The Gladiators (1969)

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Original title	Gladiatorerna
Swedish release title	Gladiatorerna
International title	The Gladiators

Director	Peter Watkins
Screenplay	Peter Watkins Nicholas Gosling
Producer	Göran Lindgren
Production Manager	Bo Jonsson
Director of Photography	Peter Suschitzky
Music	Claes af Geijerstam (originalmusik) Gustav Mahler
Art Director	Bill Brodie (as William Brodie)
Film Editor	Lars Hagström
Production Mixer	Tage Sjöborg
Assistant Director	András Szurdi (as Andreas Szurdi)
Technical Advisor	Stig Lindberg (krigsteknisk rådgivare)
Script Supervisor	Marianne Axelsson (as Marianne Johnson)
Unit Manager	Jutta Ekman Bertil Sandgren
First Assistant Cameraman	Peter Fischer
Still Photographer	Hasse Seiden (as Hans Seiden)
Assistant Production Designer	Eva Blakstad Christer Bolling
Propman	Charles Delattre
Costume Designer	Chris Collins
Make-up Supervisor	Bengt Ottekil Ann Brodie
Boom Operator	Pierre Björklund
Re-recording Mixer	Berndt Frithiof

Arthur Pentelow	en brittisk general
Kenneth Lo	en kinesisk överste
Hans Bendrik	kapten Davidsson
Frederick Danner	en brittisk stabsofficer
Björn Franzén	en svensk överste
Pik-Sen Lim (as Lim Pik-sen)	fångad kvinnlig kinesisk soldat
Jim Z. Kennedy	B6, allierad soldat
Christer Gynge	Davidssons assistent
Jean-Pierre Delamour	B3, revolutionären
Jeremy Child	B1, gruppledaren
Erich Stering	B2, den barmhärtige soldaten
Eberhard Fehmers	B7
Terry Whitmore	B8, den svarta soldaten
Lau Tin Yum	en kinesisk stabsofficer
Hans Berger	en västtysk officer
Jean Chapou	kapten Bidet
Chandrakant Desai	en indisk officer
Stefan Dillan	en rysk officer
Rosario Giannetti	major Doubting
Chuong Nguyen Hai	en sydvietnamesisk officer
Daniel Harlé	en fransk officer
George Harris	en nigeriansk officer
Jürgen Schling	en östtysk officer
Mikael Cheuk	R1
Taras Lee	R3
Louis Cheng	R4
Eng Che Gan	R5
Sik-Yng Waung	R6
Heng Ko Lei	R7
Billy Fay	R8
Ture Rangström	Svensson, vaktkonstapel
Stig Lindberg	Rundelius, vaktmästare

Production Company	Sandrew Film & Teater AB
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Sandrew Film & Teater AB
Laboratory	FilmTeknik AB

Censorship number	108124
Date	1969-06-10
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2510 meters
Notes	Aktindelning: 585-400-435-340-500-250 = 2510 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	2510 meter
Length in minutes	92 min
Reels	6 reels

Filmstaden, Råsunda. Platstagningar på Mälsåkers slott och Broby Tegelbruk. Exteriörtagningar i Mälsåker och Kårsta.

1968-09-23

1968-11-22

Release in Sweden	1969-06-25	Grand	Stockholm	Sweden	92 min
First showing	1969-06-25	Grand	Stockholm	Sweden	92 min
Cinematheque screening	1981-02-04			Sweden
	1981-02-07			Sweden
	1987-06-05			Sweden
	1987-06-07			Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2007-02-21
	2007-02-23
	2007-02-27
	2007-03-04
	2007-04-26
	2007-05-04
	2011-04-23					14/4-1/5. I samarbete med DFI.
Censurbeslut	2016-10-20
	2016-10-30
	2019-08-01
	2019-08-12
Inställd visning	2020-04-06			Sweden		Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia
Cinematheque screening	2020-09-03	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2020-09-03
Censurbeslut	2023-11-14		Madrid	Spain
	2023-12-07		Madrid	Spain

Original title	Musik i urval (kontakta redaktionen för detaljer om enskilda filmer)

Asteroide d'Oro	Trieste	1970			(sf-filmer)
The Swedish Film Institute's Quality Grant	Stockholm	1969			(bidrag om 132 324,63 kr)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2485

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2497

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2496

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Low contrast print
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2496

Element type	Original picture negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Sound negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Sound negative
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Video tape digital
Carrier type	Digital Betacam (PAL)

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	Peter Watkins GLADIATORERNA
Tryckeri	Tryckeri AB Småland

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	Peter Watkins GLADIATORERNA
Tryckeri	Ewes tryckeri AB

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	The gladiators. The revised draft of an original screenplay. By Peter Watkins and Nicholas Gosling.
Extent	204 s.
Language	English

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Extent	85 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Textlista till filmen Gladiatorerna.
Extent	66 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Gladiatorerna.
Extent	24 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	The gladiators. English dialogue list. Directed by Peter Watkins.
Extent	41 s.
Language	English

Black and white print	10
Colour prints	3
Behind the scenes prints	2
Slides	No
Digital images	No
Negatives	No
Contact sheets	No
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Multiple languages

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish