Den enfaldige mördaren (1982)

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Original title	Den enfaldige mördaren
Swedish release title	Den enfaldige mördaren
Distribution title	Yksinkertainen murhaaja (Finland) Den enfoldige morder (Danmark) The Simple-Minded Murderer (USA)

Director	Hans Alfredson
Screenplay	Hans Alfredson
Production Manager	Waldemar Bergendahl
Director of Photography	Jörgen Persson
Music	Rolf Sersam
Production Designer	Stig Boquist
Film Editor	Jan Persson
Production Mixer	Christer Furubrand Wille Peterson-Berger (as Wille Kökeritz)
Assistant Director	Niklas Rådström
Script Supervisor	Mona Haskel
Unit Manager	Ann Collenberg
First Assistant Cameraman	Rolf Lindström
Special Photographic Effects	Per-Olof Ohlsson
Propman	Daniel Alfredson Michael Hallbert
Costume Designer	Ulla-Britt Söderlund
Make-up Supervisor	Horst Stadlinger Mia Renck
Re-recording Mixer	Berndt Frithiof

Stellan Skarsgård	Sven, kallad ''Idioten''
Hans Alfredson	Höglund
Maria Johansson	Anna
Per Myrberg	Andersson
Lena-Pia Bernhardsson	fru Andersson
Tomas Alfredson	Axel
Cecilia Walton	Vera
Nils Ahlroth	Månsson
Lars Amble	Bengt
Wallis Grahn	fru Höglund
Lena Nyman	damen utan underkropp
Gösta Ekman	den nye chauffören
Else-Marie Brandt	idiotens mor
Carl-Åke Eriksson	Wallin
Carl Billquist	Flodin
Anders Granström	ingenjör Berghald
Anna-Carin Krokstäde	Märit
Björn Andrésen	ängel
Daniel Alfredson	ängel
Erik Spangenberg	ängel
Georg Årlin	landsfiskalen
Stellan Sundahl	man på nazistmöte
Bengt-Göran Svensson	man

Production Company	AB Svenska Ord
	AB Svensk Filmindustri
	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1994
	AB Svensk Filmindustri
Distributor in Sweden (16 mm)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1994
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2019
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	SF Home Entertainment	2002
Laboratory	FilmTeknik AB

Censorship number	123124
Date	1982-02-09
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2935 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 570, 585, 535, 535, 465, 245.

Aspect ratio	2.35:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Colour
Colour system	Fujicolor
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2975 meter
Length in minutes	108 min
Reels	6 reels

Original title	Idiotens berättelse (Story)
Author	Hans Alfredson

Release in Sweden	1982-02-12	Spegeln	Stockholm	Sweden	105 min
	1982-02-12	Rio	Tomelilla	Sweden	105 min
First showing	1982-02-12	Spegeln	Stockholm	Sweden	105 min
	1982-02-12	Rio	Tomelilla	Sweden	105 min
TV showing	1991-02-07	TV4		Sweden	101 min
	1991-09-04	TV4		Sweden	101 min
	1991-12-27	TV4		Sweden	101 min
	1995-12-01	Kanal 1		Sweden	101 min
	2000-04-16	SVT1		Sweden	101 min
	2001-10-31	SVT1		Sweden	101 min
DVD release	2002-11-18			Sweden
TV showing	2004-04-03	SVT1		Sweden	101 min
	2006-09-09	SVT1		Sweden	101 min
	2011-01-07	SVT1		Sweden
	2011-12-27	SVT1		Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2013-01-21
Cinematheque screening	2017-05-09	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2017-05-09
TV showing	2017-09-16	SVT1		Sweden
	2018-09-08	SVT1		Sweden
	2019-01-18	SVT2		Sweden
Festival showing	2020-01-25	Draken	Gothenburg	Sweden		Göteborg Filmfestival 2020
TV showing	2022-01-08	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-01-26	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-03-20	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-03-23	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-04-03	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-05-05	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-05-17	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-06-27	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-06-30	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-07-05	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-09-08	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-09-18	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-09-23	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-10-12	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-10-28	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-11-24	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-12-12	SF Kanalen		Sweden	102 min
	2022-12-30	SF Kanalen		Sweden	102 min
	2023-01-07	SF Kanalen		Sweden	102 min
	2023-01-25	SF Kanalen		Sweden	102 min
	2023-03-19	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-03-22	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-04-02	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-05-04	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-05-16	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-06-26	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-06-29	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-07-04	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-09-07	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-09-17	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-09-22	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-10-11	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-11-23	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-12-11	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-12-29	SF Kanalen		Sweden

Original title	Glühwürmchen-Idyll
Composer	Paul Lincke	(1902)
Lyrics	Heinz Bolten-Baeckers	(1902)
	Lilla Cayley Robinson	(engelsk text 1907)

Original title	Strange Blues
Composer	Irving Mills
	Wingy Manone

Original title	Arholmavalsen
Composer	Albin Carlsson	(1909)
Lyrics	H. S-s	(1909)

Original title	Bel ami
Composer	Theo Mackeben	(1939)
Lyrics	Karl-Ewert	(svensk text 1939)
	Hans Fritz Beckmann	(tysk text 1939)

Original title	Rekviem. Dies irae
Composer	Giuseppe Verdi	(1869)

Original title	Löjtnanter borde aldrig finnas till
Lyrics	Hans Alfredson	(specialtext)
	Elias Sehlstedt
Musical Arrangement	Elias Sehlstedt	(efter folkmelodi)

Original title	Ich bin die Lili aus Bajanka

Bodil (Denmark)	Copenhagen	1983			(bästa europeiska film)
Comité Int'l pur la Diff. des Arts par le Cinéma	Berlin	1982			(medalj)
Office Catholique Internationale du Cinéma	Berlin	1982			(diplom)
Festival Award	Chicago	1982		Hans Alfredson	(silverplakett för regi)
	Chicago	1982		Jörgen Persson	(bästa foto; silverplakett)
Silberner Bär	Berlin	1982		Stellan Skarsgård	(bästa skådespelare, tillsammans med Michel Piccoli)
The Guldbagge Award	Stockholm	1982	Best Director	Hans Alfredson	(bästa regi)
	Stockholm	1982	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Stellan Skarsgård	(bästa skådespelare)
	Stockholm	1982	Best Picture		(Svenska Filminstitutets kvalitetsbidrag om 782 148 kr)

Minns ni? (1993)	Citation included from	Den enfaldige mördaren (1982)
Det naturliga ljuset (2010)	Citation included from	Den enfaldige mördaren (1982)

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

Element type	Print
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2920

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2926

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2975

Element type	Original picture negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Sound negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Intermediate audio recording
Carrier type	17.5 mm

Element type	Intermediate audio recording
Carrier type	17.5 mm

Element type	Printmaster
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Intermediate audio recording
Carrier type	17.5 mm

Element type	Intermediate audio recording
Carrier type	17.5 mm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	The simple-minded murderer.
Extent	22 s.
Language	English

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Den enfaldige mördaren. Efter Idiotens berättelser ur "En ond man" av Hans Alfredson.
Extent	64 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	Swedish

Black and white print	13
Colour prints	SET
Behind the scenes prints	1
Slides	9
Album	Yes

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Danish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Danish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	English

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	English

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	English

Aspect ratio	2.35:1
Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Colour
Frames per second	24
Length in minutes	107 min
Dialogue	Swedish

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
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