Loving Couples (1964)

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Kajsa Hedström
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Read more about this film in our article "Don’t Drag Me Into Our Relationship!" (in English)

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Original title	Älskande par
Swedish release title	Älskande par
International title	Loving Couples
Distribution title	Les amoureux (Frankrike) Los enamorados (Spanien) Älskande par (Finland) Rakastavia pareja (Finland) Liebende Paare (Västtyskland) Älskande par (Norge) Elskende par (Danmark) Gli amorosi (Italien) Zakochane pary (Polen) Любовные пары (Ryssland) Agapimena zevgaria (Grekland) Szerető pár (Ungern) Loving Couples (USA)

Director	Mai Zetterling
Screenplay	Mai Zetterling David Hughes
Line Producer	Rune Waldekranz
Production Manager	Göran Lindgren
Director of Photography	Sven Nykvist
Music	Roger Wallis (originalmusik)
Choreography	Holger Rosenquist
Art Director	Jan Boleslaw
Film Editor	Paul Davies
Production Mixer	Per-Olof Pettersson (as P.O. Pettersson) Tage Sjöborg
Assistant Director	Lena Malmsjö Bertil Ohlsson
Script Supervisor	Katinka Faragó (as Katherina Faragó)
Adaptation	Marianne Höök (krediterad för "översättning")
Unit Manager	Gösta Petersson
Camera Operator	Anders Bodin
First Assistant Cameraman	Peter Fischer
Still Photographer	David Hughes
Negative Cutter	Barbro Lidell
Propman	Sven Björling
Costume Designer	Birgitta Hahn
Make-up Supervisor	Gullan Westfelt
Wigs	Sture Höglund Ivar Hällqvist
Boom Operator	Jack Olofsson
Sound Effects	Evald Andersson
Re-recording Mixer	Olle Jakobsson
Designed by	Bengt Serenander

Harriet Andersson	Agda, tjänsteflicka hos Lilian von Pahlen
Gunnel Lindblom	Adèle Holmström, rättarens hustru
Gio Petré	Angela von Pahlen, herrgårdsflickan
Anita Björk	Petra von Pahlen, Angelas faster
Gunnar Björnstrand	Jacob Lewin, läkare
Jan Malmsjö	Stellan von Pahlen, konstnär, Angelas kusin
Heinz Hopf	Bernhard Landborg, löjtnant
Eva Dahlbeck	fru Landborg, gift med Ola
Anja Boman	Stanny, Bernhards syster
Frank Sundström	direktör Ola Landborg, Bernhards och Stannys far
Hans Strååt	Thomas Möller, vetenskapsman, far till Angelas barn
Inga Landgré	fru Lewin
Dan Landgré	Cecil, Thomas Möllers son
Bengt Brunskog	Tord Holmström,Petra von Pahlens rättare, Adèles man
Margit Carlqvist	Dora Macson
Toivo Pawlo	löjtnant Macson, Doras man
Catti Edfeldt (as Catharina Edfeldt)	Agda, 13 år
Rebecca Pawlo	Adèle, 10 år
Lo Dagerman	Angela, 10 år
Isa Quensel	Fredrika, föreståndarinna på flickskolan
Berit Gustafsson	fröken Henrika
Lissi Alandh	Bell, lärarinna
Åke Grönberg	den tjocke
Nancy Dalunde	Adèles mor
Märta Dorff	Alexandra Winkvist, Stellans faster
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs	Lilian von Pahlen, Stellans mor
Ulf Johanson	advokat
Börje Mellvig	advokat
Claes Thelander	kyrkoherden
Hans Sundberg	organisten
Henrik Schildt	Sam, läkare
Inga-Lill Åhström	en äldre sköterska
Karin Miller	en sköterska
Margit Eng	en sköterska
Eva Stellby	en sköterska
Ulla Ljunggren	en sköterska
Hanny Schedin	städerskan på sjukhuset
Eva Alw	den gamla hushållerskan
Laila Jonsson	patient på sjukhuset
Sonja Hjort	patient på sjukhuset
Sten Lonnert	"Kisse"
Jan Erik Lindqvist	Peter, Stellans far
Britt Marie Råberg	tjänsteflicka
Karin Larsson	tjänsteflicka
Axel Fritz	Per, Agdas älskare
Gunnar Ahlström	pojken på gatan som retar unga Adèle
Bjarne Næss	hovmästare
Harry Dickson	hovmästare
Kai Nordström	Daniel, Adèles älskare på stranden
Meta Velander	en dam
Kai Reiners	en förnäm herre
Alexander Pira	äldre man
Lasse Hallström	ung man
Birger Åsander	en kavaljer på dansbanan
Stig de la Berg	en festdeltagare
Bo Hederström	en festdeltagare
Arne Lindblad	en festdeltagare
Holger Rosenquist	en festdeltagare
Axeline Lé Mon	en festdeltagare
Roger Wallis	orkesterledaren
Stockholms universitets blåsorkester	militärorkestern
-	Bortklippta i den slutliga filmen:
Lars Grundtman	tvillingen Nick (bortklippt)		(bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)
Lennart Grundtman	tvillingen Nock (bortklippt)		(bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)

Production Company	Sandrew Film & Teater AB
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Sandrew Film & Teater AB	1964
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2018
Laboratory	AB Film-Labor

The time is shortly after WWI started in 1914. Three pregnant women about to give birth are admitted at a hospital. The women come from different circumstances and have disparate views about the impending births.

