The Image Makers
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The Image Makers is a 2000 Swedish
TV drama directed by Ingmar Bergman
and written by Per Olov Enquist
.
The play was originally written for and staged by the Royal Dramatic Theatre
(featuring the same cast), where it premiered on 13 Feb 1998 (directed by Bergman). Following the success of the stage production, it was adapted for Swedish television (SVT
) in 2000 with Bergman as a director.
The Image Makers portrays an odd meeting of four great Swedish artists: author Selma Lagerlöf
, actress Tora Teje
, film director Victor Sjöström
and film photographer Julius Jaenzon
. The drama is set in the year 1920 at Swedish Filmstudios where the great silent film director Victor Sjöström is shooting the silent film The Phantom Carriage
, an adaptation of Lagerlöf's popular novel Körkarlen
. He has now invited the book's grand authoress to take a first look at some early scenes...
Due for an international DVD release on 25 Feb 2008, on Tartan DVD, along with The Phantom Carriage (double disc).
Cinema of Sweden
Swedish cinema is known as producing many critically acclaimed movies, and during the 20th century was the most prominent of Scandinavia. This is largely due to the popularity and prominence of the directors Ingmar Bergman, Victor Sjöström, and more recently Lasse Hallström and Lukas...
TV drama directed by Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Described by Woody Allen as "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera", he is recognized as one of the most accomplished and...
and written by Per Olov Enquist
Per Olov Enquist
Per Olov Enquist, better known as P. O. Enquist, is a Swedish author. He has worked as a journalist, playwright and novelist...
.
The play was originally written for and staged by the Royal Dramatic Theatre
Royal Dramatic Theatre
The Royal Dramatic Theatre is Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", founded in 1788. Around one thousand shows are put on annually on the theatre's eight running stages....
(featuring the same cast), where it premiered on 13 Feb 1998 (directed by Bergman). Following the success of the stage production, it was adapted for Swedish television (SVT
Sveriges Television
Sveriges Television AB , Sweden's Television, is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners...
) in 2000 with Bergman as a director.
The Image Makers portrays an odd meeting of four great Swedish artists: author Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was a Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and most widely known for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige ....
, actress Tora Teje
Tora Teje
Tora Teje was a Swedish theatre and silent film actress. She appeared in ten films between 1920 and 1939.-Filmography:* Gubben kommer * Giftas * Damen med kameliorna * 33.333...
, film director Victor Sjöström
Victor Sjöström
Victor Sjöström was a Swedish actor, screenwriter, and film director.- Biography:Born in Silbodal, in the Värmland region of Sweden, he was only a year old when his father, Olof Adolf Sjöström, moved the family to Brooklyn, New York. His mother died when he was seven years old in 1886...
and film photographer Julius Jaenzon
Julius Jaenzon
Julius Jaenzon was a Swedish cinematographer, essential in the early Swedish silent cinema. He is most known for his collaborations with directors Victor Sjöström and Mauritz Stiller, particularly in adaptions of novels by Selma Lagerlöf...
. The drama is set in the year 1920 at Swedish Filmstudios where the great silent film director Victor Sjöström is shooting the silent film The Phantom Carriage
Körkarlen (1921 film)
The Phantom Carriage is a 1921 Swedish film generally considered to be one of the central works in the history of Swedish cinema. Released on New Year's Day 1921, it was directed by and starred Victor Sjöström, alongside Hilda Borgström, Tore Svennberg and Astrid Holm...
, an adaptation of Lagerlöf's popular novel Körkarlen
Körkarlen
Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness! is a 1912 novel by the Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf. It was translated into English by William Frederick Harvey in 1921. Lagerlöf was commissioned to write it by a Swedish association as a means of public education about tuberculosis...
. He has now invited the book's grand authoress to take a first look at some early scenes...
Due for an international DVD release on 25 Feb 2008, on Tartan DVD, along with The Phantom Carriage (double disc).
Cast
- Anita BjörkAnita BjörkAnita Björk is a Swedish actress.Born in Tällberg, Dalarna, Anita Björk attended Dramatens elevskola in 1942-45....
– Selma LagerlöfSelma LagerlöfSelma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was a Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and most widely known for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige .... - Elin KlingaElin KlingaElin Klinga is a Swedish actress who took part in several of Ingmar Bergman's late stage productions. One of Bergman's favourite actresses, she starred in such productions as The Image Makers , The Ghost Sonata and Ghosts .-External links:...
– Tora TejeTora TejeTora Teje was a Swedish theatre and silent film actress. She appeared in ten films between 1920 and 1939.-Filmography:* Gubben kommer * Giftas * Damen med kameliorna * 33.333... - Lennart HjulströmLennart HjulströmLennart Hjalmar Hjulström is a Swedish actor and director. He is married to Gunilla Nyroos and father to Niklas and Carin Hjulström...
– Victor SjöströmVictor SjöströmVictor Sjöström was a Swedish actor, screenwriter, and film director.- Biography:Born in Silbodal, in the Värmland region of Sweden, he was only a year old when his father, Olof Adolf Sjöström, moved the family to Brooklyn, New York. His mother died when he was seven years old in 1886... - Carl Magnus Dellow – Julius JaenzonJulius JaenzonJulius Jaenzon was a Swedish cinematographer, essential in the early Swedish silent cinema. He is most known for his collaborations with directors Victor Sjöström and Mauritz Stiller, particularly in adaptions of novels by Selma Lagerlöf...
- Henrik Nyberg – Projectionist
External links
- DVD Times – The Phantom Carriage and The Image Makers Edition (Tartan DVD release info)