From the Life of the Marionettes (1980)

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Original title	Aus dem Leben der Marionetten
Swedish release title	Ur marionetternas liv
International title	From the Life of the Marionettes
Distribution title	Fra marionettenes liv (Norge) De la vida de las marionetas (Spanien) De la vie des marionettes (Frankrike) Z życia marionetek (Polen) Ze života loutek (Tjeckoslovakien)
Title for Swedish DVD release	Ur marionetternas liv

Director	Ingmar Bergman
Screenplay	Ingmar Bergman
Producer	Horst Wendlandt Ingmar Bergman
Production Manager	Paulette Hufnagel Irmgard Kelpinski
Director of Photography	Sven Nykvist
Music	Rolf A. Wilhelm
Production Designer	Herbert Strabel Rolf Zehetbauer
Film Editor	Petra von Oelffen Geri Ashur (ej krediterad)
Production Mixer	Peter Beil
Assistant Director	Trudy von Trotha Johannes Kaetzler
Unit Manager	Michael Juncker Franz Achter
Production Accountant	Heidi Huber
Production Secretary	Helma Flachsmeier
Unit Publicist	Joe Hembus
Still Photographer	Arne Carlsson
Assistant Cameraman	Lars Karlsson Karl-Heinz Hofmann
Color Timer	Rudolf Iblherr
Set Decorator	Rolf Zehetbauer
Propman	Harry Freude Barbara Freude (as Barbara Freude-Schnaase)
Costume Designer	Charlotte Flemming Anton Eder
Make-up / Hair	Mathilde Basedow
Sound Assistant	Norbert Lill Paulette Rubinstein
Re-recording Mixer	Milan Bor
Translated by	Hans-Joachim Maass (tyska)

Robert Atzorn	Peter Egermann, affärsman
Christine Buchegger	Katarina Egermann, hans fru, modedirektris
Martin Benrath	Mogens Jensen, professor i psykiatri
Rita Russek	Katarina "Ka" Krafft, prostituerad
Lola Müthel	Cordelia Egermann, Peters mor, f.d. skådespelerska
Walter Schmidinger	Tim, egentligen Tomas Isidor Mandelbaum, Katarina Egermanns kollega
Heinz Bennent	Arthur Brenner
Ruth Olafs	sköterskan
Karl-Heinz Pelser	förhörsledaren
Gaby Dohm	Frau Anders, Peters sekreterare
Toni Berger	dörrvakten på porrklubben
Erwin Faber
Doris Jensen

Production Company	Bayerische Staatsschauspiel
	Personafilm GmbH
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Sandrew Film & Teater AB	1981
	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1994
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2017
Distributor in Sweden (Home Video)	Esselte Video AB	1982
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	SF Home Entertainment	2005
Costume Designer	Heinz A. Schulze-Varell-Couture		(modeshow)

The outwardly stable and well adjusted businessman Peter Egermann suffers from depression, feelings of sexual inadequacy and barely suppressed rage toward his wife Katarina. This eventually leads to the brutal rape and murder of a prostitute. In the aftermath of the crime, Peter and Katarina’s psychiatrist and others attempt to explain its roots.

Censorship number	121742
Date	1980-10-14
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2840 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 475, 320, 430, 475, 465, 560, 115.

Aspect ratio	2.35:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Black and white + colour
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2834 meter

		West Germany		1980	1980
Bavaria-Filmstudios	Geiselgasteig, München

Other showing	1980-10-08		Paris	France
First showing	1980-11-07			West Germany	104 min
Release in Sweden	1981-01-24	Sandrew	Gothenburg	Sweden	104 min
	1981-01-24	Sandrew	Linköping	Sweden	104 min
	1981-01-24	Sandrew	Malmö	Sweden	104 min
	1981-01-24	Grand	Stockholm	Sweden	104 min
	1981-01-24	Sandrew	Uppsala	Sweden	104 min
TV showing	1984-01-28	TV1		Sweden	99 min
DVD release	2005-09-21			Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2007-10-07
Other showing	2018-02-01	Janus Films	New York	USA
FIAF showing	2018-02-16	British Film Institute	London	United Kingdom
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-07-01	Filmfest München	Munich	Germany
	2018-07-13	Babylon	Berlin	Germany
	2018-08-23	Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival	Taipei	Taiwan
TV showing	2018-08-24	SVT2		Sweden
FIAF showing	2018-09-19	Det Danske Filminstitut	Copenhagen	Denmark
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-09-20	Metropolis	Hamburg	Germany
FIAF showing	2018-10-01	Jerusalem Cinematheque	Jerusalem	Israel
	2018-10-05	Cinema Orion	Helsinki	Finland
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-10-19	CineStar Lübeck - Stadthalle	Lûbeck	Germany
	2018-11-05	Cinemania Fest/LumieRE Pl Sofia		Bulgaria
	2018-11-05	Cinemania Fest/Odeon	Sofia	Bulgaria
	2018-11-05	Cinemania Fest/Cinema House	Sofia	Bulgaria
FIAF showing	2018-12-01	La Cinemathèque québécoise	Montreal	Canada
Cinematheque screening	2018-12-05	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2018-12-05
TV showing	2022-02-06	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-06-07	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-06-16	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-10-23	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-11-08	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-12-16	SF Kanalen		Sweden	103 min
	2023-02-05	SF Kanalen		Sweden	103 min
	2023-03-17	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-06-06	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-06-15	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-10-22	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-11-07	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-12-15	SF Kanalen		Sweden

Original title	Touch Me, Take Me
Singer	Rita Wright

Dear Director (2015)

From the Life of the Marionettes (1980)

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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Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2835

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Carrier type	35 mm

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Carrier type	35 mm

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Item base	Acetate
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Element type	Original picture negative
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Element type	Sound negative
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Size	About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	1

Size	About 60 x 80 cm
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Script type	Dialoglista
Language	German

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	78 s.
Language	German

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Svensk dialoglista. Ur Marionetternas liv. En film av Ingmar Bergman.
Extent	36 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Extent	128 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Extent	141 s.
Language	German

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	Swedish

Black and white print	SET
Colour prints	7
Slides	1
Album	No

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Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Black and white + colour
Dialogue	German

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	ProRes

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	MAP

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Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
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Element type	Digital audio
Carrier type	AUDIO

Element type	Digital audio
Carrier type	AUDIO

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
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Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Black and white + colour
Dialogue	German

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
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Length	2836

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm

Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Black and white + colour
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