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Original title Hästmannen
Film type Feature
Category Documentary
Average rating 3,08 / 5
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
Production company
Awards
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
Swedish release 2006-11-10

Plot summary

He lives for horses, he lives with horses, he works with horses and he just about dies when he is forced to leave his horses because of a storm that turns his life upside down. This is the...

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Swedish release title
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Title for Swedish DVD release
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Crew

Director
Screenplay
Story
Producer
Project Coordinator
Director of Photography
Music
Film Editor
Executive Producer
Film Commissioner
Color Timer
Re-recording Mixer
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Cast

Companies

Production Company Gerdehag Photography AB
Copyright Gerdehag Photography AB 2006
Co-Production Company Oy Yleisradio Ab (YLE/FST5)
Sveriges Television AB
Advance allocations Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet 2006
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Horse Creek Entertainment AB 2007
PAN Vision AB 2011
Distributor in Sweden Folkets Bio AB 2006
Thanks to Smålandsturism AB

Plot summary

He lives for horses, he lives with horses, he works with horses and he just about dies when he is forced to leave his horses because of a storm that turns his life upside down.
This is the story of Stig-Anders, a solitary man in a remote village in Småland, the ultimate hardship area for a truly old-fashioned Swedish farmer.

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 143693
Date 2006-10-27
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Notes Speltid: 82 minuter.


Technical specifications

Colour type Colour
Frames per second 24
Length in minutes 82 min
Dialogue


Production location

Råskog, Småland Sweden

Release dates

Festival showing 2006-11-10 Zita Stockholm Sweden 80 min (DVCAM, Tempo Dokumentärfestival))
Release in Sweden 2006-11-10 Zita Stockholm Sweden 82 min
2006-11-10 Elektra Västerås Sweden 82 min
2006-11-10 Panora Malmö Sweden 82 min
2006-11-10 Folkets Bio Umeå Sweden 82 min
2006-11-10 Hagabion Gothenburg Sweden 82 min
2006-11-10 Kino Lund Sweden 82 min
DVD release (rental) 2007-02-14 Sweden
DVD release 2007-02-16 Sweden
TV showing 2007-03-04 SVT2 Sweden 59 min
2007-03-08 SVT2 Sweden 59 min
2007-03-10 SVT2 Sweden 59 min
2008-07-10 SVT2 Sweden 59 min
2008-07-12 SVT2 Sweden 59 min
2011-08-24 SVT1 Sweden
DVD release 2011-12-14 Sweden (ingår i boxen Fyra fantastiska filmer av Peter Gerdehag & Tell Aulin)
TV showing 2016-01-05 SVT1 Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title Company
Composer Philip Glass (1983)


Original title Kvartett, stråkar, nr 2, "Company"
Composer Philip Glass (1983)


Original title The Lamb
Composer John Tavener (1982)


Original title Morceau, piano, op. 19. Nocturne, ciss-moll
Composer Pjotr Tjajkovskij (1873)


Original title Uti vår hage
Performed by Escapisimo


Awards

Nominated for the Guldbagge Award Stockholm 2007 Best Cinematography Peter Gerdehag

Holdings Film

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 Video tape digital
Carrier type DVCAM (PAL)
Length 84


Element type Video tape digital
Carrier type Digital Betacam (PAL)
Length 84


Element type Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type MAP


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Inspelningsmanus
Script title Hästmannen. Manus.
Extent 20 s. (2 s. eftertext ingår) + 2 s. musiklista.
Language Swedish


Script type Inspelningsmanus
Script title Hästmannen. Manus.
Extent 20 s. (2 s. eftertext ingår) + 2 s. musiklista.
Language Swedish


Other manifestations of this work

Broadcast

Technical specifications

Length in minutes 59 min
Dialogue



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