Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton (1975)

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Original title	Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton
Swedish release title	Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton
Alternative title	Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton
English title Swedish Film	A Christmas Tale

Director	Per Åhlin
Screenplay	Tage Danielsson
Music	Gunnar Svensson
Production Mixer	Karl Rasmussen
Animation	Per Åhlin Kjeld Simonsen HansÅke Gabrielsson (as Hans Åke Gabrielsson)
Musician	Gunnar Svensson Arne Domnérus Sture Åkerberg
Sound Editor	Marjan Kramarsic
Re-recording Mixer	Bengt Törnkrantz
Painter	Saskia Ackema Jim Bankhead Doreen Korder Tony Pahlborn Gullmaj Persson Regina Prokners Birgit Stridh Christina Svensson Inger Torstensdotter Marie Torstensdotter
Animation Camera	Per Svensson

-	Röster:
Tage Danielsson	berättaren
Per Andrén	Karl-Bertil Jonsson
Toivo Pawlo	Tyko Jonsson, Karl-Bertils stränge fader
Marianne Stjernqvist	Karl-Bertils ömma moder
Åke Fridell	byrådirektör H.K. Bergdahl
Catrin Westerlund	fru Bergdahl

Production Company	Pennfilm Studio AB
Co-Production Company	AB Svenska Ord
	Sveriges Radio AB
Distributor outside of Sweden	Bombafilm		(Polen)
	Vertigo Media		(Ungern)

14-year-old Karl-Bertil lives with his rich parents. One day, as he considers the poor people in his town, he decides to do something about it. Inspired by Robin Hood, Karl-Bertil will take from the rich and give to less fortunate. At his job in the post office he puts aside Christmas packages meant for the well-off. On Christmas Eve he dresses up as Santa Claus and heads for the slum to give away Christmas presents to the poor.

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Colour
Length in minutes	23 min

Original title	Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton (Tale)
Author	Tage Danielsson

TV showing	1975-12-24	TV1		Sweden	23 min
Cinematheque screening	1979-11-23			Sweden
TV showing	2010-12-24	SVT1		Sweden
	2011-12-24	SVT1		Sweden
	2012-12-24	TV1		Sweden
	2013-12-24	SVT1		Sweden
	2014-12-24	SVT1		Sweden
	2015-12-24	SVT1		Sweden
	2016-12-24	SVT1		Sweden
	2017-12-24	SVT1		Sweden
	2018-12-24	SVT1		Sweden
	2019-12-24	SVT1		Sweden
	2020-12-24	SVT1		Sweden
	2022-12-24	SVT1		Sweden	25 min
	2023-12-24	SVT1		Sweden

Lilla helgonet (1944)

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Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton (1975)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Color reversal intermediate
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Original picture negative
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Sound negative
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Sound negative
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Final mix
Carrier type	16 mm

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton
Extent	25

Type	Program/Reklamtryck