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Midsommer (2003)
Country of Origin: Denmark/Sweden
Year of Production: 2003
Running Times: 94 mins
Length: 2626 metres
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: colour
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: Dolby SR
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Cosmo Film/Det Danske Filminstitut/Film i Väst/Illusion
Film & Television AB/TV2 Danmark
Executive Producers: Tomas Eskilsson, Johan Fälemark, Peter Hiltunen
Producers: Tomas Hostrup-Larsen, Rasmus Thorsen
Production Manager: Sanne Glæsel
SCRIPT
Script: Rasmus Heisterberg
DIRECTION
Directed by: Carsten Myllerup
Assistant Director: Emil Sparre-Ulrich
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Rasmus Videbæk
First Assistant Camera: Daniel Parmo
Grip: Josefine Tengblad
Still Photographer: Erik Nilsson
EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Mogens H. Christiansen
Assistant Editors: Liv Lynge, Theis Schmidt
Post-Production Coordinator: Tove Jystrup
Colour Timer: Dorthe Bankwell, Thomas Therchilsen
MUSIC
Music: Søren Hyldgaard
SONGS AND ADDITIONAL MUSIC
"Transparent and glasslike"
Performed by Carpark North
SOUND
Sound: Michael Lechner
Sound Mixers: Berndt Frithiof, Daniel Saxlid
Boom Operator: Christian Holm
Sound Designer: Daniel Saxlid
Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Daniel Saxlid
Sound Engineering: Ljudlabbet
Dialogue Editor: Niklas Skarp
Sound Effects Editors: Christian Holm, Anders Kwarnmark
Foley Artists: Anders Degerberg, Ulf Olausson
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Louise Hauberg Nielsen
Make Up: Louise Hauberg Nielsen
VISUAL EFFECTS
Title Designer: Peter Hartwig
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Rasmus Balslev
Property Master: Lars Lønstrup
Poster Artist: Claus Retpen
MISCELLANEOUS
Production Accountant: Kis Egebjærg Clausen
Production Assistants: Katinka Haxthausen, Sara Sander Mikkelsen, Jonas
Ohlsson
Acting Coach: Kenneth Carmohn
LOCATIONS
Locations: Gustavsfors, Värmlands län, Sweden
STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Seth Ericson
CASTING
Casting: Lene Seested
CAST
Kristian Leth (Christian)
Laura Christensen (Trine)
Tuva Novotny (Linn)
Jon Lange (Mark)
Julie R. Ølgaard (Anja)
Nicolai Jandorf (Jannick)
Per Oscarsson (Persson)
Lykke Sand Michelsen (Sofie)
Birgitte Simonsen (Christian's mother)
Jesper Hyldegaard (Christian's father)
Louise Erlandsson (Malin Persson)
Jim Grenander
Mårten Lohti
Stefan Svensson
PLOT SUMMARY
As the end of the school year approaches, Christian's sister Sofie
commits suicide. Still devastated by his loss, Christian agrees to accompany
his friends on a trip to Sweden to celebrate midsummer as a group for
one last time. But Christian soon comes to suspect that Sofie's ghost
has joined them on the trip.
AVAILABILITY
Denmark
Theatrical Distributors: SF Film A/S
Germany
DVD Distributors: Epix Media
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Denmark
Rating: 15
Finland
Rating: K-15
Germany
Rating: 16
Iceland
Rating: 16
Sweden
Rating: 15
AWARDS
2004
Robert Festival, Denmark
Årets originale sang (Carpark North) - winner (for the song Transparent
and Glasslike)
Årets børne- og familiefilm (Rasmus Thorsen, Tomas Hostrup-Larsen,
Carsten Myllerup) - nominated
Årets musik (Søren Hyldgaard) - nominated
Årets lyd/sounddesign (Christian Holm) - nominated
Årets kvindelige birolle (Tuva Novotny) - nominated
TIMELINE
2002
July
16: Sweden - filming begins
August
27: Sweden - filming ends
2003
January
29: Sweden - shown at the Gothenburg Film Festival
February
7: Denmark - theatrical premiere
July
18: Norway - theatrical release
August
5: Denmark - video release
14: Germany - shown at the Hamburg Fantasy Filmfest
19: Sweden - theatrical release
October
1: Denmark - shown at the Buster Children's Film Festival
November
14: Germany - DVD release
2004
June
23: Finland - DVD release
November
5: Iceland - theatrical release
2005
August
7: Hungary - television broadcast
POSTER TAGS
Everybody has a past....Some have a future
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Midsommar - Swedish title
Midsommer - Kauhujen Juhannus - Finnish title
Midsummer - English language title
Mord in der Mittsommernacht - German television title
LINKS
REMAKE
Solstice (2007)
KEYWORDS
ghosts, schools, suicide, teenagers
Last Updated:
15 October, 2008
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