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Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
2 videodiscs (168 minutes) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out insert (16 unnumbered panels : illustrations ; 19 cm)
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 cinema's greatest and most sensitive illuminators of the human condition.
Janus Films ; Svensk Filmindustri presenterar ; manus, Bengt Forslund, Jan Troell ; regi, foto, klippning, Jan Troell.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1966; restored in 2009.
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. Plus: an essay on container insert "Great Expectations" by film scholar Mark Le Fanu.
Eddie Axberg, Gudrun Brost, Ulla Akselson, Bo Wahlström, Rick Axberg, Holger Löwenadler, Göran Lindberg, Tage Sjögren, Tage Jonsson, Allan Edwall, Anna Maria Blind, Birger Lensander, Max von Sydow, Ulf Palme, Jan-Erik Lindqvist, Börje Nyberg, Gunnar Björnstrand, Signe Stade, Stig Törnblom, Åke Fridell, Ulla Sjöbolm, Friedrich Ochsner, Catarina Edfeldt, Ulla Blomstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Per Oscarsson, Bertil Linné.
DVD, NTSC region 1, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural.
In Swedish with optional English subtitles.
Music, Erik Nordgren ; photography, Jan Troell ; editor, Jan troell ; art direction, Rolf Boman ; costume designer, Knut Nylén ; executive producer, Bengt Forslund.