The Mozart Brothers (1986)

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Original title	Bröderna Mozart
Swedish release title	Bröderna Mozart
International title	The Mozart Brothers
Distribution title	Brødrene Mozart (Danmark) Brødrene Mozart (Norge) Les frères Mozart (Frankrike) The Mozart Brothers (USA)
Title for Swedish Video release	Bröderna Mozart

Director	Suzanne Osten
Screenplay	Etienne Glaser Suzanne Osten Niklas Rådström
Producer	Göran Lindström
Director of Photography	Hans Welin
Music	Björn J:son Lindh
Production Designer	Roland Söderberg
Film Editor	Lars Hagström
Production Mixer	Klas Engström Jean-Frédéric Axelsson
Assistant Director	Finn Zandén
Dubbing Director	Linda Weiss (Roy Hart Theatre)
Script Supervisor	Gunilla Jakobson
Production Assistant	Gabriella Seward Ulf Nilsson Maria Håård Kerstin Odhenkrans (as Kerstin Odencrantz) Hans Rudin (Operan i Stockholm)
Unit Publicist	Monica Sparby
First Assistant Cameraman	Solveig Warner
Still Photographer	Mikael Wahlberg
Gaffer	Bengt Lundgren Börje Larsson
Key Grip	Mats Ardström
Video Operator	Ulf Nilsson (Video-Nu)
Color Timer	Leif Lindholm
Negative Cutter	Christina Jernström
Musical Arrangement	László Horváth Okko Kamu Josef Knips Philip Zandén
Orchestra	Radiosymfonikerna
Conductor	Okko Kamu
Instrumentalist	László Horváth (piano)
Music Recording Engineer	Håkan Wollgård
Painter	Frida Thofelt My Leffler
Propman	Elisabeth von Koch
Costume Designer	Eva Fänge Eva Rizell Görel Engstrand (operakostym) Lotta Melanton (operakostym)
Make-up Supervisor	Eva Fänge Eva Rizell Helena Ekenger (assistent)
Construction Coordinator	Peter Scott
Assistant Costume Designer	Maria Geber Lena Wrange-Bouic Lotta Pehrsson (operakostym) Zoë Bordén (operakostym) Lotta Ehrén (operakostym) Ellen Hedberg (operakostym) Jörgen Melanton (operakostym)
Sound Editor	Klas Engström Ulf Darin Stephan Apelgren
Re-recording Mixer	Sven Fahlén
Other Crew	Richard Pilat (sånginstudering) Christer Themptander (affisch)

Etienne Glaser	Walter, regissör
Philip Zandén	Flemming, repetitör
Henry Bronett	Fritz, scenograf
Loa Falkman	Eskil/don Juan
Agneta Ekmanner	Marian/donna Elvira		(sång: Elisabeth Erikson)
Lena T. Hansson	Ia/donna Anna		(sång: Iwa Sörenson)
Helge Skoog	Olof/don Ottavio		(sång: Gösta Zachrisson)
Grith Fjeldemose	Therés/Zerlina
Rune Zetterström	Lennart/Leporello
Niklas Ek	Georg/guvernören, donna Annas far		(sång: Rune Zetterström)
Krister St. Hill	Ulf/Mazetto
Gudrun Henricsson	Ottilia, sångpedagog
Malin Ek	Malla, växeltelefonisten
Anders Clason	teaterchefen
Amanda Ooms	Susan, medlem av videoteamet
Björn Kjellman	Håkan, medlem av videoteamet
Iwar Wiklander	teaterns tekniske chef
Lars Hansson	scenarbetare
Lars Wiik	scenarbetare
Saara Salminen	städare
M.A. Numminen	städare
Pedro Hietanen	städare
Ann Petrén	arg dam
Okko Kamu	dirigent
Ana-Yrsa Falenius	oboist
Henric Holmberg	violinist, fackrepresentant
Björn Gedda	kontrabasist
Nils Gredeby	klarinettist
Inga Sarri	klarinettist
Bo Samuelson	Hjalmar, hornist
Marian Gräns	hornist
Iwa Boman	flöjtist
Vladimir Puhony	fagottist
Lottie Ejebrant	violinist
Kristof Kovács	violinist
Inga Landgré	journalisten
Gerd Andersson	dansare
Lars Bethke	dansare
Jenny Tyllström	Walters ena dotter
Frida Hasselvall	Walters andra dotter
Gerd Hegnell	garderobiären
Berith Bohm	kördam
Elisabeth Erikson	kördam
Doris Fallquist	kördam
Gunilla Söderström	kördam
Iwa Sörenson	kördam
Roger Andersson	körherre
Lars-Gunnar Axelsson	körherre
David Matscheck	körherre
Anders Wallgren	körherre
Elisabeth Erikson	donna Elviras sångröst
Iwa Sörenson	donna Annas sångröst
Gösta Zachrisson	don Ottavios sångröst
Rune Zetterström	guvernörens sångröst
-	Ej krediterade:
Leif Matteson	journalist
Michael Falk	journalist
Henry Lundström	journalist
David Grossman	journalist
Torbjörn Wahlstedt	journalist

Production Company	Crescendo Film AB		(för)
	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
	Sveriges Television AB TV2
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1986
Distributor in Sweden (16 mm)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1986
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2015
Distributor in Sweden (Video)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1996
Distributor in Sweden (Home Video)	Sandrews Video AB	1987
Distributor in Sweden (buy video)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1996
Distributor in Sweden (Inst. Video)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1986
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	Studio S Entertainment	2015
Laboratory	AB Film-Labor

An opera company is assembled on the stage to go through a new production of Mozart's "Don Giovanni" by an up-and-coming director. This director is full of subversive ideas, violently opposed to tradition. But the cast does not share his views. The director explains he is out to breathe life into the opera. Somehow, as always in the theatre, the day dawns when understanding is reached and the opera grows into a wonderful production. Mozart triumphs over the audience. A different Mozart perhaps, but one with power and purpose.

