Mamma (1982)

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Read more about this film in our article "Filmen, mamman och demonerna" (in Swedish)

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Original title	Mamma
Swedish release title	Mamma
Distribution title	Mamma (Danmark)
Title for Swedish Video release	Mamma
Working title	Gerd Pavane - en kvinna som jag Vårt liv är nu

Director	Suzanne Osten
Screenplay	Tove Ellefsen Suzanne Osten (byggt på Gerd Ostens dagbok 1939-1944)
Producer	Bert Sundberg Lasse Lundberg (efterproducent)
Director of Photography	Hans Welin
Music	Gunnar Edander
Production Designer	Anders Barréus
Film Editor	Hans Welin
Production Mixer	Olle Unnerstad
Assistant Director	Gustav Wiklund
Script Supervisor	Marianne Wallin
Unit Manager	Lasse Petterson
Assistant Unit Manager	Annette Sundt (Frankrike)
First Assistant Cameraman	Solveig Warner
Gaffer	Åke Brandhild
Key Grip	Gunnar Lehto
Color Timer	Hans Rinning
Negative Cutter	Karin Giernoth (as Karin Sundström)
Carpenter	Åke Bengtsson
Propman	Kim Åström
Costume Designer	Birthe Barréus (as Birthe Stridbeck)
Make-up Supervisor	Christoffer Dogertz
Sound Editor	Lennart Dunér
Re-recording Mixer	Bengt Löthner

Malin Ek	Gerd Ekbom, signaturen Pavane
Etienne Glaser	David, hennes man, målare
Serge Giambernardini	Pierre, fransk soldat
Heinz Hoenig (as Heinz Hönig)	Toni, tysk flykting, senare Gerds make
Moa Stridbeck	Nelly, Gerds och Davids dotter
Philip Zandén	Arne
Hans V. Engström	Jan
Anne-Lise Gabold	Ilse
Iwa Boman	Barbro
Inga Landgré	portvakten
Helge Skoog	Bosse, filmregissör
Bertil Norström	filmregissör
Gösta Krantz	filmmogul
Lars Forssell	filmmogul
Carl-Olof Gierow	filmmogul
Lena T. Hansson	flickan med geten
Lottie Ejebrant	expediten i syateljén
Wallis Grahn	biografvaktmästaren
Lars Wiik	arg ung man i biosalongen
Birgit Cullberg	Gerd som gammal
Ian Magilton-Clark	sjöman på gata i Paris
David Goldsworthy	sjömän på gata i Paris
Derek Rosenberg	den franske brevbäraren
Coco Samuels	tysk flykting
Marita Gunther	tysk flykting
Serge Valletti	skådespelaren Jean-Louis Barrault
Paul Burian	Bertold Brecht
Ana-Yrsa Falenius	Rut Berlau, den mörka kvinnan hos Brecht
Ida Lotta Backman	Margareta Steffin, Brechts sekreterare
Leif Sundberg	doktor Müller, svensk
Alf Mork	norsk flykting
Vladimir Puhony	flykting
Inge Wærn	fru Nowak, tysk flykting
László Horváth	pianospelaren
Tove Ellefsen	flykting
Gertrud Gidlund	flykting
Pia Bæckström	flykting
Iris Scaccheri	dansösen
Claes Hartelius	vakt på Långholmen
Dörthe Sporrong	den tyska legationssekreteraren
Kerstin Eriksson	armélotta vid tåget

Production Company	MovieMakers Sweden AB		(för)
	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1994
	AB Europa Film	1982
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2015
Distributor in Sweden (Video)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1998
Distributor in Sweden (buy video)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1998
Distributor in Sweden (Inst. Video)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1994
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	Studio S Entertainment	2015
Laboratory	AB Film-Labor

Censorship number	123613
Date	1982-09-17
Classification	Allowed from age 11
Original length	2505 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 540-550-545-590-280 m.

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	2505 meter
Length in minutes	92 min
Reels	5 reels
Dialogue	Swedish

Sweden

1981-07-06

1981-08-31

Release in Sweden	1982-09-22	Lilla Kvarn	Stockholm	Sweden	91 min
First showing	1982-09-22	Lilla Kvarn	Stockholm	Sweden	91 min
TV showing	1985-09-02	TV2		Sweden	87 min
	1992-12-21	TV2		Sweden	87 min
Video release	1998-04			Sweden	87 min
TV showing	2006-10-02	SVT1		Sweden	87 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2012-11-18
	2013-03-30
	2013-04-20
Cinematheque screening	2015-05-12	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
DVD release	2015-05-18			Sweden		(utgiven i samlingen "det bästa av Suzanne Osten - Film, feminism och galenskap")
Cinematheque screening	2016-04-17	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
VOD release	2023-01-20	SVT Play		Sweden		Antal dagar på SVT Play 30

Original title	Med dej i mina armar
Composer	Kai Gullmar	(1940)
Lyrics	Hasse Ekman	(1940)

Original title	Strange Fruit
Composer	Lewis Allan	(1938)
Lyrics	Lewis Allan	(1938)

Original title	Swing, Brother, Swing
Composer	Clarence Williams	(1935)
	Lewis Raymond	(1935)
	Walter Bishop	(1935)
Lyrics	Clarence Williams	(1935)
	Lewis Raymond	(1935)
	Walter Bishop	(1935)

Original title	Tight Like This
Composer	Langston Curl	(1928)

Festival Award	Chicago	1983			(silverplakett)
The Guldbagge Award	Stockholm	1983	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Malin Ek
The Swedish Film Institute's Quality Grant	Stockholm	1983			(bidrag om 781 214,50 kr)

Le quai des brumes (1938)	Cited in	Mamma (1982)
Daybreak (1939)	Cited in	Mamma (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
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2225

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2493

Element type	Color reversal intermediate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2505

Element type	Duplicate positive for optical printing
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Duplicate positive for optical printing
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Original picture negative
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Sound negative
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2505

Element type	Final mix
Carrier type	17.5 mm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	1

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Slutmanus Mamma. 82-04-20.
Extent	43 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Mama. 82-04-23.
Extent	47 s.
Language	English

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Pavane - en kvinna som jag. Filmmanus av Tove Ellefsen och Suzanne Osten.
Extent	151 s. Förord (1 s.) ingår.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Mamma - version 1. (En kvinna som jag). En spelfilm av Tove Ellefsen och Suzanne Osten. Oktober 1979.
Extent	162 s. Synopsis och personförteckning (4 s.) ingår.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Pavane - en kvinna som jag. Filmmanus av Tove Ellefsen och Suzanne Osten.
Extent	155 s. Förord, interiör- och exteriörlista (5 s.) ingår.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Vårt liv är nu. Filmmanus av Tove Ellefsen och Suzanne Osten. 4:e versionen maj 1981.
Extent	181 s. Efterord (1 s.) ingår.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Our life is now. Screenplay by Tove Ellefsen and Suzanne Osten. 4th version, May 1981.
Extent	170 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	Swedish

Black and white print	10
Colour prints	SET
Behind the scenes prints	3
Slides	SET
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	English

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	English

Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Colour
Carrier type	DCP
Length in minutes	92 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