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Summary:

A period piece that forgoes nostalgia in favor of a stark examination of working-class struggle, Bo Widerberg's second feature unfolds in 1936 in the director's hometown of Malmö. It's there, in the poor district of Raven's End, that young Anders chases his dream of becoming a writer while growing increasingly disillusioned with the dead-end world that surrounds him: an alcoholic father, a toiling mother, and the ominous specter of Nazism. Delivering a bracing jolt of kitchen-sink realism to Swedish cinema, Widerberg paints an unsparing portrait of youthful idealism bumping up against economic despair.

Contributors:

Widerberg, Bo, 1930-1997 , film director, screenwriter

Berggren, Thommy, 1937- , actor

Hjelm, Keve, 1922-2004 , actor

Hirdwall, Ingvar , actor

Storm, Emy, 1925-2014 , actor

Frambäck, Christina, 1940- , actor

Prytz, Agneta, 1916-2008 , actor

Widerberg, Nina, 1960- , actor

Lindeström, Jan, 1930- , director of photography

Fahlén, Sven, 1929- , sound designer

Elvegård, Henning, 1944- , sound designer

Kjellin, Wic, 1914-1987 , editor of moving image work

Nettelbladt, Einar, 1904-1965 , art director

Europa Film , presenter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre

Criterion Collection (Firm) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

Swedish
English

Language Notes:

Swedish dialogue; English subtitles.

Related Series:

Criterion collection; [volume] 1189

Bo Widerberg's new Swedish cinema; Blu-ray 2

Alternate Titles:

Title translation: Raven's end

Subjects:

Young men — Sweden — Malmö — Drama

Authors, Swedish — Sweden — Malmö — Drama

Poor — Sweden — Malmö — Drama

Families — Sweden — Malmö — Drama

Sweden — History — Gustav V, 1907-1950 — Drama

1907-1950

Authors, Swedish

Poor

Families

Young men.

Sweden

Sweden — Malmö

Genres:

Motion pictures

Historical films

Melodramas (Motion pictures)

Coming-of-age films

Feature films

Fiction films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

History

Drama

System Details:

Blu-ray; region A; LPCM monaural.

Performers:

Cast: Tommy Berggren, Keve Hjelm, Emy Storm, Ingvar Hirdwall, Christina Frambäck, Agneta Prytz, Nina Widerberg.

Production Credits:

Screenwriter, director, Bo Widerberg; director of photography, Jan Lindeström; sound, Sven Fahlén, Henning Elvegård; editor, Vic' Kjellin; art director, Einar Nettelbladt.

General Notes:

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
4K restoration from the original camera negative done in 2018 by the Svensk filminstutet.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1963.
Full screen (1.37:1).
Features: Tommy Berggren (2021 interview with actor Tommy Berggren discussing his relationship with Bo Widerberg); Bo and Nina Widerberg (Bo Widerberg and his daughter Nina discuss the film on the Swedish television program Filmkrönikan).

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (100 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; monochrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; mono; LPCM; sound

Film Characteristics:

1.37:1; full screen

Digital Characteristics:

video file; Blu-ray; region A

Call Numbers:

RAV 1963 BLU

ISBNs:

9798886070538 (boxed set)

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515286213 (boxed set)
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC3478BD (boxed set)
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC3478BD-2 (disc label)

OCLC Numbers:

1393187482