Here is your life = Här har du ditt liv

Here is your life Här har du ditt liv

DVD - 2015

This mesmerizing debut by the great Swedish director Jan Troell (The Emigrants, The New Land) is an epic bildungsroman and a multilayered representation of early twentieth-century Sweden. Based on a series of semi-autobiographical novels by Nobel Prize winner Eyvind Johnson, the film follows a working-class boy's development, from naive teenager to intellectually curious young adult, from logger to movie projectionist to politically engaged man of the people--all set against the backdrop of a slowly industrializing rural landscape. With its mix of modernist visual ingenuity and elegantly structured storytelling, this enchanting film--presented here in its original nearly three-hour cut--is a reminder that Troell is one of European cine...ma's greatest and most sensitive illuminators of the human condition.

Saved in:
Place a Hold Save to List Email this

1st Floor Show me where

DVD/MOVIE/WORLD/SWEDISH/Here
1 / 1 copies available
Location Call Number   Status
1st Floor DVD/MOVIE/WORLD/SWEDISH/Here Checked In
Subjects
Johnson, Eyvind, > 1900-1976 > Film adaptations.
Young men > Sweden > Drama.
Rural youth > Sweden > Drama.
Coming-of-age films.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Coming-of-age films
Feature films
Film adaptations
Fiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection [2015]
Language
Swedish
English
Corporate Author
Svensk filmindustri
Corporate Author
Svensk filmindustri (production company)
Other Authors
Jan Troell, 1931- (film director), Bengt Forslund, 1932- (film producer), Eddie Axberg, 1947- (actor), Gudrun Brost, 1910-1993 (-), Ulla Akselson, 1924-2007, Holger Löwenadler, 1904-1977, Allan Edwall, 1924-1997, Max von Sydow, 1929-2020, Ulf Palme, 1920-1993, Gunnar Björnstrand, 1909-1986, Signe Stade, 1944-, Stig Törnblom, 1944-2001, Åke Fridell, 1919-1985, Ulla Sjöblom, 1927-1989, Bengt Ekerot, Per Oscarsson, 1927-2010, Eyvind Johnson, 1900-1976
Edition
Director-approved two-disc special edition ; DVD edition
Item Description
Based on the novels by Eyvind Johnson.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1966; restored in 2009.
Widescreen (1.66:1).
Special features: Disc 1: New 2K digital restoration; new introduction by filmmaker Mike Leigh. Disc 2: Jan Troell and Peter Cowie (new conversation between director Jan Troell and film historian Peter Cowie); Eddie Axberg (new interview with actor Eddie Axberg); Bengt Forslund (new interview with producer and screenwriter Bengt Forslund); Uppenhall i Myrlandet = Interlude in Marshland (a 1965 short film by Troell, starring Max von Sydow); new English subtitle translation.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (168 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD, NTSC region 1, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural.
Audience
Not rated.
Production Credits
Music, Erik Nordgren ; photography, Jan Troell ; editor, Jan troell ; art direction, Rolf Boman ; costume designer, Knut Nylén.
ISBN
9781681430188
  • Disc 1. [The film]
  • Disc 2. [Special features].

Similar Items