- The Image Makers
Infobox_Film
name = The Image Makers
imdb_id = 0303764
writer =Per Olov Enquist
starring =Anita Björk Elin Klinga Lennart Hjulström Carl Magnus Dellow Henrik Nyberg
director =Ingmar Bergman
producer =SVT
distributor =
released =2000
runtime = 99 min
language = Swedish
budget =The Image Makers (Swedish original title: "Bildmakarna") is a
2000 Swedish TV drama directed byIngmar Bergman and written byPer Olov Enquist .The play was originally written for and staged by the
Royal Dramatic Theatre (featuring the same cast), where it premiered on Feb 13, 1998 (directed by Bergman). Following the success of the stage production, it was adapted for Swedish television (SVT ) in 2000 with Bergman as a director."The Image Makers" portrays an odd meeting of four great Swedish artists: author
Selma Lagerlöf , actressTora Teje , film directorVictor Sjöström and film photographerJulius Jaenzon . The drama is set in the year 1920 at Swedish Filmstudios where the great silent film director Victor Sjöström is shooting the silent film "The Phantom Carriage", an adaptation of Lagerlöf's popular novel "Körkarlen ". He has now invited the book's grand authoress to take a first look at some early scenes...Due for an international DVD release on Feb 25 2008, on Tartan DVD, along with "The Phantom Carriage" (double disc).
Cast
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Anita Björk " ("Selma Lagerlöf")
*"Elin Klinga " ("Tora Teje")
*"Lennart Hjulström " ("Victor Sjöström")
*"Carl Magnus Dellow " ("Julius Jaenzon")
*"Henrik Nyberg " ("Projectionist")External links
* [http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=65792 DVD Times - The Phantom Carriage and The Image Makers Edition] (Tartan DVD release info)
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