A Decent Life (1979)

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Original title	Ett anständigt liv
Swedish release title	Ett anständigt liv
International title	A Decent Life
Distribution title	Et anstændigt liv (Danmark) Huumeinen elämä (Finland) Een fatsenlijk leven (Holland) A Decent Life (Storbritannien) A Respectable Life (USA)
Title for Swedish Video release	Ett anständigt liv

Director	Stefan Jarl
Screenplay	Stefan Jarl
Producer	Stefan Jarl
Director of Photography	Per Källberg
Music	Ulf Dageby (originalmusik)
Film Editor	Anette Lykke Lundberg Jan Persson Pelle "Badis" Andersson
Production Mixer	Stefan Jarl
First Assistant Cameraman	Staffan Lindqvist Jan Lindqvist Roland Lundin
Still Photographer	Johanna Hald
Music Recording Engineer	Sven-Erik Edvardsson Per Carleson Johannes Leyman Stefan Jarl (musiktekniker) Pelle "Badis" Andersson (musiktekniker)
Sound Editor	Per Carleson Christer Furubrand (assistent)
Re-recording Mixer	Per Carleson Berndt Frithiof
Other Crew	Johannes Leyman (musikmixning och slutredigering) Sven Olof Heed (assistent) Hasse Nordelius (assistent)
Narrator	Stefan Jarl Lis Nilheim (röst) Björn Granath (röst)

Kenneth "Kenta" Gustafsson
Eva Blondin	Kentas flickvän
Patric Gustafsson	Kentas son, 8 år
Majken Gustafsson	Kentas mor
Gustav "Stoffe" Svensson
Lena Löfgren	Stoffes flickvän
Jan Löfgren	Stoffe och Lenas son
Sven-Åke "Skåning" Dyhlén
Elisabeth "Bettan" Backe
Jan "Jajje" Klingryd
Kenneth "Kenta" Bergqvist
Bo "Bosse" Landegren
Erik "Jerka" Rosén
Helena Höglund

Production Company	Jarl & Lindqvist Filmproduktion
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Folkets Bio AB
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Folkets Bio AB	2016
Distributor in Sweden (Video)	Föreningen Filmcentrum	1995
Distributor in Sweden (buy video)	Stefan Jarl Filmproduktion AB	1995
Laboratory	FilmTeknik AB

Censorship number	120052
Date	1979-03-23
Classification	Allowed from age 11
Original length	2795 meters

Aspect ratio	2.35:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Colour
Colour system	Eastman Color
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2795 meter
Length in minutes	102 min
Reels	5 reels
Dialogue	Swedish

		Sweden	(85 inspelningsdagar)	1976-10-05	1979-01-09
Centrum	Stockholm
	Hässelby
	Jakobsberg
	Midsommarkransen
	Gubbängen
	Vällingby
	Blackeberg
	Lövsta
	Skellefteå
	Kälarne
	Hinseberg

Release in Sweden	1979-03-26	Cosmorama	Gothenburg		102 min
	1979-03-26	Fontänen	Stockholm		102 min
	1979-03-26	Sture	Stockholm		102 min
First showing	1979-03-26	Cosmorama	Gothenburg		102 min
	1979-03-26	Fontänen	Stockholm		102 min
	1979-03-26	Sture	Stockholm		102 min
Video release	1995-05			Sweden	98 min
Festival showing	2003-09-21	Marx	Umeå	Sweden	102 min

Original title	Att sitta inne ett tag
By	Kenneth "Kenta" Gustafsson
	Eva Blondin
Instrumentalist	Kenneth "Kenta" Gustafsson	(gitarr)

Original title	Framtiden bryr jag mig inte om
By	Gustav "Stoffe" Svensson	(musik och text)
Singer	Gustav "Stoffe" Svensson
Instrumentalist	Gustav "Stoffe" Svensson	(gitarr)

Original title	Centan - Köp hela livet
By	Ulf Dageby	(musik och text)
Singer	Ulf Dageby
Instrumentalist	Ulf Dageby	(elgitarr)
	Lars-Eric Brossner	(klaviatur)
	Nikke Ström	(bas)
	Per Melin	(trummor)

Original title	Leave Me Be
Composer	Chris White	(musik och text)
Lyrics	Chris White
Singer	Gustav "Stoffe" Svensson
Instrumentalist	Kenneth "Kenta" Gustafsson	(gitarr)

Original title	Heroinet, är du min älskling
Composer	Ulf Dageby
Lyrics	Bernt Staf
Singer	Göran Ekstrand
Instrumentalist	Ulf Dageby	(elgitarr)
	Lars-Eric Brossner	(klaviatur)
	Nikke Ström	(bas)
	Per Melin	(trummor)

Original title	Horsefixen
Composer	Ulf Dageby
Instrumentalist	Ulf Dageby	(elpiano)

Original title	Streetan
Composer	Ulf Dageby
Instrumentalist	Ulf Dageby	(elgitarr)
	Lars-Eric Brossner	(klaviatur)

Original title	Gnistrande snö
By	Ulf Dageby	(musik och text)
Instrumentalist	Ulf Dageby	(elgitarr)
	Lars-Eric Brossner	(klaviatur)
	Nikke Ström	(bas)
	Per Melin	(trummor)

Festival Award	Chicago	1980			(silverplakett)
Award of the Swedish Association of Film Critics	Stockholm	1979			(årets film)
The Guldbagge Award	Stockholm	1979	Best Picture		(Svenska Filminstitutets kvalitetsbidrag om 720 877 kr)
	Stockholm	1979	Best Director	Stefan Jarl

They Call Us Misfits (1968)	Cited in	A Decent Life (1979)
Hjärtat brinner (1967)	Cited in	A Decent Life (1979)
Det sociala arvet : Den avslutande delen i en trilogi (1993)		A Decent Life (1979)

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Element type	Print
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2782

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2789

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Duplicate negative
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2795

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2795

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2795

Element type	Sound negative
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2795

Element type	Sound negative
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Final mix
Carrier type	17.5 mm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	ETT ANSTÄNDIGT LIV Del 2 i en trilogi, där "Dom kallar oss mods" utgör del 1
Tryckeri	Uddeholms Offset
Designed by	Design 2001

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	När fick en svensk film ett sådant mottagande sist? ETT ANSTÄNDIGT LIV Publiksuccé Pressuccé
Tryckeri	Uddeholms Offset

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	ETT ANSTÄNDIGT LIV
Tryckeri	Uddeholms Offset
Designed by	Design 2001

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	"dialogue"
Extent	38 s.

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	En film av Stefan Jarl
Extent	82 s. Produktionsuppgifter (1 s.) ingår.
Language	Swedish

Black and white print	7
Colour prints	14
Behind the scenes prints	2
Slides	4
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	English

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Danish

Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Colour
Carrier type	DCP
Length in minutes	102 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