Lust och fägring stor (1995)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Bo Widerberg

Writer:

Bo Widerberg (screenplay)

Release Date:

8 March 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | War

Tagline:

Han var elev. Hon hans lärarinna. Deras kärlek var förbjuden.

Plot:

Malmoe, Sweden during the Second World War. Stig is a 15 year old pupil on the verge of adulthood. Viola is 37 years old and his teacher...

Plot Keywords:

Exploring Sexuality | Breasts | Semi Autobiographical | Teenage Boy | Older Woman Younger Man

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 5 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Johan Widerberg	...	Stig
Marika Lagercrantz	...	Viola
Tomas von Brömssen	...	Kjell
Karin Huldt	...	Lisbet
Nina Gunke	...	Stig's Mother
Björn Kjellman	...	Sigge
Kenneth Milldoff	...	Stig's Father
Frida Lindholm	...	Olga
Sigge Cederlund	...	Biografmaskinisten
George Bisset
Gösta Ekstrand
Hilda Suovanen
Per Olov Börjeson
Jörgen Svensson
Monica Stenbeck	...	Gymnastiklärarinnan
Nynne Schwartz
Magnus Andersson	...	Trötter, Class 3B, Malmö Secondary School
Paul Lindsjö	...	Class 3B, Malmö Secondary School
Mikael Bengtsson	...	Class 3B, Malmö Secondary School
Fredrik Berglind-Delin	...	Class 3B, Malmö Secondary School
Peter Nilsson	...	Class Monitor, Class 3B, Malmö Secondary School
Zacharias Bjar	...	Class 3B, Malmö Secondary School
Martin Olsen	...	Class 3B, Malmö Secondary School
Christian Candia	...	Class 3B, Malmö Secondary School
Fredrik Persson	...	Class 3B, Malmö Secondary School
Gustav Eriksson	...	Class 3B, Malmö Secondary School
Toni Popovski	...	Class 3B, Malmö Secondary School
Linus Ericsson	...	Peter, Class 3B, Malmö Secondary School
Jonas Pålsson	...	Class 3B, Malmö Secondary School
Hampus Hedberg Hankell	...	Class 3B, Malmö Secondary School
Thomas Rosqvist	...	Class 3B, Malmö Secondary School
Linus Hedberg Lindqvist	...	Class 3B, Malmö Secondary School
Jossi Sabbah	...	Isse, Class 3B, Malmö Secondary School
Linus Juhlin	...	Class 3B, Malmö Secondary School
Björn Sjöblom	...	Class 3B, Malmö Secondary School
John Larsson	...	Class 3B, Malmö Secondary School
Mattias Varén	...	Class 3B, Malmö Secondary School
Daniel Lindblad	...	Class 3B, Malmö Secondary School
Pekka Öhrstedt	...	Class 3B, Malmö Secondary School
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Håkan Andersson	...	Soldier at funeral (uncredited)
Björn Bergström	...	Man at cinema (uncredited)
Torbjörn Bergström	...	Man at cinema (uncredited)
Aina Hammarqvist	...	Guest at outside dinner (uncredited)
Thomaz Ransmyr	...	Upset Man At Cinema (uncredited)
Frida Show	...	Lina (uncredited)

Directed by
Bo Widerberg

Writing credits
Bo Widerberg		(screenplay)

Produced by
Per Holst	....	producer
Anne Ingvar	....	line producer

Cinematography by
Morten Bruus

Film Editing by
Bo Widerberg

Production Design by
Palle Arestrup

Costume Design by
Renette Bengtsson
Åsa Broms
Nicklas Östergren
Lotta Petersson
Birthe Qualmann

Makeup Department
Elisabeth Bukkehave	....	makeup artist
Sanne Dandanell	....	makeup artist
Eva Von Bahr	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Per Årman	....	production manager
Kaska Krosny	....	production manager
Stig-Åke Nilsson	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jimmy Karlsson	....	assistant director

Art Department
Per Alfredson	....	props
Paola Billberg Johansson	....	props (as Paola Billberg)
Niklas Ejve	....	props: second unit
Paul Gustavsson	....	props
Karl-Adrian Holmqvist	....	painter
Søren Holst	....	props: second unit
Tine Hieronymus Nielsen	....	props
Hans Erik Olsen	....	painter
Thorkil Slebsager	....	props

Sound Department
Per Boström	....	sound
Morten Degnbol	....	sound
Bernt Eklund	....	sound engineer: second unit
Ylva Jonsson	....	sound assistant
Adel Kjellström	....	sound
Jonas Langkilde	....	sound engineer: second unit
Lars Lund	....	sound
Owe Svensson	....	sound mixer
Lasse Ulander	....	sound
Johan Winbladh	....	sound

