Winter Light (1963)

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Read more about this film in our article "The Spies Who Did Not Come in from the Cold" (in English)

Read more about this film in our article "Yrke: präst" (in Swedish)

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Original title	Nattvardsgästerna
Swedish release title	Nattvardsgästerna
International title	Winter Light
Distribution title	Lys i mørket (Danmark) Nattverdsgjestene (Norge) Talven valoa (Finland) Winter Light (Storbritannien) Les communiants (Belgien/Frankrike) Licht im Winter (Västtyskland) Luci d'inverno (Italien) Los comulgantes (Spanien) Luz de inverno (Brasilien/Portugal) Goście wieczerzy pańskiej (Polen) Hosté večeře páně (Tjeckoslovakien) Winter Light (USA) Luz de invierno (Argentina/Mexiko/Uruguay) Úrvacsora (Ungern) Nadvergæsterne (Danmark) Die aandetegaste (Sydafrika) Die Abendmahlsgäste (Västtyskland) Armulaualised (Estland) Zimsko svjetlo (Kroatien) Žiemos šviesa (Litauen) De avondmaalsgasten (Nederländerna) Причастие (Ryssland) Pričastie (Ryssland) İbadet Edenler (Turkiet) Kış Işığı (Turkiet) Причастя (Ukraina) Pričastja (Ukraina) Avondmaalgasten (Belgien)

Director	Ingmar Bergman
Screenplay	Ingmar Bergman
Production Manager	Allan Ekelund
Director of Photography	Sven Nykvist
Art Director	P.A. Lundgren
Film Editor	Ulla Ryghe
Production Mixer	Stig Flodin
Assistant Director	Lenn Hjortzberg Vilgot Sjöman
Script Supervisor	Katinka Faragó (as Katherina Faragó)
Scenario	Ingmar Bergman
Unit Manager	Lars-Owe Carlberg
Still Photographer	Rolf Holmqvist Peter Wester
Assistant Cameraman	Rolf Holmqvist Peter Wester
Gaffer	Gerhard Carlsson
Key Grip	Yngve Söderlund Rune Håkansson
Propman	Karl-Arne Bergman
Costume Designer	Max Goldstein (as Mago)
Dressmaker	Bertha Sånnell
Make-up / Hair	Börje Lundh
Make-up Supervisor	Gullan Westfelt
Driver	Sten Lindén
Boom Operator	Brian Wikström
Sound Editor	Evald Andersson
Re-recording Mixer	Olle Jakobsson

Ingrid Thulin	Märta Lundberg, lärarinna
Gunnar Björnstrand	Tomas Ericsson, präst
Gunnel Lindblom	Karin Persson
Max von Sydow	Jonas Persson, fiskare, Karins man
Allan Edwall	Algot Frövik, kyrkvaktmästare
Kolbjörn Knudsen	Knut Aronsson, kyrkvärd
Olof Thunberg	Fredrik Blom, organist
Elsa Ebbesen-Thornblad	Magdalena Ledfors, änkefru		(ej namngiven i filmen)
-	Ej krediterade:
Tor Borong	Johan Åkerblom, hemmansägare, högmässobesökare		(ej namngiven i filmen)
Bertha Sånnell	Hanna Appelblad, bagerska, högmässobesökare		(ej namngiven i filmen)
Helena Palmgren	Doris, bagerskans femåriga dotter		(ej namngiven i filmen)
Eddie Axberg	Johan Strand, pojken i skolsalen
Lars-Owe Carlberg	landsfiskalen
Ingmari Hjort	Perssons dotter
Stefan Larsson	Perssons ena son
Johan Olafs	landsfiskalens medhjälpare
Lars-Olof Andersson	Fredrikssons pojke
Christer Öhman	Fredrikssons pojke
Karl-Arne Bergman	stand-in för Allan Edwall
Sirkka Jehkinen	stand-in för Gunnel Lindblom

Production Company	AB Svensk Filmindustri
Copyright	AB Svensk Filmindustri	1962
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1994
	AB Svensk Filmindustri	1963
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2017
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	SF Home Entertainment	2003
Laboratory	FilmTeknik AB

Tomas Ericsson, the pastor of a small rural church, performs service for a dwindling congregation on a bleak winter sunday. He is suffering from a cold and a severe crisis of faith. After the service, he attempts to console a fisherman who is tormented by fears of nuclear holocaust, but Tomas can only speak about his own troubled relationship with God. Märta, a school teacher offers Tomas her love as consolation for his loss of faith. But Tomas resists her love as desperately as she offers it to him.

