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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.

Contributors:

Bergendahl, Waldemar, 1933-2022

Hallström, Lasse

Jönsson, Reidar, 1944-

Glanzélius, Anton, 1975-

Brömssen, Tomas von, 1943-

Lidén, Anki

Kinnaman, Melinda, 1971-

Rundgren, Kicki

Hjulström, Lennart, 1938-2022

Carlsson, Ing-Marie, 1957-

Ericson, Leif

Persson, Jörgen, 1936-

Furubrand, Christer

Isfält, Björn

Falck, Susanne

Westfelt, Lasse

Film Teknik (Firm)

Svensk filmindustri

Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)

Languages:

Swedish
English

Language Notes:

Swedish dialogue, English subtitles.

Related Series:

Criterion collection; [volume] 178

Alternate Titles:

Title translation: My life as a dog
Title on container: My life as a dog

Subjects:

Working class families — Drama

Children — Sweden — Drama

Eccentrics and eccentricities — Drama

Swedish language films

Working class families

Children

Eccentrics and eccentricities

Sweden

Genres:

Coming-of-age films

Coming-of-age films — Sweden

Fiction films

Fiction films — Sweden

Feature films

Feature films — Sweden

Foreign language films

Drama

System Details:

DVD, Dolby digital mono, Region 1 encoding.

Performers:

Cast: Anton Glanzelius, Tomas von Brömssen, Anki Liden, Melinda Kinnaman, Kicki Rundgren, Lennart Hjulström, Ing-Marie Carlsson, Leif Ericson.

Production Credits:

Cinematographer, Jörgen Persson ; editors, Christer Furubrand ... [et al.] ; original music, Björn Isfält ; costume designers, Susanne Falck ... [et al.] ; production designer, Lasse Westfelt.

General Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985.
Special features: "Shall we go to my or your place or each go home alone?" (1973), a 52 min. filmy by Lasse Hallström; new video interview with Hallström; reflections on "My life as a dog" by Kurt Vonnegut, and an essay by film critic Michael Atkinson ; original theatrical trailer.
Golden Globes, 1988: Best Foreign Language Film (Sweden).

Audience:

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

MIT DVD

ISBNs:

0780026217
9780780026216

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 037429173527
Publisher Number, Home Vision Entertainment: MYL010

OCLC Numbers:

690144089
51809338 [Invalid]