Censorship number	125987
Date	1986-02-07
Classification	Allowed from age 7
Original length	2997 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 556-558-543-522-558-260 m.

Aspect ratio	2.35:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Dolby Stereo
Colour type	Colour
Colour system	Eastman Color
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2997 meter
Length in minutes	109 min
Reels	6 reels

		Sweden		1985-06-17	1985-08-05
Filmhuset	Stockholm		(ateljé)
Kungliga teatern	Stockholm

Release in Sweden	1986-02-21	Grand 1	Stockholm	Sweden	109 min
First showing	1986-02-21	Grand 1	Stockholm	Sweden	109 min
TV showing	1988-03-10	TV2		Sweden	105 min
Cinematheque screening	1991-02-15			Sweden
	1991-02-16			Sweden
TV showing	1992-12-28	TV2		Sweden	105 min
Video release	1996-10			Sweden	105 min
Other showing	2003-04-29
DVD release	2003-11-12			Sweden
TV showing	2006-10-09	SVT1		Sweden	105 min
Cinematheque screening	2007-02-13	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden	109 min
	2007-02-16	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden	109 min
TV showing	2008-05-26	SVT1		Sweden	105 min
Cinematheque screening	2014-02-22	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2014-02-22
DVD release	2015-05-18			Sweden		(utgiven i samlingen "det bästa av Suzanne Osten - Film, feminism och galenskap")
VOD release	2015-12-30	Filmarkivet.se		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2017-12
External cinema, Sweden	2019-01-18
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2023-04-29		Porto	Portugal
	2023-06-07		Nantes	France
	2024-03-12		London	United Kingdom

Original title	Don Giovanni
Composer	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	(1787)
Lyrics	Lorenzo Da Ponte	(italiensk text 1787)
	Carl Gustaf Nordforss	(svensk text 1813)
	Erik Lindegren	(svensk text 1961)
	Wilhelm Bauck	(svensk text 1856)

Nominated for the Guldbagge Award	Stockholm	1987	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Etienne Glaser
The Guldbagge Award	Stockholm	1987	Best Director	Suzanne Osten
Festival Award	Créteil	1987		Lena T. Hansson	(skådespelarpris för 3 roller /även i Amorosa och Ester/)
	Créteil	1987			(publikjuryns 1:a pris + 10 000 fr)
	Figueira da Foz	1987			(silverplakett i spelfilmsklassen)
Nominated for the Guldbagge Award			Best Picture

Roland Hassel (2012)

Citation included from

The Mozart Brothers (1986)

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Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	BRÖDERNA MOZART hemsk rolig vacker
Tryckeri	Borgströms
Designed by	Christer Themptander

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Operaregissören! (arbetsnamn.) Synopsis: Etienne Glaser, Suzanne Osten. Manus: Niklas Rådström.
Extent	155 s. Förord (1 s.) miljöbeskrivning (1 s.) och rollbeskrivning (4 s.) ingår.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Alla talar om publiken. En komedi i operamiljö... . Ett manusutkast: Etienne Glaser, Suzanne Osten.
Extent	85 s. Handlingsbeskrivning (1 s.) ingår.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Alla talar om Mozart. Manus: Etienne Glaser, Suzanne Osten, Niklas Rådström. "Arbetsmanus".
Extent	155 s. Förord (1 s.) miljöbeskrivning (1 s.) och rollbeskrivning (4 s.) ingår.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Bröderna Mozart. Dialoglista. En film av Suzanne Osten.
Extent	49 s. + 2 s. engelska texter.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Les frères Mozart. Sous-titres: Anna-Lena Bouchet.
Extent	37 s.
Language	French

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Bröderna Mozart. Dialoglista. En film av Suzanne Osten.
Extent	49 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Bröderna Mozart. Dialoglista. En film av Suzanne Osten.
Extent	49 s. + 1 s. trailer.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	The brothers Mozart (eng. subtitles).
Extent	41 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Les frères Mozart.
Extent	44 s.
Language	French

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	The brothers Mozart.
Extent	51 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Les frères Mozart.
Extent	57 s.
Language	French

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	The brothers Mozart.
Extent	66 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Black and white print	10
Colour prints	13
Behind the scenes prints	1
Slides	9
Digital images	No
Negatives	No
Contact sheets	No
Album	No

Type	Misc.prints
Language	Swedish

Type	Program folio
Language	Swedish

Type	Misc.prints
Language	Swedish

Type	Misc.prints
Language	Swedish

Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Colour
Length in minutes	110 min
Dialogue	Swedish

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Carrier type	WAV

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