Special Effects by
Jimmy Leavens	....	special effects coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Bo Ahlgren	....	lighting technician
Søren Bay	....	lighting technician
Søren Berthelin	....	assistant camera (as Søren Bertelin)
Per Danbo	....	lighting technician
Geir Hansteen Jorgensen	....	assistant camera: second unit (as Geir Hansteen-Jörgensen)
Thomas Holm	....	assistant camera (as Thomas Holm Christensen)
Jan Michael Jensen	....	lighting technician (as Jan Jensen)
Rolf Konow	....	still photographer
Roland Lundin	....	director of photography: second unit
Hans Rinning	....	lighting technician
Michael Rosenløv Jensen	....	assistant camera: second unit

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lisbeth Randers	....	seamstress (as Lisbeth Randeris)
Lise Trap-Nielsen	....	seamstress
Anne-Birgitte Wandall Grandjean	....	seamstress

Editorial Department
Lina Andréasson	....	assistant editor
Anna-Liisa Henriksen	....	negative editor
Christina Jernström	....	negative editor

Other crew
Birgitta Åhlund	....	assistant location manager
Sara Carlsson	....	production assistant: second unit
Mogens Dester	....	coordinator
Hans Hansen	....	consultant: Det Danske Filminstitut
Mikael Hansson	....	assistant location manager (as Micke Hansson)
Anna Hylander	....	assistant location manager
Anna Idman	....	continuity clerk
Helle Jakowlew	....	assistant location manager
Christian Larsson	....	production assistant: second unit
Mathias Magnason	....	assistant location manager
Susanne Månsson	....	production assistant: second unit
Marie Melin	....	public relations
Ola Norén	....	assistant location manager
Anders Öhrn	....	researcher
Helena Olsson	....	public relations
Anna Sommansson	....	cast manager
Sixten Svensson	....	military advisor
Ylva Swedenborg	....	public relations
Peter Wallsten	....	public relations
David Wilder	....	completion bond

Thanks
Claude Berri	....	thanks
Mikael Silkeberg	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Per Holst Filmproduktion (presents) (as Per Holst Film)
• Det Danske Filminstitut (in association with)
• Nordisk Film- & TV-Fond (in association with)
• Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI) (in association with)
• Egmont (in association with)
• TV2 Danmark (in association with)
• SVT Drama (in association with)

Distributors

• Columbia TriStar Films AB (1995) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film Biografdistribution (1996) (Denmark) (theatrical)
• Golem Distribución (1997) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Hungry Eye Pictures (1996) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Líder Films (1998) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• PFM (1996) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Egmont Entertainment (199?) (Denmark) (VHS)
• Home Vision Entertainment (HVE) (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Homescreen (1997) (Netherlands) (VHS) (rental)
• Homescreen (1998) (Netherlands) (VHS) (retail)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (199?) (Argentina) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Film Finance  completion bond
• European Script Fund, The  financing
• Malmö Konstmuseum  thanks
• Galerie Börjeson Malmö  thanks
• Sankt Petri Skolan  thanks
• Pildammsskolan  thanks
• Malmö Teknik- & Sjöfartsmuseum  thanks
• Hellerup Håndarbejdsseminarium  thanks
• Sveriges Television (SVT)  archive material
• Sveriges Radio  archive material
• World Backgrounds Digital Library  archive material
• Cinesound Effects Library Ltd.  archive material
• Mix AB  sound post-production
• Optical Vision  optical works

Also Known As:

All Things Fair (International: English title)
Lærerinden (Denmark)
Love Lessons

Runtime:

130 min

Country:

Sweden | Denmark

Language:

Swedish | English | Portuguese | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Singapore:R(A) | South Korea:18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA (cable rating) | Chile:18 | Denmark:12 | Finland:K-14 | Hong Kong:III | Spain:18 | Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden

Company:

Per Holst Filmproduktion

Movie Connections:

References They Died with Their Boots On (1941)

Soundtrack:

Den blomstertid nu kommer med lust och fägring stor

Sex and complexity...oh those Euro flicks

Watching "All Things Fair" as it showed on TV here in Canada on CBC public network last night, was a treat. Only my sensible, nagging partner coaxing me to get to bed on a work night persuaded me we could trust the VCR to tape the last hour or so. Fortunately for his neck, the tape ran out during the closing credits and not before!

What I liked most about the film (with English subtitles) was the complexity of Sig's world and his relationships. It's a very real world feeling on screen, full of quirky believability, despite Sig's unusual arrangement with his teacher.

Though I know of a real life story resembling Sig's relationship with his teacher that went very differently for the teacher--ending in her virtual ruin--the behaviour of these film characters, the outcome and the aftermath, rings true nonetheless. No character is one-dimensional, even though the film schools us to sympathize with the choices of some and to repudiate others.

It's delightful to find in the credits that the director gave the plum lead role to his son. It takes an admirable trust, I think, to turn over a role like this to one's own young kin, complete with whatever there is in the script that MIGHT be autobiographical.

The female solo vocals in the soundtrack were wonderful. Now, I just need to found out who was singing like a bell whenever love or pain swelled in the story.