Adèle was born into the middle class but after her family became poor she was forced to marry Tord, a tenant famer. She does not love him, nor does she care much for her child, whom she conceived out of spite. The baby is stillborn, and Adèle sheds nary a tear.

Agda, the second woman became wild and sexually irresponsible after she was seduced as a young woman by a much older man. She entered the dual careers of modelling and robbery, and ended up sleeping with Bernhard, the scion of the family who owns the land Angela’s husband farms, which resulted in her pregancy. Bernhard offered to support his bastard provided Agda marry his friend Stellan and pretends the child is his, to which she agreed.

The third woman, Angela, is introverted. As a youth, she had a short-lived lesbian affair in school. She then fell in love with an archaeologist who impregnated her. He refuses to acknowledge the child as his. This enrages Angela who joins a feminist movement and dedicates her life to removing the stigma of having babies out of wedlock.

Censorship number	102718
Date	1964-12-14
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	3230 meters
Notes	Aktindelning: 395-490-670-490-490-435-260 = 3230 m - 118 minuter. Aktlängder: 395, 490, 670, 490, 490, 435, 260.

Censorship number	102640
Date	1964-12-10
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	75 meters
Notes	Trailer Aktlängder: 1.

Aspect ratio	2.35:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	AGA-Baltic
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	3230 meter
Length in minutes	118 min
Reels	7 reels

Original title	Fröknarna von Pahlen (Novel)
Author	Agnes von Krusenstjerna

				1964-05-19	1964-08-07
				1964-04-13	1964-04-28
				1964-03-03	1964-03-04
Filmstaden	Råsunda	Sweden
Sandemar	Haninge kommun	Sweden
	Mariefred	Sweden
	Vaxholm	Sweden
	Lidingö	Sweden

Release in Sweden	1964-12-21	Royal	Eskilstuna	Sweden	118 min
	1964-12-21	Royal	Gävle	Sweden	118 min
	1964-12-21	Royal	Karlstad	Sweden	118 min
	1964-12-21	China	Linköping	Sweden	118 min
	1964-12-21	Plaza	Stockholm	Sweden	118 min
	1964-12-21	Royal	Stockholm	Sweden	118 min
	1964-12-21	Saga	Uddevalla	Sweden	118 min
First showing	1964-12-21	Royal	Eskilstuna	Sweden	118 min
	1964-12-21	Royal	Gävle	Sweden	118 min
	1964-12-21	Royal	Karlstad	Sweden	118 min
	1964-12-21	China	Linköping	Sweden	118 min
	1964-12-21	Plaza	Stockholm	Sweden	118 min
	1964-12-21	Royal	Stockholm	Sweden	118 min
	1964-12-21	Saga	Uddevalla	Sweden	118 min
TV showing	1974-11-16	TV2		Sweden	113 min
	1996-04-27	Kanal 5		Sweden	113 min
	1997-03-02	Kanal 5		Sweden	113 min
	2000-10-17	SVT1		Sweden	113 min
	2002-08-05	SVT2		Sweden	113 min
	2003-03-31	SVT1		Sweden	113 min
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2004-11-02
	2010-04-15
	2010-04-19
TV showing	2013-08-12	SVT1		Sweden
Cinematheque screening	2014-12-02	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2014-12-02
TV showing	2015-05-25	SVT1		Sweden
VOD release	2015-12-30	Filmarkivet.se		Sweden
TV showing	2020-06-01	SVT1		Sweden
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2022-08-19		Stockholm	Sweden

Original title	Bagni di Lucca
Composer	Giuseppe Manente	(1903)

Original title	Finska valsen
Lyrics	Ernst Rolf	(1910)
Musical Adaptation	Hesekiel Wahlrot	(uppteckning och musikbearbetning 1909)

Original title	Här skall dansas flickor
Composer	Ture Hedberg

Original title	Jesus, My Saviour-King
Composer	Lowell Mason
Lyrics	-	(okänd svensk textförfattare 1884)
	George Railton	(engelsk text)

Original title	Kiki
Composer	Carl Ekberg

Original title	Koster-Valsen
Composer	David Hellström	(1907)
Lyrics	Göran Svenning	(1907)

Original title	Lohengrin. Uvertyr
Composer	Richard Wagner	(1850)

Original title	På isen
Composer	Samuel Serrander

Original title	Rysk Bostonvals
Composer	Theodor Pinet

Original title	Spiskroksvalsen
Composer	Kal Dompan	(1908)
Lyrics	Rosa Grünberg	(1908)

Original title	Tiden är snart där
Composer	Arne Wallin
Lyrics	Lars Lindroth

Original title	Till anfall
Composer	Axel Malm

Original title	Up to Date
Composer	Hildur Lindholm

Original title	Where Is My Wand'ring Boy Tonight
Composer	Robert Lowry	(1877)
Lyrics	Robert Lowry	(engelsk text 1877)
	-	(okänd svensk textförfattare 1886)

Original title	When I Met You in the Garden
Composer	Roger Wallis	(1964)
Lyrics	Roger Wallis	(1964)

Original title	Upsala-minnen
Composer	Hildur Broström

The Swedish Film Institute's Quality Grant	Stockholm	1965			(bidrag om 287 765,62 kr)
Swedish Film Society Prize	Stockholm	1965		Mai Zetterling	(debutpris)

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Citation included from

Loving Couples (1964)

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

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Sound type	Sound
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