Kim Novak Never Swam in the Lake of Genesaret (2005)

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Original title	Kim Novak badade aldrig i Genesarets sjö
Swedish release title	Kim Novak badade aldrig i Genesarets sjö
International title	Kim Novak Never Swam in the Lake of Genesaret

Director	Martin Asphaug
Screenplay	Martin Asphaug Håkan Nesser
Producer	Waldemar Bergendahl
Production Manager	Jessica Balac Karolina Heimburg
Director of Photography	Philip Øgaard
Music	Stefan Nilsson
Production Designer	Eva Norén
Film Editor	Jan-Olof Svarvar
Production Mixer	Dan Widegren Arttu Kontkanen
Assistant Director	James Velasquez (FAD) Tomas Svensson (as Thomas Svensson) (SAD)
Stunt Coordinator	Kimmo Rajala
Script Supervisor	Lillie Aleksandrov
Special Effects	Mattias Rantatalo Daniel Högberg Urban Jonsson (regn)
Co-producer	Guttorm Petterson Helge Astrup
Executive Producer	Kerstin Bonnier Johan Mardell
Production Coordinator	Nomi Szpiro
Unit Manager	Maria Eriksson
Craft service	Sara Eriksson (runner)
Casting	Maggie Widstrand Sanna Lenken (as Susanna Lenken) (Trollhättan)
Extras Casting	Sanna Lenken (as Susanna Lenken)
Production Accountant	Kerstin Vikman Inger Westin
Casting Assistant	Sofia Odebäck Therese Rydnemalm
Unit Publicist	Kerstin Lofjärd
Marketing	Åsa Norberg
Film Commissioner	Per Nielsen (Svenska Filminstitutet)
Post Production Supervisor	Peter Bengtsson
First Assistant Cameraman	Ingeborg Klyve
Second Assistant Cameraman	Johan Bjerke Erik Persson
Still Photographer	Alexandra Aristarhova
Special Photographic Effects	Martin Högberg Dan Högberg Sabina Derneby
Steadicam Operator	Jakob Bonfils Thomas Holm Christensen (B-foto)
Underwater Photography	Eric Börjeson
Best Boy	Måns Pålheden
Key Grip	Bob Aas Carho
Grip Best Boy	Ronald Holmberg
Color Timer	Jens Sjöwall (as Jens Sjöwall-Wahlöö) Thomas Barkenäs
Scanner	Jesper Lindström (2K) Erik Andersson (2K)
On-line Editing	Jesper Lindström
Digital Effects	Håkan Blomdahl
Visual Effects	Daniel Sunwoo Andreas Hylander Torbjörn Olsson Håkan Blomdahl Markus Söderkvist Christian Sylvén Rikard Falk Aron Makkai Joseph E. McLamb Stefan Ek Tom Kluyskens
Composer	Stefan Nilsson
Music Recording Supervisor	Bernard Löhr
Musician	Stockholm Session Strings Jannika Gustavsson Niklas Andersson (klarinett) Mats Bergström (gitarr) Jan Bengtson (flöjt) Johan Nordgren (bas)
Assistant Production Designer	Barbro Selander
Carpenter	Mikael Back
Painter	Rikard Grönvall (as Richard Grönwall)
Propman	Henrik Andersson Sara Eriksson
Costume Designer	Kicki Ilander
Make-up / Hair	Jenny Fred
Construction Coordinator	Tommy Malm Frank Zandhoff
Re-recording Mixer	Bernard Löhr
Trainee	Sophia Olsson (el) Adam Hamid Norén (scenografi) Cecilia Jonsson (rekvisita) Joanna Graf (rekvisita) Liv Johannesson (rekvisita) Susanne Dahlgren (mask) Linda Johansson
Titles	Josef Norén
Other Crew	Daniel Schultz Stefan Ohlsson Anders Pettersson Jon Hammar Berny Carlsson Pelle Mellqvist Claudio Fransson Stina Liljefeldt
Governess	Camilla Johansson
Insurance	Tommy Saks

Anton Lundqvist	Erik Wassman
Jesper Adefelt	Edmund Wester
Jonas Karlsson	Henry
Johan H:son Kjellgren	Erik som vuxen
Helena af Sandeberg	Ewa Kaludis
Anders Berg	Berra Albertsson
Leif Andrée	Albin Wester
Måns Nathanaelson	Rogga Lundberg
Cecilia Nilsson	Signe Wester
Chatarina Larsson	Ellen Wassberg
Donald Högberg	Filip Wassman
Josefin Strandberg	Britt Laxman
Anders Ahlbom (as Anders A. Rosendahl)	kommissarie Lindström
Emil Johnsen	Lasse Snedtrut
Pär Luttropp	Brylle
Peter Bäckander	slöjdläraren
Peter Nilsson	Mulle
Viktor Kannisto	Balzar Lindblom
Niklas Lingström	Röv-Enok
Bo Andersson	Tok-Raffe
Jeanette René de Vreede	Eleonora Sintring
Torsten Edman	Edmund, vuxen
The Surfin' Birds
Kimmo Rajala	stunt
Lars Hjelm	stunt

Production Company	AB Svensk Filmindustri
Co-Production Company	Film i Väst AB
	SF Norge A/S
	Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Öffentlich-Rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD)
	Degeto-Film GmbH
Advance allocations	Norsk Filmfond
	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2005
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Svensk Filmindustri	2005
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	SF Home Entertainment	2006
Laboratory	FilmTeknik AB
Digital Effects	Farmland AB
Sound Editing	Posthuset AB
Sound Effects	Arclight AB
Sales	SF International Sales
Other Company	WestPost		(ljudbearbetning)

Based on Håkan Nesser's bestseller set in the 1960s. Erik is fourteen and looking forward to spending the whole vacation at the summerhouse by the lake of Genesaret. Then there is this school teacher, the wonderfully beautiful Kim Novak, whose real name is Eva. What first appears to be a gorgeous summer gradually turns into something both inevitable and terrifying...

