The Comedians (1967)
Table of contents
- Basic facts
- Links and resources
- Titles
- Crew
- Cast
- Companies
- About the film
- Plot summary
- Swedish censorship / rating
- Technical specifications
- Comments
- Original work
- Production location
- Release dates
- Soundtrack listing
- Awards
- Related films
- Subjects
- Holdings Film
- Holdings Posters
- Holdings Archive materials
- Holdings Scripts
- Holdings Stills
- Holdings Promotion materials
Basic facts
| Original title | The Comedians |
|---|---|
| Film type | Feature |
| Category | Fiction |
| Director | |
| Producer | |
| Screenplay | |
| Production country |
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| Production company | |
| Classification | Allowed from age 15 |
| Dialogue |
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| Swedish release | 1968-02-22 |
Cast
Titles
| Original title |
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| Swedish release title |
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| Co-production title |
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Crew
| Director | |
|---|---|
| Screenplay | |
| Producer | |
| Director of Photography |
Cast
| Richard Burton | brown | ||
| Elizabeth Taylor | martha pineda | ||
| Alec Guinness | major jones | ||
| Peter Ustinov | ambassädör pineda | ||
| Paul Ford | mr smith | ||
| Lillian Gish | mrs smith | ||
| Georg Stanford Brown | henri philipot | ||
| Roscoe Lee Browne | petit pierre | ||
| Gloria Foster | madame philipot | ||
| James Earl Jones | dr magiot |
Companies
| Production Company | Bermuda | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| MGM | |||
| Maximilian Prods | |||
| Trianon Prods | |||
| Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) | MGM |
Swedish censorship / rating
| Censorship number | 106594 |
|---|---|
| Date | 1968-03-12 |
| Classification | Allowed from age 15 |
Technical specifications
| Aspect ratio | 2.35:1 (Panavision) |
|---|---|
| Sound type | Sound |
| Sound system | Optical mono |
| Colour type | Colour |
| Colour system | Metrocolor |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Frames per second | 24 |
| Length in minutes | 150 min |
Production location
| 1967-01 | 1967-04 | |||||
| Dahomey | Benin | (ateljé) | ||||
| Cotonou | Benin | |||||
| Nice | France |
Release dates
| First showing | USA | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release in Sweden | 1968-02-22 | Grand | Stockholm | Sweden | ||
| Cinematheque screening | 1982-03-28 | Sweden | ||||
| 1982-03-30 | Sweden | |||||
| TV showing | 1983-06-25 | TV2 | Sweden | |||
| Inställd visning | 2020-11-22 | France | FIAF-visning | |||
| 2020-11-29 | France | FIAF-visning |
Soundtrack listing
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 | |
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| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Length | 3678 |
Holdings Posters
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
|---|---|
| Quantity | 2 |
| Size | Smaller than 40 x 75 cm |
|---|---|
| Quantity | 2 |
Holdings Scripts
| Script type | Cutting continuity |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
Holdings Stills
| Black and white print | set |
|---|---|
| Colour prints | 12 |
| Behind the scenes prints | No |
| Slides | No |
| Digital images | No |
| Negatives | No |
| Contact sheets | No |
| Album | No |
Holdings Promotion materials
| Type | Program/Reklamtryck |
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