Seppan (1986)

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Original title	Seppan
Swedish release title	Seppan

Director	Agneta Fagerström-Olsson
Screenplay	Agneta Fagerström-Olsson
Producer	Bert Sundberg
Director of Photography	John O. Olsson (as John Olsson)
Music	Mikael Renliden Thomas Gartz
Film Editor	Christin Loman
Production Mixer	Lennart Dunér
Art Director	Lena Billingskog
Script Supervisor	Lena Koppel Anja Hede
Boom Operator	Patrik Strömdahl Anders Larsson
Unit Manager	Anders Durvall
Production Assistant	Marianne Wallin
First Assistant Cameraman	Lil Trulsson Jan Alvermark
Gaffer	Torbjörn Andersson Bengt Widell
Key Grip	Ola Hjelm
Color Timer	Åke Jonasson
Negative Cutter	Kerstin Bengts
Carpenter	Åke Bengtsson Johan Kiviranta
Propman	Rickard Molin Jan Olof Ågren
Costume Designer	Sven Lundén Kim Åström
Make-up Supervisor	Sven Lundén Kim Åström
Sound Effects	Christer Granberg Mats Klyvare
Re-recording Mixer	Bengt Löthner
Other Crew	Rolf Degerlund (allt-i-allo) Kerstin Hagström (barnansvarig)

Nina Lager	Pirjo
Sofie Mällström	Sara
Jesper Lager	Seppo
Jani Niemimaa	Jari, Seppos yngre bror
Mariana Vodovosoff	Fransiska
Karolina Palutko	polskan
Dani Modrusan	ryssen
Fetije Alije	Piroschka
Krister Ax	Grisa-Bengt
Anders Hedenlans	Greger
Angela Ekström	lilla Anna, Grisa-Bengts lillasyster
Tomas Laustiola	Kiviranta, Pirjos pappa
Sari Lilliestierna	Pirjos mamma
Peter Stormare	Saras pappa
Elisabeth von Gerber	Saras mamma
Mervi Kekarainen	Seppos och Jaris mamma
Michael Mansson	Werner, Fransiskas pappa, österrikare
Victoria Carlbaum	Fransiskas mamma
Janis Bergholcs	Petrowski, Polskans pappa
Yvonne Schaloske	polskans mamma
Andrzej Domalewski	ryssens pappa
Kinga Pawlica	ryssens mamma
Alex Sandor Somai	Piroschkas pappa, ungrare
Eva Laczko	Piroschkas mamma
Magdalena Novotny	Piroschkas farmor
Kåre Hjelm	Gregers pappa
Elisabeth Nordkvist (as Elisabeth Nordkvist-Bolme)	Gregers mamma
Sonja Hejdeman	lärarinnan
Katarina Huldt	Vera, Polskans storasyster
Ivan Lindqvist	Kingen, Veras kille
Tadeusz Szymonski	den katolska prästen
Paula Sandelin	Armefeltskan

Production Company	MovieMakers Sweden AB		(för)
	Sveriges Television AB TV1
Laboratory	Sveriges Television Filmlaboratoriet
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
Advance allocations	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2015

Seppan is the largely autobiographical story of Agneta Fagerström-Olsson’s own childhood in ‘Seppan’ in Tullinge, south of Stockholm. Her father was CEO of Alfa Laval and her friends were the children of the workers at the Separator factory – workers who came from all corners of a war-torn Europe.

The film stands out among the childhood stories at Swedish cinemas in the 1980s. Death is constantly present, sexuality is a recurring subject of conversation among the prepubescent children, and some of the fathers sometimes drink a bit too much and get violent. But everything is seen through the eyes of Sara, Pirjo and the other children, and this is their story.

Seppan was Fagerström-Olsson’s debut as a fiction film director. Originally made for TV and broadcast on SVT in two long episodes in 1986, following great acclaim and several awards both in Sweden and abroad the film was re-edited as a feature and released in cinemas in 1987.

Agneta Fagerström-Olsson was one of many women filmmakers to make their debut and breakthrough during the late 1970 and 1980s, other examples being Suzanne Osten, Gunnel Lindblom and Marie-Louise Ekman. Their films have been digitally restored by the Swedish Film Institute and are available with English subtitles.

Censorship number	126788
Date	1987-04-27
Classification	Allowed from age 7
Original length	3399 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 545-528-526-522-577-500-201 = 3399 meter.

