Interlude in the Marshland (1965)

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Original title	Uppehåll i myrlandet
Swedish release title	Uppehåll i myrlandet
International title	Interlude in the Marshland
Distribution title	Ophold i Myrlandet (Danmark)
Alternative title	Stay in the Marshland (engelsk titel använd av Svenska Institutet)

Director	Jan Troell
Screenplay	Bengt Forslund Jan Troell
Production Manager	Bengt Forslund
Director of Photography	Jan Troell
Music	Erik Nordgren
Film Editor	Jan Troell
Production Mixer	Leif Hansen
Unit Manager	Bengt Forslund
First Assistant Cameraman	Rolf Holmqvist
Propman	Yngve Söderlund
Make-up Supervisor	Bengt Ottekil
Boom Operator	Ulf Nordholm
Sound Effects	Evald Andersson
Re-recording Mixer	Olle Jakobsson

Max von Sydow	Alex Kvist, bromsare
Allan Edwall	banvakten
Karl Erik Flens	stinsen i Näsberg
Sten Beyron	lokföraren
Rune Köhler	eldaren
Palle Abbing	smörjaren
Erik "Västerås-Lasse" Larsson	bromsare
Johan Öhman	bromsare
Åke Andersson	bromsare
Anders Andersson	bromsare
Yngve Söderlund	bromsare

Production Company	AB Svensk Filmindustri
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Svensk Filmindustri	1965
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2015
Laboratory	FilmTeknik AB

A long iron ore train travels through vast marshland in Lapland. The steam locomotive needs some lubrication, so the train makes a short stop at a small station in the wilderness. When the train is about to depart, the brakeman Kvist stays behind. After the train has left, the stationmaster asks him why he stayed here, where there is nothing. Because it's beautiful here, Kvist replies. The stationmaster cannot understand this, and scolds Kvist for running away from his work, and thereby destroying his future possibilities within the company. Kvist continues by foot along the track, singing and dancing. Three kilometers further on is a platelayer's cottage. The platelayer lends him a digging bar, but is suspicious of what Kvist is going to do with it, and follows him at some distance. Kvist climbs a hill. He puts the bar under a very large boulder at the top, and makes it tumble down the hillside. The railway minder shouts that he is mad. Kvist returns to the station, where he waits for another ore train.

Censorship number	104486
Date	1966-05-10
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	825 meters
Notes	Speltid: 30 minuter. Aktlängder: 550, 275.

Aspect ratio	2.35:1 (AgaScope)
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	825 meter
Length in minutes	30 min
Reels	2 reels
Dialogue	Swedish

Original title	Uppehåll i myrlandet (Short story)
Author	Eyvind Johnson

				1964-08-13	1964-09-10
Majtum	Inlandsbanan i Lappland	Sweden
Näsberg	Inlandsbanan i Lappland	Sweden
Linaberget	Jokkmokk	Sweden

Release in Sweden	1965-02-22	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden	30 min
First showing	1965-02-22	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden	30 min
TV showing	1972-04-15	TV		Sweden	29 min
	1999-06-11	SVT2		Sweden	29 min
	2006-12-24	SVT2		Sweden	29 min
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2011-04-12
	2011-04-15

International Inter-Church Film Center	Oberhausen	1967
Festival Award	Oberhausen	1967			(bästa spelfilm)
	Oberhausen	1967			(Volkshochschul-juryns pris)
Chaplin Magazine Award	Stockholm	1966		Jan Troell
Festival Award	Moscow	1965			(hedersomnämnande)
The Swedish Film Institute's Quality Grant	Stockholm	1965			(bidrag om 35 970,71 kr, till en del av långfilmen 4 x 4)

4 × 4 (1965)	contains	Interlude in the Marshland (1965)
Jan Troell - ett porträtt (2001)		Interlude in the Marshland (1965)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	825

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	825

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	832

Element type	Duplicate negative
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Duplicate negative opening titles
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	16 mm

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	825

Element type	Sound negative
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Intermediate audio recording
Carrier type	17.5 mm

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Uppehåll i myrlandet. En novell av Eyvind Johnson bearbetad för film av Bengt Forslund och Jan Troell.
Extent	18 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

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

Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	DCP
Length in minutes	30 min
Dialogue	Swedish

Element type	Digital audio
Carrier type	WAV

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