Censorship number	141896
Date	2005-06-03
Classification	Allowed from age 7
Original length	2619 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 592, 571, 528, 513, 415.
Grounds for decision	Inslag av misshandel, gråtande slagen kvinna samt död man.

Aspect ratio	2.35:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Dolby Digital
Colour type	Colour
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2619 meter
Length in minutes	95 min

Original title	Kim Novak badade aldrig i Genesarets sjö (Novel)
Author	Håkan Nesser

	Dalsland	Sweden		2004-06-14
Vänersborg
Trollhättan
Askersund

Release in Sweden	2005-09-23	Filmstaden Heron City	Huddinge	Sweden	96 min
	2005-09-23	Falken	Jakobsberg	Sweden	96 min
	2005-09-23	Filmstaden Råsunda	Solna	Sweden	96 min
	2005-09-23	Filmstaden Kista	Stockholm	Sweden	96 min
	2005-09-23	Filmstaden Sergel	Stockholm	Sweden	96 min
	2005-09-23	Filmstaden Söder	Stockholm	Sweden	96 min
	2005-09-23	Röda Kvarn	Stockholm	Sweden	96 min
	2005-09-23	Roxy	Södertälje	Sweden	96 min
	2005-09-23	Filmstaden Camera	Täby	Sweden	96 min
DVD release	2006-02-13			Sweden
TV showing	2008-12-19	SVT1		Sweden	92 min
	2011-03-12	SVT1		Sweden
	2011-10-24	TV4		Sweden
	2018-12-04	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2018-12-06	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2018-12-21	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2018-12-22	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2018-12-25	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-01-01	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-01-03	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-01-18	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-01-19	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-01-29	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-01-31	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-02-03	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-02-11	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-02-13	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-02-18	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-02-27	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-02-28	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2022-01-12	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-02-28	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-03-04	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-03-10	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-04-07	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-04-10	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-04-13	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-06-04	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-07-08	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-08-01	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-08-05	SVT1		Sweden
	2022-08-12	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-08-20	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-09-30	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-10-31	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-11-02	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-11-04	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-11-19	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-11-20	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-11-29	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-12-14	SF Kanalen		Sweden	95 min
	2023-01-11	SF Kanalen		Sweden	95 min
	2023-02-27	SF Kanalen		Sweden	95 min
	2023-03-03	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-03-09	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-04-06	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-04-09	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-04-12	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-06-03	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-06-21	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-07-07	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-07-31	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-09-29	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-10-30	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-11-01	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-11-03	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-11-18	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-11-19	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-11-28	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-12-13	SF Kanalen		Sweden

Original title	Kim Novak badade aldrig i Genesarets sjö
Composer	Stefan Nilsson
Performed by	Stefan Nilsson

Original title	Lovewalk
Composer	Mattias Pihlgren
	Fredrik Myhrberg
Performed by	Mattias Pihlgren
	Fredrik Myhrberg

Original title	La Penetrada
Composer	Mattias Pihlgren
	Fredrik Myhrberg
Performed by	Mattias Pihlgren
	Fredrik Myhrberg

Original title	Surfin' Boogie
Composer	Mattias Pihlgren
	Fredrik Myhrberg
Performed by	Mattias Pihlgren
	Fredrik Myhrberg

Original title	Härlig är jorden
Lyrics	Bernhard Severin Ingemann	(dansk text 1850 - "Dejlig er Jorden")
	Cecilia Bååth-Holmberg	(svensk text 1884)
Musical Arrangement	Jan Yngwe

Nominated for the Guldbagge Award	Gothenburg	2006	Best Cinematography	Philip Øgaard

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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

Element type	Duplicate positive
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2619

Element type	SEPMAG
Carrier type	DTS-skiva

Element type	SEPMAG
Carrier type	DTS-skiva

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	ProRes

Element type	Picture negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Sound negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Kim Novak badade aldrig i Genesarets sjö. Svensk dialoglista.
Extent	42 s. + 8 s. för- och eftertext samt musiklista.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Kim Novak never swam in Genesaret's lake. English dialogue list.
Extent	37 s.
Language	English

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Kim Novak badade aldrig i Genesarets sjö. Ett långfilmsmanuskript av Håkan Nesser & Martin Asphaug (baserat på Håkan Nessers roman med samma namn). Version 1. 2003.
Extent	106 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Kim Novak badade aldrig i Genesarets sjö. Ett långfilmsmanuskript av Håkan Nesser & Martin Asphaug (baserat på Håkan Nessers roman med samma namn). regiversionen februari 2004.
Extent	96 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Peripheral material

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Kim Novak badade aldrig i Genesarets sjö. Ett långfilmsmanuskript av Håkan Nesser & Martin Asphaug (baserat på Håkan Nessers roman med samma namn). regiversionen februari 2004.
Extent	96 s.
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish