Autumn Sonata (1978)

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Original title	Herbstsonate
Swedish release title	Höstsonaten
International title	Autumn Sonata
Distribution title	Høstsonaten (Norge) Autumn Sonata (Storbritannien) Autumn Sonata (USA) Sonata de otoño (Spanien) Sonate d'autonne (Frankrike) Õszi szonáta (Ungern) Essena sonata (Bulgarien) Jesienna sonata (Polen) Podzimní sonáta (Tjeckoslovakien)
Title for Swedish Video release	Höstsonaten

Director	Ingmar Bergman
Screenplay	Ingmar Bergman
Line Producer	Ingmar Bergman (Gesamtleitung)
Production Manager	Katinka Faragó (Produktionsleitung)
Director of Photography	Sven Nykvist
Production Designer	Anna Asp (Ausstattung)
Film Editor	Sylvia Ingemarsdotter (as Sylvia Ingemarsson)
Production Mixer	Owe Svensson
Assistant Director	Peder Langenskiöld
Script Supervisor	Kerstin Eriksdotter
Unit Manager	Hans Lindgren (Aufnahmeleitung)
Production Assistant	Lena Hansson Varhegyi (as Lena Hansson)
Production Accountant	Lars-Owe Carlberg (Herstellungsleitung) Ingrid Bergman (Herstellungsleitung)
Still Photographer	Arne Carlsson
Assistant Cameraman	Lars Karlsson (Kamera-Assistenz) Carl-Gustaf Nykvist (as Charlie Nykvist) (Kamera-Assistenz)
Gaffer	Jo Banoun
Key Grip	Ragnar Waaranperä Bo Andersson Gunnar Bøvollen Jarle Hole Bjarne Kjos Ulf Pramfors
Grip Best Boy	Daniel Bergman (lärling)
Carpenter	Percy Nilsson Tom Olsson
Painter	Rolf Persson
Propman	Jon Arvesen Demetrios Glavas
Costume Designer	Inger Pehrsson Barbro Sörman (Ingrid Bergmans kläder - ej krediterad)
Make-up Supervisor	Cecilia Drott
Construction Coordinator	Per Mørk
Boom Operator	Tommy Persson
Re-recording Mixer	Owe Svensson
Other Crew	Knut Andersen Gunnar Sakshaug (foto) Ase Seim

Ingrid Bergman	Charlotte, konsertpianist
Liv Ullmann	Eva, hennes dotter
Lena Nyman	Helena, Evas yngre syster
Halvar Björk	Viktor, Evas man, präst
Arne Bang-Hansen	onkel Otto
Gunnar Björnstrand	Paul, Charlottes agent
Erland Josephson	Josef, Charlottes man
Georg Løkkeberg	Leonardo, Charlottes vän
Linn Ullmann	Eva som barn
Knut Wigert	professorn
Eva von Hanno	sjuksköterskan
Marianne Aminoff	Charlottes sekreterare
Mimi Pollak	pianolärarinnan

Production Company	ITC Film Distributors, Ltd.
	Personafilm GmbH		(för)
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Svensk Filmindustri
	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1994
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2017
Distributor in Sweden (Video)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1998
Distributor in Sweden (buy video)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1998
Laboratory	FilmTeknik AB
Other Company	Neue Constantin Film GmbH & Co. Verleih K.G.		(distributör i Västtyskland)
	Kommunernes Filmcentral A/S

A successful concert pianist is confronted by her neglected grown-up daughter.

Censorship number	119325
Date	1978-08-25
Classification	Allowed from age 11
Original length	2540 meters
Notes	Aktindelning: 495-530-420-525-570 = 2540 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	2537 meter
Length in minutes	93 min
Reels	5 reels

				1977-09-19	1977-11-08
Norsk Film A/S	Jar	Norway	(ateljé)
Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden	(ateljé)

First showing	1978-10-08	Spegeln	Stockholm	Sweden	93 min
Release in Sweden	1978-10-08	Spegeln	Stockholm	Sweden	93 min
Other showing	1978-10-19	Bambi	Wiesbaden	West Germany	93 min	(västtysk premiär)
	1978-11-08		Molde	Norway	93 min	(norsk premiär)
	1979		Warsaw	Poland
Cinematheque screening	1980-06-18			Sweden
	1980-06-22			Sweden
	1981-03-29			Sweden
	1981-03-30			Sweden
TV showing	1982-12-25	TV1		Sweden	89 min
Cinematheque screening	1990-01-16			Sweden
	1990-01-18			Sweden
	1993-01-26			Sweden
	1993-01-31			Sweden
	1994-12-07			Sweden
	1994-12-12			Sweden
	1998-04-14	Draken	Gothenburg	Sweden
Video release	1998-12			Sweden	89 min
TV showing	2000-12-17	SVT1		Sweden	89 min
Festival showing	2003-05-16
TV showing	2003-09-06	SVT2		Sweden	89 min
Cinematheque screening	2004-01-17	Bio Victor	Stockholm	Sweden	93 min
	2004-01-21	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden	93 min
	2005-01-27	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden	93 min
	2005-01-30	Bio Victor	Stockholm	Sweden	93 min
TV showing	2005-10-03	SVT1		Sweden	89 min
	2006-09-25	SVT1		Sweden	89 min
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2008-03-25
Cinematheque screening	2008-04-29	Bio Capitol	Gothenburg	Sweden
	2008-05-06	Spegeln	Malmö	Sweden
	2009-12-03	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden
	2009-12-10	Bio Victor	Stockholm	Sweden
TV showing	2011-02-14	SVT1		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2015-01-23					Egentligen skulle SI 1219/6 skickats men fel kopia gick i väg. Kollad vid retur innan den gick i väg till Glasgow.
Censurbeslut	2015-01-31
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2015-02-27					18/2-1/3.
	2015-06-06					Via konsulatet.
	2015-06-08
	2015-06-09
	2015-06-10					Via konsulatet.
External cinema, Sweden	2015-06-25
	2015-06-26
Censurbeslut	2015-08-09
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2015-09-01
Cinematheque screening	2015-09-01	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
External cinema, Sweden	2015-09-05					Hämtas Internservice Filmhuset.
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2015-09-09
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2015-10-06
	2015-10-10
Censurbeslut	2015-12-05
	2016-01-13
	2016-08-23
	2016-08-25
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2016-08-30					Skickas direkt från BFI.
	2016-08-31
TV showing	2016-12-26	SVT2		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2017-01-15
	2017-01-21					ok att skicka ut igen enligt kerstin 28/9.
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen	2017-02-28
Censurbeslut	2017-03
	2018-01-09	British Film Institute	London	United Kingdom
	2018-01-11
	2018-01-16		London
	2018-01-18		London
	2018-01-20		London
Other showing	2018-02-01	Janus Films	New York	USA
Censurbeslut	2018-02-03
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-03-05	Cinemateket	Trondheim	Norway
	2018-03-17	Bergamo Film Meeting	Bergamo	Italy
Censurbeslut	2018-04-30	La Cinemathèque québécoise	Montreal	Canada
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-06-11	Kriterion	Amsterdam	The Netherlands
Censurbeslut	2018-06-20					Liv Ullman närvarar vid visningen.
	2018-06-29
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-07-15	Babylon	Berlin	Germany
	2018-07-18		Berlin
	2018-07-20		Berlin
	2018-07-22		Berlin
	2018-07-27		Berlin
	2018-08-01		Berlin
	2018-08-03		Berlin
	2018-08-05		Berlin
	2018-08-09		Berlin
	2018-08-11		Berlin
	2018-08-15	Iso-Hannu	Rauma	Finland
	2018-08-23	Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival	Taipei	Taiwan
	2018-08-27		Taipei
	2018-09-05		Taipei
	2018-09-11		Taipei
	2018-09-13	Filmhaus Nürnberg - kommkino	Nuremberg	Germany
	2018-09-13	Films by the sea	Vlissingen	The Netherlands
	2018-09-17		Taipei
	2018-09-20	HKIFF	Hong Kong	China
Censurbeslut	2018-09-20
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-09-23		Nuremberg
	2018-09-24	LAB111	Amsterdam	The Netherlands
	2018-09-26		Amsterdam
Censurbeslut	2018-09-28	Cinema Orion	Helsinki	Finland
	2018-10-01	Jerusalem Cinematheque	Jerusalem	Israel
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-10-02		Amsterdam
Censurbeslut	2018-10-04		Jerusalem
	2018-10-07		Helsinki
	2018-10-07		Jerusalem
	2018-10-10	Cinemateket NFI	Oslo	Norway
	2018-10-10		Jerusalem
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-10-10		Amsterdam
Censurbeslut	2018-10-13		Jerusalem
	2018-10-17		Oslo
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-10-18	HKIFF	Hong Kong	China
Censurbeslut	2018-10-21
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-11-01	Panak OÜ/Artis 1	Tallinn	Estonia
	2018-11-07	Verdensteatret, Tromsø	Tromsø	Norway
TV showing	2018-11-09	SVT2		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-11-18	Black Nights Film Festival	Tallinn	Estonia
	2018-11-25	International Film Festival of Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram	India
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2018-11-28
Cinematheque screening	2018-11-28	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-12-01	International Film Festival of Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram	India
Censurbeslut	2018-12-03	Cineteca di Bologna	Bologna	Italy
	2018-12-03	Det Danske Filminstitut	Copenhagen	Denmark
	2018-12-16	Black Box	Düsseldorf	Germany
	2018-12-29		Copenhagen
	2019-02-25
	2019-03-17
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2020-02-27			Norway		DCP Unique
	2020-02-28			Norway		DCP Unique
	2020-03-01			Norway		DCP Unique
Inställd visning	2021-01-03			Denmark
	2021-02-16			Denmark
	2021-02-23			Denmark
Censurbeslut	2021-06-15			Denmark		DCP Unique
	2021-06-22			Denmark		DCP Unique
External cinema, Sweden	2021-07-03		Fårö, Gotland	Sweden
Censurbeslut	2021-07-05			Denmark		DCP Unique
TV showing	2022-01-11	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-01-26	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-02-26	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-03-02	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-04-23	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-05-06	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-05-11	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-05-17	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2022-07-09		Milan	Italy
TV showing	2022-09-01	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-09-04	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-09-06	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-09-30	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2022-10-05		Utrecht	The Netherlands
	2022-10-19		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
	2022-10-19		Maastricht	The Netherlands
TV showing	2022-11-20	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-12-19	SF Kanalen		Sweden	97 min
	2023-01-10	SF Kanalen		Sweden	97 min
	2023-01-25	SF Kanalen		Sweden	97 min
	2023-02-25	SF Kanalen		Sweden	97 min
	2023-03-01	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2023-03-14		's-Hertogenbosch	The Netherlands
TV showing	2023-04-22	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-05-05	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-05-10	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-05-16	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-09-03	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2023-09-04		Bergen	Norway
TV showing	2023-09-05	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-09-29	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Festival showing, abroad	2023-10-18		Rome	Italy
	2023-10-25		Rome	Italy
TV showing	2023-11-19	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2023-12-14		Grimstad	Norway
TV showing	2023-12-18	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-01-09	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-01-24	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-02-24	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-02-28	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Censurbeslut	2024-03-19		Jerusalem	Israel
	2024-03-22		Jerusalem	Israel
TV showing	2024-04-20	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-05-03	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-05-08	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-05-14	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2024-07-04		Haarlem	The Netherlands
	2024-07-11		Haarlem	The Netherlands
	2024-07-18		Haarlem	The Netherlands
	2024-07-25		Haarlem	The Netherlands
	2024-08-01		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
	2024-08-08		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
	2024-08-15		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
	2024-08-22		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
TV showing	2024-08-29	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2108-12-01	International Film Festival of Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram	India

Original title	Preludium, piano, op. 28. Nr 2, a-moll
Composer	Frédéric Chopin	(1838-1839)
Instrumentalist	Käbi Laretei	(dubbar Ingrid Bergmans pianospel)

Original title	Svit, nr 4, BWV 828, Ess-dur
Composer	Johann Sebastian Bach	(1731)
Instrumentalist	Claude Génetay	(ej i bild)

Original title	Sonat, blockflöjt, b.c., HWV 369, F-dur
Composer	Georg Friedrich Händel	(1725-1726)
Instrumentalist	Frans Brüggen
	Gustav Leonhardt
	Anner Bylsma

Bodil (Denmark)	Copenhagen	1979			(bästa europeiska film)
David di Donatello Award	Italy	1979		Ingrid Bergman	(roll)
	Italy	1979		Liv Ullmann	(roll)
Academy Award Nomination	Los Angeles	1978		Ingrid Bergman	(bästa kvinnliga huvudroll / Best Actress in a Leading Role)
	Los Angeles	1978		Ingmar Bergman	(Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Circle Prize	New York	1978		Ingrid Bergman	(roll)
Golden Globe	Hollywood	1978			(bästa utländska film)
National Board of Review		1978		Ingrid Bergman	(bästa skådespelerska)
		1978			(bästa utländska film)
		1978		Ingmar Bergman	(bästa regi)
National Society of Film Critics		1978		Ingrid Bergman	(roll)

Light Keeps Me Company (2000)		Autumn Sonata (1978)
Ingrid Bergman, in Her Own Words (2015)		Autumn Sonata (1978)

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
Length	2524

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2521

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2528

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2528

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2540

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Duplicate positive neutral background
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Original picture negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Sound negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	originalnegativ för OP
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Duplicate positive for optical printing
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Intermediate audio recording
Carrier type	17.5 mm

Element type	Final mix
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Duplicate negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	originalnegativ för OP
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	1

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Larger than 80 x 110 cm
Quantity	1

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	50 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	50 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	73 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Black and white print	15
Colour prints	set
Behind the scenes prints	set
Slides	9
Digital images	No
Negatives	No
Contact sheets	No
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck

Aspect ratio	2.35:1
Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Colour
Frames per second	24
Length in minutes	93 min
Reels	93
Dialogue	Swedish

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	DCP

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	WAV

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	WAV

Carrier type	MAP

Carrier type	MAP

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	ProRes

Carrier type	ProRes

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	H264