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Colour
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	3399 meters
Length in minutes	124 min
Reels	7 reels
Dialogue	Swedish Finnish Russian Hungarian German

Tullinge

Sweden

1985

1985

TV showing	1986-04-21	TV1		Sweden		(del 1)
	1986-04-27	TV1		Sweden		(repris del 1)
	1986-04-28	TV1		Sweden		(del 2)
	1986-05-04	TV1		Sweden		(repris del 2)
	1986-09-09	TV1		Sweden		(del 1 och 2)
Release in Stockholm	1987-05-01	Fågel Blå		Sweden	124 min
Other showing	1987-10-02	Bio Victor	Stockholm	Sweden	120 min
Cinematheque screening	1987-10-02			Sweden
Other showing	1987-10-04	Folkets Bio	Stockholm	Sweden	120 min
Cinematheque screening	1993-03-22			Sweden
	1993-03-26			Sweden
	1993-12-14		Gothenburg	Sweden
	1994-01-03		Malmö	Sweden
Other showing	1994-05-29
	1996-03-11
Cinematheque screening	1998-01-09	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden
	1998-01-24	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden
	1999-12-05	Skandia	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2012-11-17
External cinema, Sweden	2014-09-30
	2014-10
	2014-10-15
Festival showing	2015-03-13	Filmstaden 2	Malmö	Sweden	120 min	BUFF Filmfestival 2015.
Cinematheque screening	2016-04-16	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2017-11-01

Original title	La paloma
Composer	Sebastián Yradier	(1859)
Lyrics	Sebastián Yradier	(spansk text 1859)
	Ernst Wallmark	(svensk text)

Original title	Cigaretta cigaretta

Original title	Oj calyptos bom bom

Original title	Who Put the Bomb
Composer	Barry Mann	(1961)
	Gerry Goffin	(1961)
Lyrics	Olle Bergman	(svensk text)
	Barry Mann	(engelsk text 1961)
	Gerry Goffin	(engelsk text 1961)

Original title	A Fine Romance
Composer	Jerome Kern	(1936)
Lyrics	Sven Paddock	(svensk text 1937)
	Dorothy Fields	(engelsk text 1936)
	Swift	(svensk text 1937)

Original title	Rose's Turn
Composer	Jule Styne	(1959)
Lyrics	Stephen Sondheim	(1959)

Original title	Doch was kommt da

Original title	Trumpet
Composer	Mikael Renliden
Instrumentalist	Mikael Renliden	(trumpet)

Original title	Plåtljud
Composer	Thomas Gartz

Original title	Czardas
Composer	Thomas Gartz

Original title	Everybody's Somebody's Fool
Composer	Howard Greenfield	(1959)
Lyrics	Åke Gerhard	(svensk text 1960)
	Jack Keller	(engelsk text 1959)

Original title	The Lady Is a Tramp
Composer	Richard Rodgers	(1937)
Lyrics	Lorenz Hart	(1937)
Singer	Frank Sinatra

Original title	Finsk humpa-låt

Original title	'O sole mio!
Composer	Eduardo Di Capua	(1898)
	Alfredo Mazzucchi	(1898)
Lyrics	Giovanni Capurro	(italiensk text 1898)
	Sven Nyblom	(svensk text 1901)

Original title	Oh! Carol
Composer	Howard Greenfield	(1959)
	Neil Sedaka	(1959)
Lyrics	Howard Greenfield	(engelsk text 1959)
	Neil Sedaka	(engelsk text 1959)
	Börje Carlsson	(svensk text "Åh, Caroll")
	Leif Nilson	(svensk text "Åh, Anna")

Original title	Den blomstertid nu kommer
Lyrics	Israel Kolmodin	(1694)
	Johan Olof Wallin	(1819)
	Britt G. Hallqvist	(1979)

Original title	Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
Composer	Lee Pockriss	(1960)
	Paul J. Vance	(1960)
Lyrics	Lee Pockriss	(engelsk text 1960)
	Karl-Lennart	(svensk text 1960)
	Paul J. Vance	(engelsk text 1960)

Original title	Seemann (deine Heimat ist das Meer)
Composer	Werner Scharfenberger	(1960)
Lyrics	Ben Hur
	Fini Busch	(tysk text 1960)

Original title	Cittramelodi

Original title	Finsk tango

Original title	Rysk sång

Festival Award	Créteil	1987			(1:a pris/t.m. Loyalties/; 5 000 fr)
Guldantennen Television Award	Stockholm	1986
Prize	Stockholm	1986		Agneta Fagerström-Olsson	(Expressens TV-pris)

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Element type	Print
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	3374

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Final mix
Carrier type	17.5 mm

Element type	Final mix
Carrier type	17.5 mm

Element type	SEPMAG
Carrier type	16 mm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	SEPPAN
Printing house	Uddenholms offset

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	55 s. + 2 s. översättning av dialog på finska till svenska.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	35 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	32 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	44 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Svensk dialoglista, biografversionen.
Extent	61 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	61 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	49 s. + 2 s. inledning.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	61 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Biografversionen.
Extent	61 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	38 s. Inledning mm (3 s.) ingår.
Language	French

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	35 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	44 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Svensk dialoglista, biografversionen.
Extent	61 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Biografversionen.
Extent	61 s.
Language	Swedish

Black and white print	6
Colour prints	set
Behind the scenes prints	set
Slides	1

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	English

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Colour
Carrier type	DCP
Length in minutes	124 min
Dialogue	Swedish Finnish Russian Hungarian German

Element type	Digital audio
Carrier type	WAV

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	DCP

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	MAP

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	MAP

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	ProRes

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	H264