Duet for Cannibals (1969)

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Original title	Duett för kannibaler
Swedish release title	Duett för kannibaler
International title	Duet for Cannibals
Script title	Duo för kannibaler

Director	Susan Sontag
Screenplay	Susan Sontag
Producer	Göran Lindgren
Production Manager	Peter Hald
Director of Photography	Lars Svanberg (as Lars Swanberg)
Music	Richard Wagner Antonín Dvořák Gustav Mahler
Film Editor	Carl-Olov Skeppstedt
Production Mixer	Ulf Darin
Script Supervisor	Kerstin Eriksdotter
First Assistant Cameraman	Hans Welin
Still Photographer	Peder Björkegren
Negative Cutter	Barbro Lidell
Propman	Katarina Lindgren
Make-up Supervisor	Tina Johansson
Boom Operator	Kjell Nicklasson
Re-recording Mixer	Sven Fahlén

Lars Ekborg	Arthur Bauer, f d revolutionsledare
Adriana Asti	Francesca, hans hustru
Gösta Ekman	Tomas, Bauers sekreterare
Agneta Ekmanner	Ingrid, Tomas hustru
Britta Brunius	Fru Grundberg
Stig Engström	Lars
Gunnar "Knas" Lindkvist	En man på kafé

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

Tomas and Ingrid, two young left-wing radicals, live in a relationship that has cooled off. One day Tomas applies for a job with a middle-aged exiled revolutionary, Dr. Bauer. The doctor is busy putting together an account of his life, and he employs Tomas to sort out his correspondence and diary notes. Both Bauer and his wife Francesca seem to be suffering from unspecific, unexpressed illnesses. Bauer demands that Tomas moves in to keep Francesca company. Jealousy breaks out in various directions, and they all clash.

Thriller, drama, political-erotic film – it is not easy to put Duet for Cannibals into any one genre. Sweden was where the American author, critic, director and debater Susan Sontag made her first film. The film company Sandrew, which co-produced several French New Wave directors, including Jean-Luc Godard and Agnès Varda, contacted Sontag. Sandrew ended up producing two films by Sontag: Duet for Cannibals and Brother Carl. Both have been digitally restored by the Swedish Film Institute, with English subtitles.

Censorship number	107986
Date	1969-04-28
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2900 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 530, 525, 520, 525, 480, 320.

Aspect ratio	2.35:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2900 meter
Length in minutes	106 min
Reels	6 reels

Inspelad i privat villa på Månvägen, Lidingö.

1968-10-06

1968-11-15

Release in Sweden	1969-09-24	Grand	Stockholm		106 min
First showing	1969-09-24	Grand	Stockholm		106 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2008-09-16
Festival showing	2015-03-02	Victoria	Stockholm	Sweden	105 min	Tempo dokumentärfilmfestival 2015. Fokus Susan Sontag.
Cinematheque screening	2015-03-02	Victoria	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2015-03-02
	2015-04-04
	2015-04-11

Original title	Musik i urval (kontakta redaktionen för detaljer om enskilda filmer)

The Swedish Film Institute's Quality Grant	Stockholm	1970			(bidrag om 113 720,69 kr)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2858

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2877

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2859

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Original picture negative
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2900

Element type	Sound negative
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2900

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	Susan Sontag DUETT FÖR KANNIBALER
Tryckeri	Tryckeri AB Småland

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Duo för kannibaler. Susan Sontag. Augusti - oktober 1968
Extent	125 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Duet for cannibals. 87-12-14.
Extent	25 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Duett för kannibaler. Trailer. Duet for cannibals.
Extent	1 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Dialoglista. Duett för kannibaler.
Extent	38 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	36 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Dialoglista. Duett för kannibaler. Produktion 334.
Extent	24 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Duet for cannibals. Susan Sontag.
Extent	9 si.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Black and white print	SET
Behind the scenes prints	1
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Aspect ratio	2.35:1
Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Black and white
Frames per second	24
Length in minutes	106 min
Dialogue	Swedish

Carrier type	WAV

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
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