Censorship number	99920
Date	1962-11-19
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2215 meters
Notes	Aktindelning: 550-470-545-650 = 2215 meter - 81 minuter. Aktlängder: 550, 470, 545, 650.

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	2215 meter
Reels	4 reels
Dialogue	Swedish

			(ateljé)	1962-01-08	1962-01-17
			(ateljé)	1961-12-05	1961-12-13
			(exteriörer)	1961-11-08	1961-12-01
			(ateljé)	1961-10-04	1961-11-01
Filmstaden	Råsunda	Sweden	(ateljé)
Skattunge kyrka	Orsa kommun	Sweden
Ungsjöbodammen (nära Skattungbyn)	Orsa kommun	Sweden
Skattungbyn	Orsa kommun	Sweden
Finnbacka	Rättviks kommun	Sweden
Norrboda	Rättviks kommun	Sweden
Rättvik	Rättviks kommun	Sweden

Other showing	1963-02-10		Falun	Sweden	81 min	(recettföreställning till förmån för Skattunge kyrka)
Release in Sweden	1963-02-11	Cosmorama	Gothenburg	Sweden	81 min
	1963-02-11	Kaparen	Gothenburg	Sweden	81 min
	1963-02-11	Fontänen	Stockholm	Sweden	81 min
	1963-02-11	Röda Kvarn	Stockholm	Sweden	81 min
	1963-02-11	Skandia	Uppsala	Sweden	81 min
First showing	1963-02-11	Fontänen	Stockholm	Sweden	81 min
	1963-02-11	Cosmorama	Gothenburg	Sweden	81 min
	1963-02-11	Kaparen	Gothenburg	Sweden	81 min
	1963-02-11	Röda Kvarn	Stockholm	Sweden	81 min
	1963-02-11	Skandia	Uppsala	Sweden	81 min
TV showing	1971-05-21	TV1		Sweden	78 min
	1974-11-09	TV2		Sweden	78 min
	1998-06-21	SVT1		Sweden	78 min
	2003-08-10	SVT2		Sweden	78 min
DVD release	2003-11-26			Sweden	78 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2004-12-01
TV showing	2006-04-10	SVT1		Sweden	78 min
	2007-08-07	SVT1		Sweden	78 min
	2010-12-06	SVT1		Sweden	78 min
	2012-03-05	SVT1		Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2013-04-02
FIAF showing	2018-01-01	British Film Institute	London	United Kingdom
Other showing	2018-02-01	Janus Films	New York	USA
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-02-10	Biograf Studio	Oulu	Finland
FIAF showing	2018-03-31	Cinema Orion	Helsinki	Finland
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-04-10	Kadikoy	Istanbul	Turkey
FIAF showing	2018-04-11	La Cinemathèque québécoise	Montreal	Canada
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-04-11	Beijing Film Festival	Beijing	China
	2018-05-12	Edinburgh Filmhouse	Edinburgh	United Kingdom
FIAF showing	2018-05-17	Jerusalem Cinematheque	Jerusalem	Israel
	2018-05-19	Filmoteca Española	Madrid	Spain
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-05-29	Verdensteatret, Tromsø		Norway
FIAF showing	2018-06-06	Cinema Orion	Helsinki	Finland
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-06-28	FJ Cines, CineSesc	São Paulo	Brazil
	2018-07-15	Babylon	Berlin	Germany
	2018-08-23	Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival	Taipei	Taiwan
	2018-08-29	HKIFF	Hong Kong	China
	2018-09-13	Films by the sea	Vlissingen	The Netherlands
	2018-09-13	Filmhaus Nürnberg - kommkino	Nuremberg	Germany
Cinematheque screening	2018-09-19	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2018-09-19
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-09-20	Espaço Itaú de Cinema	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
FIAF showing	2018-09-21	Det Danske Filminstitut	Copenhagen	Denmark
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-10-01	LAB111	Amsterdam	The Netherlands
	2018-10-19	MTÜ Must Käsi/ Tartu Elektriteater	Tartu	Estonia
	2018-10-19	MTÜ Must Käsi/Kino Sõprus	Tallinn	Estonia
FIAF showing	2018-11-02	ENTE MOSTRA INT.LE DEL CINEMA LIBERO - CINEMA LUMIERE Ufficio spedizioni	Bologna	Italy
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-11-07	Kolkata Film Festival	Kolkata	India
TV showing	2018-11-16	SVT2		Sweden

