Nina's Journey (2005)

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Original title	Ninas resa
Swedish release title	Ninas resa
International title	Nina's Journey
Co-production title	Podróz Niny (Polen)

Director	Lena Einhorn
Screenplay	Lena Einhorn
Producer	Kaśka Krosny
Line Producer	Johan Mardell (SF)
Production Manager	Janusz B. Czech
Director of Photography	Dan Myhrman
Music	Sasza Maksimov Paweł Derentowicz
Production Designer	Katarzyna Boczek Elwira Pluta (biträdande scenograf)
Film Editor	Iréne Hatz
Production Mixer	Michał Żarnecki Bo Persson Jacek Nowakowski
Assistant Director	Krzysztof Łukaszewicz
Advisor	Marek Dzin (militärutrustning) Kjell Sundstedt (manuskonsultation) Frida Boëthius (manuskonsultation)
Script Supervisor	Katarzyna Trzaska
Special Effects	Artur Bartos
Associate Producer	Violetta Furmaniuk (as Violetta Furmaniuk-Zaorska)
Production Coordinator	Justyna Pawlik
Legally responsible	Kaśka Krosny
Unit Manager	Tomasz Bek
Casting	Agata Rzepka (rollsamordnare)
Production Accountant	Ewa Wróblewska (kostnadsuppföljning) Ewa Małachowska (kassör)
Unit Publicist	Anne-Helene Sommarström
Film Commissioner	Marianne Ahrne (Svenska Filminstitutet)
First Assistant Cameraman	Krzysztof Ciołkowski Lennart Pettersson (intervju)
Second Assistant Cameraman	Mirosław Krawiec
Still Photographer	Magdalena Górfińska
Gaffer	Michał Modzelewski (chefselektriker) Mateusz Kuźniak Jacek Jamrozik
Best Boy	Bogdan Modzelewski (elaggregat)
Key Grip	Paweł Dylik
Color Timer	Christer Lundgren
Lab Coordinator	Bo Svensson
On-line Editing	Jesper Svedin (SVT)
Digital Effects	Martin Nilsson (The Chimney Pot) Fredrik Höglin (The Chimney Pot)
Digital Editing	John Thorstenson (as John Thorstensson) (Arri printing - The Chimney Pot) Henric Larsson (samordning - The Chimney Pot) Lars Wengrud (samordning - SVT)
Digital Grading	Mats Holmgren (The Chimney Pot)
Musician	Kasia Sosińska Marta Zalewska
Carpenter	Tomasz "Szeryf" Kotuliński
Painter	Robert Mucha
Propman	Emil Kostecki Krzysztof Mraz
Assistant Property Master	Jacek Wiktorowski Mariusz Borowiec
Costume Designer	Angieszka Kaczyńska Marek Dzienio (uniformer)
Make-up / Hair	Iwona Trzyna Maria Stosio
Driver	Roman Strumiński (transport) Tomasz Malon (transport) Adrian Ciuch (transport)
Construction Coordinator	Witold Wajcht
Costume Assistant	Małgorzata Wodzyńska Magdalena Danilewicz
Make-up Assistant	Paulina Michalska
Caterer	Grzegorz Wodzyński
Sound Editor	Anders Hörling (dialog) Linda Forsén (dialog) Carl Edström (as Calle Edström) (effekter) Lucas Nilsson (assistent) Matti Carlson (as Matti Karlsson) (assistent) Per Sundström (samordning) Dorota Suske (polskspråkiga ljudeffekter) Grzegorz Lindeman (polskspråkiga ljudeffekter)
Foley	Ulf Olausson David Silverin
Re-recording Mixer	Christian Christensen
Graphic Design	Anna Lindkvist (The Chimney Pot)
Translation	Anders Simonsson
Trailer	Olof Gudmundson
Other Crew	Adam Warchoł (fordon) Hans-Jörgen Riis Jensen (projektutveckling - SVT) Daniel Alfredson (projektutveckling - SVT) Bengt Johansen (projektutveckling - SVT) Gunnar Carlsson (projektutveckling/genrechef - SVT) Håkan Hjalmers (teknisk support - SVT)

Nina Einhorn	berättaren
Agnieszka Grochowska	Nina Rajmic
Maria Chwalibóg	Fanny, "Fanja", Ninas mor
Andrzej Brzeski	Artur, Ninas far
Pawel Iwanicki	Rudek, Ninas bror
Iwona Sitkowska	Celinka, Ninas kusin
Małgorzata Zajączkowska	Lucyna Pelikan
Dominika Bednarczyk	Marysia
Maria Kaniewska	farmor Rosa
Marek Wojciechowski	farfar Max
Artur Chamski	Szymon
Adam Malecki	Zbyszek Pelikan
Halina Rasiakówna	fru Pola
Calvin Kryszkiewicz	Rysio
Dorota Liliental	Maryla, Rysios mor
Adam Bauman	Heniek, Rysios far
Jolanta Olszewska	Micia
Andrzej Niemirski	Jasiek
Jan Meizel	herr Jakubiak
Monika Niemczyk	fru Marta
Karol Stępkowski	fru Martas man
Anna Chitro-Bergman (as Anna Bergman)	Zofia Pelikan
Magdalena Rózczka	Teresa Goldmann
Ernestyna Winnicka	tant Syd
Henryk Rajfer	farbror Irvin

