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Mitt liv som hund = My life as a dog / Janus Films ; Svensk Filmidustri visar ; produktion, Svensk Filmindustri, Filmteknik ; regi, Lasse Hallström ; manus, Lasse Hallström ... [and others] ; producent, Waldemar Bergendahl.
LIBRA DVD 018 137 disc + booklet
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Jönsson, Reidar, 1944- Mitt liv som hund, author.
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 178.
- Criterion Collection ; 178
- Language:
- English
- Swedish
- Subjects (All):
- Jönsson, Reidar, 1944---Film adaptations.
- Jönsson, Reidar.
- Jönsson, Reidar, 1944-.
- Working class families--Drama.
- Working class families.
- Children--Sweden--Drama.
- Children.
- Eccentrics and eccentricities--Drama.
- Eccentrics and eccentricities.
- Sweden.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (18 cm).
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Widescreen format.
- Other Title:
- My life as a dog
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : Criterion Collection, [2003]
- Language Note:
- In Swedish with optional English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD ; Dolby digital mono.
- digital
- optical
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Ingemar is a working-class 12-year old boy who is sent to live with his uncle after his mother falls ill. There, he takes refuge from his troubles with the help of the town's warmhearted eccentrics. A bittersweet evocation of the struggles and joys of childhood and the pains of coming-of-age.
- Participant:
- Anton Glanzelius, Tomas von Brömssen, Anki Liden, Melinda Kinnaman, Kicki Rundgren.
- Credits:
- Cinematographer, Jörgen Persson ; editors, Christer Furubrand ... [et al.] ; original music, Björn Isfält.
- Notes:
- Aspect ratio, 1.66:1.
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985.
- Based on the novel by Reidar Jönsson.
- Accompanying booklet contains commentary by Michael Atkinson and Kurt Vonnegut.
- Special features include: "Shall we go to my or your place or each go home alone?" (1973), a 52 min. film by Lasse Hallström; an interview with Hallström; and theatrical trailer.
- Golden Globes, USA, 1988 (Best Foreign Language Film).
- ISBN:
- 0780026217
- 9780780026216
- OCLC:
- 53116047
- Publisher Number:
- 037429173527
- MYL010 Criterion Collection
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