Original title	O Guds Lamm, som borttager världens synder
Singer	Erik Sædén	(dubbar Olof Thunberg)
	kör

Original title	Herren vare tack och lov!
Singer	Erik Sædén	(dubbar Olof Thunberg)
	kör

Original title	Sist, min Gud, jag dig nu beder
Lyrics	Gustaf Ållon	(1694)
Musical Adaptation	Jan Arvid Hellström	(1979)
Singer	Erik Sædén	(dubbar Olof Thunberg)
	kör

Original title	Lova Herren Gud, min själ!
Lyrics	Jakob Arrhenius	(1694)

Original title	Postludium (Morén)
Composer	John Morén

Festival Award	Valladolid	1966			(religiösa filmer; Grand Prix t.m. Shock corridor)
The Jussi Award	Helsinki	1964
Festival Award	Lisbon	1964		Ingrid Thulin	(roll)
Silver Laurel Award		1964
Chaplin Magazine Award	Stockholm	1963		Ingmar Bergman	(även för Tystnaden)
	Stockholm	1963		Ingrid Thulin	(roller i denna film samt i Tystnaden och Agostino)
Office Catholique Internationale du Cinéma	Venice	1963
	Vatikanen	1963			(grand Prix)
Festival Award	Vienna	1963			(religiösa filmer; bästa långfilm)
Prize from Statens Filmpremienämnd (Sweden)	Stockholm	1963

Light Keeps Me Company (2000)		Winter Light (1963)
Sanningens ögonblick (1974)		Winter Light (1963)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2206

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2195

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2206

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2207

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2210

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2215

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	Ingmar Bergmans NATTVARDSGÄSTERNA
Tryckeri	Uddeholms Offset

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	Ingmar Bergmans NATTVARDSGÄSTERNA
Tryckeri	Uddeholms Offset
Designed by	Ranke Sandgren

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

Size	About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity	1
Poster title	Ingmar Bergmans LYS I MORKRET Nattvardsgästerna
Tryckeri	Zetterlund & Thelanders boktryckeri AB
Designed by	[?] Stevenov

Type	Kostymskiss
Object title	Karin
Technique	tusch
Size	27 x 42

Type	Kostymskiss
Object title	Märta
Technique	tusch
Size	26 x 38

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	The communicants. Winter light. Nattvardsgästerna. Brittisk version
Extent	22 s.
Language	English

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Nattvardsgästerna en film av Ingmar Bergman.
Extent	118 s. + 1 s. rollista.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Nattvardsgästerna en film av Ingmar Bergman.
Extent	134 s. + 3 s. + 16 s. miljölista.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Peripheral material
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Nattvardsgästerna en film av Ingmar Bergman.
Extent	134 s. Rollista (1 s.) ingår.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Nattvardsgästerna. Winter light. English.
Extent	24 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Svensk dialoglista. Svensk Filmindustri presenterar Nattvardsgästerna.
Extent	21 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Nattvardsgästerna en film av Ingmar Bergman.
Extent	134 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Black and white print	SET
Behind the scenes prints	SET
Slides	1
Album	Yes

Type	Promotion material
Language	Swedish

Type	Promotion material
Language	German

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Promotion material
Language	English

Type	Promotion material
Language	English

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Danish

Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	DCP
Dialogue	Swedish

Element type	Digital audio
Carrier type	AUDIO

Element type	Digital audio
Carrier type	AUDIO

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	DCP

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	MAP

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	MAP

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	ProRes

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	H264