Here Is Your Life [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]

Director: Jan Troell Jan Troell

Overview

Based on Eyvind Johnson's book Romanen om Olof, Here's Your Life is an epic drama considered a masterpiece in Sweden. Filmed in widescreen with black-and-white and color film stocks, it was released in 1966 in Sweden with a three-hour running time. In 1968, it was cut down considerably for the U.S. release. Set at the turn of the 20th century, Olof Persson (Eddie Axberg) grows up in the small village of Norrland. He tries to escape his hometown and become a writer. Max Von Sydow appears as Smalands-Pelle, a family friend who offers Olof a job. Eventually the young man grows into adulthood and discovers politics, sex, and the cinema. Also starring Gudrun Brost, Bo Wahlstrom, and Gunnar Bjornstrand.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/14/2015
UPC:	0715515151412
Original Release:	1966
Rating:	NR
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	2:48:00
Sales rank:	54,251

Special Features

New 2K digital restoration; New introduction by filmmaker Mike Leigh; New conversation between Director Jan Troell and film historian Peter Cowie; New interviews with actor Eddie Axberg; and Producer and Coscreenwriter Bengt Forslund; Interlude in the Marshland, a 1965 short film by Troell, starring Max von Sydow; Plus: An essay by film scholar Mark Le Fanu

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Max von Sydow	Smalands-Pelle
Per Oscarsson	Niklas
Ulf Palme	Larsson
Borje Nyberg	Intendant
Birger Lensander	Brickworks Intendant
Holger Loewenadler	Kristiansson
Gudrun Brost	Olof's Stepmother
Gunnar Björnstrand	Lundgren
Anne-Marja Blind	Woman in Tale
Eddie Axberg	Olof Persson
Ulla Sjöblom	Olivia
Bengt Ekerot	Byberg
Allan Edwall	August
Åke Fridell	Nicke Larsson
Jan-Erik Lindqvist	Johansson
Eric Nordgren	Composer

Technical Credits

Jan Troell

Bengt Forslund

Jan Troell	Director,Screenwriter
Bengt Forslund	Screenwriter,Producer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Here is Your Life
1. Returning [7:32]
2. Timber Camp [14:20]
3. August's Story [9:12]
4. Working in the Brickyard [6:46]
5. Funeral [6:12]
6. The Sawmill [6:07]
7. An Accident [11:42]
8. New Joys [9:54]
9. The Vamp and Maria [7:50]
10. The Young Revolutionary [7:51]
11. Fallen Ill [1:35]
12. Gladiator [3:34]
13. The Pleasures of Traveling [4:59]
14. The Blacksmith's Daughter [17:52]
15. Social Principles [6:44]
16. Living with Olivia [4:42]
17. The Local Dance [12:30]
18. Railway Depot [4:04]
19. Strike [6:01]
20. Dashed Hopes [7:44]
21. On the Road [3:15]
1. Color Bars [8:21]
Disc #2 -- Here Is Your Life
1. Chapter 1 [6:36]
2. Chapter 2 [4:05]
3. Chapter 3 [6:42]
4. Chapter 4 [6:28]
5. Chapter 5 [6:27]
6. Chapter 6 [2:55]
7. Chapter 7 [:29]
1. Chapter 1 [15:20]
2. Chapter 2 [:25]
1. Chapter 1 [14:29]
2. Chapter 2 [:25]
1. Chapter 1 [30:08]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Here is Your Life
   Mike Leigh Introduction
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   Play The Movie
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Disc #2 -- Here Is Your Life
   Jan Troell and Peter Cowie
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      Chapters
   Eddie Axberg
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      Chapters
   Bengt Forslund
      Play
      Chapters
   Interlude In The Marshland
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