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Original title Vännerna
Film type Short
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
Production company
Awards
Dialogue

Plot summary

55-year-old Karen is found dead in her apartment. Months have gone by and no one has missed her. Estate administrators Annika and Samir are brought in to find any family she may have, and we...

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Titles

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International title

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Project Coordinator
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Executive Producer
Casting
Film Commissioner
Musician
Costume Designer
Make-up / Hair

Cast

Anna Bjelkerud Annika/Moa
Alexander Salzberger Samir
Mats Blomgren Manfred
Robin Keller Conny
Eva Melander Ewa
Marita Johnson Karen
Erik Bolin brevbärare
Sigvald Freylander polis
Isaac Inger polis
Christina Ekström patolog
Therese Drewsen patolog
Marie Salomaa patolog
Leif Eriksson begravningsentreprenör
Ivar Grahn begravningsassistent
Birgitta Wensheim organist
Lena Nygårds anställd
Eva Ahlström gravsättare
Sebastian Söderberg maskinist
Classe Magnusson maskinist

Companies

Production Company Bob Film Sweden AB
Copyright Bob Film Sweden AB
Sveriges Television AB
Co-Production Company Sveriges Television AB
Advance allocations Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet

Plot summary

55-year-old Karen is found dead in her apartment. Months have gone by and no one has missed her. Estate administrators Annika and Samir are brought in to find any family she may have, and we follow Karen on her final journey.

Technical specifications

Length in minutes 28 min


Release dates

TV showing 2014-01-25 SVT1 Sweden
Festival showing 2014-01-25 Stora Teatern Gothenburg Sweden 28 min 37:e Göteborg International Film Festival 2014. Novellfilmsmaraton.
2014-01-31 Haga 1 Gothenburg Sweden 28 min 37:e Göteborg International Film Festival 2014. Novellfilm 2.
TV showing 2014-07-09 SVT2 Sweden 29 min

Soundtrack listing

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


Awards

Short Feature Film Prize Gothenburg 2014 (Stora Novellfilmspriset vid Göteborg International Film Festival)
Svensk novellfilm 13 (2014) contains Solitude (2014)

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

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Carrier type DCP


Element type Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type MAP


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Carrier type ProRes


Holdings Posters

Size About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Inspelningsmanus
Script title Vännerna. Slutversion 2013-04-27. Av Christian Augrell. Efter en idé av Beata Gårdeler.
Extent 31 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Dialoglista
Script title Dialoglista. Novellfilmen Vännerna.
Extent 4 s. + för- och eftertext samt musiklista.
Language Swedish


Script type Dialoglista
Script title Solitude
Extent 9 s.
Language English



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