-12-26	Skandia	Västerås	Sweden	101 min
	1958-12-26	Röda Kvarn	Örebro	Sweden	101 min
Release in Sweden	1958-12-26	Skandia	Eskilstuna	Sweden	12 min
First showing	1958-12-26	Fontänen	Stockholm	Sweden	100 min
	1958-12-26	Skandia	Eskilstuna	Sweden	101 min
	1958-12-26	Röda Kvarn	Gävle	Sweden	101 min
	1958-12-26	Cosmorama	Gothenburg	Sweden	101 min
	1958-12-26	Flamman	Gothenburg	Sweden	101 min
	1958-12-26	Röda Kvarn	Linköping	Sweden	101 min
	1958-12-26	Scania	Malmö	Sweden	101 min
	1958-12-26	Skandia	Norrköping	Sweden	101 min
	1958-12-26	Fontänen	Stockholm	Sweden	101 min
	1958-12-26	Röda Kvarn	Stockholm	Sweden	101 min
Other showing	1959-08-27			USA	101 min
	1959-09-04	Maxim	Helsinki	Finland	101 min
	1963			Poland		(endast filmstudios)
TV showing	1977-02-19	TV2		Sweden	97 min
	1983-05-14	TV2		Sweden	97 min
	1989-07-31	TV2		Sweden	97 min
	2001-06-28	SVT1		Sweden	97 min
DVD release	2004-04-28			Sweden	97 min
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2004-12-22
Other showing	2018-02-01	Janus Films	New York	USA
FIAF showing	2018-03-03	British Film Institute	London	United Kingdom
	2018-04-08	Cinema Orion	Helsinki	Finland
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-04-22	Edinburgh Filmhouse	Edinburgh	United Kingdom
FIAF showing	2018-05-12	Jerusalem Cinematheque	Jerusalem	Israel
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-05-27	Kino Ritz	Vaasa	Finland
	2018-07-12	Babylon	Berlin	Germany
	2018-08-06	Metropolis	Hamburg	Germany
Cinematheque screening	2018-08-22	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-08-23	Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival	Taipei	Taiwan
	2018-08-27	Stadtkino Basel	Basel	Switzerland
FIAF showing	2018-10-03	Filmmuseum München	Munich	Germany
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-10-05	IFF Kinenova, Macedonian Cinematheque	Skopje	North Macedonia
FIAF showing	2018-10-10	Det Danske Filminstitut	Copenhagen	Denmark
	2018-12-01	La Cinemathèque québécoise	Montreal	Canada
TV showing	2020-06-29	SVT1		Sweden
	2022-03-08	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-06-30	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-07-06	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-07-25	SVT1		Sweden
	2022-11-07	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-12-25	SF Kanalen		Sweden	102 min
	2023-03-07	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-06-29	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-07-05	SF Kanalen		Sweden
VOD release	2023-08-04	SVT Play		Sweden		Antal dagar på SVT Play 30
TV showing	2023-11-06	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-12-24	SF Kanalen		Sweden

Original title	Soldaten stod vid sitt gevär
Composer	Erik Nordgren	(1958)
Lyrics	Ingmar Bergman	(1958)
Singer	Naima Wifstrand

Original title	Guds ord och löften ej kunna svika
Composer	Johan Holmstrand	(1924)
Lyrics	Johan Holmstrand	(1924)

Original title	Sankt Örjanslåten

Original title	Kungssången
Composer	Otto Lindblad	(1844)
Lyrics	Talis Qualis	(1844)

Festival Award	Acapulco	1959
Cinema Nuovo Magazine Award	Venice	1959
Premio Pasinetti	Venice	1959
Prix Spécial du Jury	Venice	1959
Filmbewertungsstelle (Wiesbaden)	Wiesbaden				(prädikat: wertvoll)

Bakomfilm Ansiktet (1958)

The Magician (1958)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
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	2755

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
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	2756

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2741

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	Original picture negative for optical printing
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Intermediate audio recording
Carrier type	17.5 mm

Element type	Low contrast print
Carrier type	35 mm

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	ANSIKTET
Tryckeri	Zetterlund & Thelanders boktryckeri AB

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	Ingmar Bergmanfilmen ANSIKTET
Tryckeri	Allkopia
Designed by	Ranke Sandgren

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	1
Poster title	IL VOLTO
Designed by	Ranke Sandgren

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	1
Poster title	DAS GESICHT
Tryckeri	Otsee Druck

Size	Larger than 80 x 110 cm
Quantity	1
Poster title	IL VOLTO
Tryckeri	Vecchioni & Guadagno

Size	Larger than 80 x 110 cm
Quantity	1
Poster title	IL VOLTO
Tryckeri	Vecchioni & Guadagno
Designed by	[?] Longi

Size	About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity	1
Poster title	DAS GESICHT
Tryckeri	Gebr. Sülter

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Ansiktet. Komedi av Ingmar Bergman.
Extent	161 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	The Face (Ansiktet) a screen-story by Ingmar Bergman.
Extent	28 s. Produktionsuppgifter (1 s.) ingår.
Language	English

Script type	Peripheral material
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Svensk filmindustri presents The magician by Ingmar Bergman.
Extent	39 s. Rollista och produktionsuppgifter (1 s.) ingår.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Svensk Filmindustri visar Ansiktet. En film av Ingmar Bergman.
Extent	39 s. Rollista och produktionsuppgifter (1 s.) ingår.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Black and white print	SET
Behind the scenes prints	4
Album	Yes

Type	Program folio
Language	English

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	German

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	German

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	German

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Italienska

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	English

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	English

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program folio
Language	Danish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	English

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	English

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	French

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Italienska

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	German

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	German

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	German

Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Colour
Length in minutes	102 min
Dialogue	Swedish

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	ProRes

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	DCP

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	H264