Production Company	East of West Film AB
Copyright	East of West Film AB	2005
Co-Production Company	Sveriges Television AB
	Storch & Storch AB
	AB Svensk Filmindustri
	VILM Production
Advance allocations	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2004
	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2005	(utökat förhandsstöd)
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Svensk Filmindustri	2005
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	SF Home Entertainment	2006
Laboratory	Nordisk Film Post Production AB
Digital Work and Adaptation	The Chimney Pot AB
	Sveriges Television AB
Music recorded at	Studio Papryka i Synowie
Recording Studio	Europa Post Production AB		(tramp)
	Studio Sonoria
	Ljudligan AB
Sales	Nonstop Sales AB
Other Company	sto.pp (Stockholm Postproduction AB)		(scanning och arkivmaterial)
	YIVO Institute for Jewish Research		(arkivmaterial)
	Sveriges Television AB		(arkivmaterial)
	The Library of Congress		(arkivmaterial)
	Chronos-Media GmbH		(arkivmaterial)
	Ordna Ekonomistyrning AB		(ekonomi)

The Warsaw ghetto during world war II. Nina grows up in extreme circumstances, doing most things normal in the life of a teenager, except for the fact that people in her surroundings disappear, one by one. The acted story is commented in an interview with real-life Nina Einhorn.

Censorship number	142443
Date	2005-10-13
Classification	Allowed from age 11
Original length	3441 meters
Notes	Bedömningsgrund för åldersgräns: Inslag av döda människor, hot och krigsscener. Aktlängder: 450, 542, 522, 476, 565, 529, 357.

Aspect ratio	1.85:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Dolby Digital
Colour type	Colour
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	3441 meter
Length in minutes	125 min
Reels	7 reels

Original title	Ninas resa: en överlevnadsberättelse (Biography)
Author	Lena Einhorn

Warsaw

Poland

2004-03

2004-04

Release in Sweden	2005-11-04	Filmstaden Downtown	Gothenburg	Sweden	126 min
	2005-11-04	Filmstaden	Lund	Sweden	126 min
	2005-11-04	Filmstaden Kista	Stockholm	Sweden	126 min
	2005-11-04	Rival	Stockholm	Sweden	126 min
	2005-11-04	Skandia	Stockholm	Sweden	126 min
	2005-11-04	Filmstaden	Uppsala	Sweden	126 min
DVD release	2006-04-10			Sweden
TV showing	2007-01-27	SVT2		Sweden	126 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2014-01-18
TV showing	2017-01-26	SVT2		Sweden

Original title	Nina's Journey
Composer	Sasza Maksimov
	Paweł Derentowicz
Performed by	Sasza Maksimov
	Paweł Derentowicz
	Katarzyna Sosinska
	Marta Zalewska

Original title	Eyes of Dark

Original title	Dodge and the Mills Brothers
Composer	The Mills Brothers
Performed by	The Mills Brothers

Festival Award	Atlanta	2008			(Bästa berättade långfilm/best narrative feature vid Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, USA)
	Vancouver	2007			(best international dramatic feature film, Vancouver Jewish Film Festival, Kanada)
	Palm Springs	2007			(best of fest, Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA)
	Jerusalem	2006			(Yad Vashem Award, Jerusalem, Israel)
	Hangzhou	2006		Lena Einhorn	(bästa regi/best director, Golden Rooster Film Festival, Hangzhou, Kina)
The Guldbagge Award	Gothenburg	2006	Best Picture
	Gothenburg	2006	Best Screenplay	Lena Einhorn

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	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	3428

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	3430

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	3426

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Low contrast print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	3441

Element type	Original picture negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Sound negative
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	SEPMAG
Carrier type	DTS-skiva

Size	About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity	2

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Ninas resa. En film av Lena Einhorn. Dialoglista.
Extent	72 s. + 6 s. för- och eftertext samt musiklista.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	26 s.
Language	Polska

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Nina's journey. Original title: Ninas resa. A drama documentary by Lena Einhorn. [19 December 2002].
Extent	117 s. Personlista ingår.
Language	English

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Ninas resa. En film av Lena Einhorn. Inspelningsversion på svenska.
Extent	85 s. Personlista ingår.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Ninas resa.
Extent	85 s. Personförteckning (1 s.) ingår.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Ninas resa en dramadokumentär av Lena Einhorn.
Extent	85 s. Personbeskrivningar (1 s.) ingår.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	Swedish

Black and white print	2
Colour prints	6
Behind the scenes prints	1
Slides	No
Digital images	Yes
Negatives	No
Contact sheets	No
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	English

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	English

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Aspect ratio	1.85:1
Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Colour
Frames per second	24
Length in minutes	125 min
Dialogue	Polska Swedish

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	WAV

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	DCP

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	MAP

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	ProRes

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	H264