CINEMATEKET - SVENSKA FILMINSTITUTET, Stockholm
Restored films
MADAME DE THÈBES (Mauritz Stiller, Svenska Biografteatern, Sweden 1915. Silent feature, previously lost. Preserved and restored in collaboration with the Danish Film Institute from a French tinted nitrate print. Work completed in 2007. 35mm, tinted, silent, Swedish inter-titles, 974 m.
NÅGRA BILDER FRÅN TROMSØ (Film AB Paramount, Sweden 1930). Silent short documentary, previously only existing on nitrate base. Preserved and restored from b/w nitrate print. Work completed in 2004. 35mm, b/w, silent, Swedish inter-titles, 120 m.
ELD, LERA OCH MÄNNISKOR (Kaj Tenow, Svensk Filmindustri on commission for Kooperativa förbundet, Sweden 1942).Sound medium-length documentary, previously only existing on nitrate base. Preserved and restored from incomplete original negatives and full-length inter-positive. Work completed in 2005.35mm, b/w, sound, Swedish narration, 872 m.
EXPEDITION RÖDA HAVET (Bengt Börjeson, Västkustens dykarklubb/Wivefilm, Sweden 1956). Sound documentary, previously only existing in faded and shortened versions. Preserved and restored from 16mm original negs, 35mm dupe neg, 16mm and 35mm prints. Work completed in 2005. 35mm, colour, sound, Swedish dialogue, 2119 meters.
HÄGRINGEN (Peter Weiss, Svenska Nordisk Tonefilm, Sweden 1959). Sound feature-length experimental film. Sound and picture negatives were shortened, 200 meters only existed in a unique print. These elements have now been duplicated and complete reference elements now exist. Work completed in 2007.35mm, b/w, sound, Swedish dialogue, 2245 meters.
Films in danger
BERÖRINGEN
/ The Touch (Ingmar Bergman, Cinematograph/ABC Films, Sweden/USA 1971).
Sound feature. The complete version of the sound elements to the Swedish
version only exists in a viewing print, which has been spliced. Before
a new preservation sound element has been recreated from this and possible
other sources, this version of the film is unavailable in its original
format. Existing elements: 35mm sound print, 35mm silent inter-positive,
35mm silent duplicate negative, sound negatives (and full-length prints)
of other versions. As soon as complete elements are located, preservation
will begin.
DAWN OF TOMORROW (James Kirkwood, Famous Players Film Co,
USA 1914).
Silent feature. Existing element: 35mm tinted, nitrate print with Swedish
inter-titles. Print is brittle and will be preserved before the end
of 2007. Only known existing print of otherwise lost film.
SVERIGE - VÅRT VACKRA LAND (Lasse Ring, Hasse W. Tullbergs Filmindustri, Sweden 1924). Silent feature-length documentary. Only known existing print of otherwise lost film. Existing element: 35mm tinted print with French inter-titles, found by the Norwegian Film Institute, Oslo. Film has not yet been identified with 100% certainty. Some nitrate damage, but process has been halted because of good storage conditions, and preservation work will begin before the end of 2007.