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2 videodiscs (169 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
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Criterion collection #766
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Based on a series of semi-autobiographical novels by Nobel Prize winner Eyvind Johnson, it follows a working-class boy's development, from naive teenager to intellectually curious young adult, from logger to movie projectionist to politically engaged man of the people, all set against the backdrop of a slowly industrializing rural landscape. With its mix of modernist visual ingenuity and elegantly structured storytelling
Based on the novels by Eyvind Johnson
Originally released as a motion picture in 1966
Widescreen (1.66:1)
Special features: 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 screenwriter Bengt Forslund; Interlude in Marshland, a 1965 short film; essay by film scholar Mark Le Fanu
Eddie Axberg, Gudrun Brost, Ulla Akselson, Bo Wahlstrom, Holger Lowenadler
DVD, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; monaural
Swedish dialogue; English subtitles